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worse

1. adjective pire (than que);
   to get ~ (pressure, noise) augmenter;
   (conditions, weather) empirer;
   (illness, conflict) s'aggraver;
   he's getting ~ (in health) il va plus mal;
   the cough is getting ~ la toux empire;
   to feel ~ (more ill) se sentir plus malade;
   (more unhappy) aller moins bien;
   and what is ~ et le pire, c'est que;
   and to make matters ~, he lied et pour ne rien arranger, il a menti.

2. noun there is ~ to come ce n'est pas encore le pire;
   to change for the ~ empirer.

3. adverb (play, sing) moins bien (than que);
   to behave ~ se conduire plus mal;
   she could do ~ than follow his example ce ne serait pas si mal si elle suivait son exemple.

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'worse' found in these entries:

English:

aggravate - allow - better - hell - lot - make - matter - still - turn - wear - what - worse off

French:

aggraver - arranger - cas - changement - empirer - enfoncer - gâter - meilleur - pire - pis - venir - voir

worse: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
worse	adj	(comparative of bad)	plus mal adj
I feel even worse today.
Je me sens encore plus mal aujourd'hui.
worse	adj	(comparative of bad)	pire adj
The food today is worse than yesterday's.
Aujourd'hui, le repas est encore pire qu'hier.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
worse	adj	(more severe)	plus mal adj
			plus sévèrement adv
He was treated worse than his brother.
Il fut plus mal traité que son frère.
Il fut traité plus sévèrement que son frère.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
become worse		v	empirer ⇒
change for the worse		nf	aggravation
for better or for worse		phrase	pour le meilleur ou pour le pire
from bad to worse			de mal en pis
get worse		v	empirer ⇒
go from bad to worse		v	aller de mal en pis
grow worse			en période de pluie
make worse		v	empirer ⇒
make worse		v	aggraver ⇒ (rendre pire)
worse and worse			de pire en pire
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"I could be better, I could be worse, I mean I've got air in my lungs..."
"worse", "cheap"
a little the worse for wear
a lot worse
A lot worse from a lot better
Better/worse
can get by no worse
can only get worse
change for the worse
Couldn't be worse
does football help the situation of make it worse?
Dreading there is worse in store
either a disruption, or worse the bottom line consequences
EN: worse/worst - grammaire
even worse
even worse than she had feared
except for the worse
far worse
far worse travails
For better or worse
For better, for worse
for the worse in some respects...
FR: impossible for me to master them worse than before - grammaire
from bad to worse
Get worse
get worse/worsen
has meant that the language has taken a turn for the worse
he called her worse
I can hardly get worse
I don't know what is worse, my German or my French
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