English-Dutch translations for worse

• erger
  Dit is erger dan Bosnië, dit is erger dan Kosovo, mijnheer de voorzitter van de Raad. This is worse than Bosnia, it is worse than Kosovo.
  Nee, die maakt de zaken alleen maar erger. No, it makes things even worse.
  Dus de situatie wordt eigenlijk altijd maar erger en erger. The situation is therefore getting worse all the time.
• slechter
  Daar staan de zaken nog veel slechter. The situation here is far worse.
  De situatie wordt alleen maar slechter, niet beter. Things are getting worse, not better.
  In andere gevallen is de situatie nog slechter. Elsewhere the situation is even worse.

Definition of worse

• Less skillfully
• Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse
• To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit
• Loss; disadvantage; defeat
• That which is worse; something less good

Examples

• Your exam results are worse than before.
• The harder you try, the worse you do.
• She was very ill last week but this week she’s worse.
• He drives worse than anyone I know
• Hes worse-mannered than she is
• Her leg is infected. Still worse, shes developing a fever
• Do not think the worse of him for his enterprise.

Related words

• worsen
• worsening
• worse and worse
• worse for wear
• worse things happen at sea
• get worse
• one's bark is worse than one's bite
• for better or worse
• the cure is worse than the disease