English-Swedish translations for worse

• sämre
  Ur världsperspektiv är utvecklingen ännu sämre, mycket sämre.The picture in the developing world is even worse.
  Detta är fler lagar och sämre lagar.This is more law and worse law.
  Således innebär det att livet blir sämre.It therefore means a worse life.
• värre
  Detta är värre än Bosnien, värre än Kosovo.This is worse than Bosnia, it is worse than Kosovo.
  Kan ni föreställa er något värre?Can you imagine anything worse?
  Den här situationen blir bara värre.This situation is getting 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