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# worse

«worse» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **more bad, of lower quality, or more unpleasant than…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, comparative of bad (bad, worse, worst); adverb, comparative of badly (badly, worse, worst)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Worse means more bad, of lower quality, or more unpleasant than something else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#m1)

2) Worse means more ill: «He felt worse in the night». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#m2)

3) As an adverb, worse means more badly: «She sang worse than before». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah says God made everything as a counterpart of something opposite, good against evil, and so letters and ideas come in matching pairs. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and health, «getting worse» about an illness means it is time to see a doctor. In stories, things getting worse builds tension. In maths and data, «worse» compares results: a lower score is worse in a test, but in golf or a race time a bigger number is worse. Phrases: «worse and worse», «even worse», «to make matters worse», «worse off» (in a worse situation), «none the worse».

### examples

- There is nothing better than joy, and nothing worse than sorrow or plague is. [19] (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x1)
- God made all things as this one compared to that one: [note 1: [Ecclesiastes 7:14]] good compared to evil, better and best and a worse and worst. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x2)
- For an illustration may serve the three letters, ע נ ג There is nothing better than joy, and nothing worse than sorrow or plague. [2:5] But how was it done? (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x3)
- And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent. (Prophets 2KI.14.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x4)
- And when the Arameans saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together. (Prophets 2SA.10.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x5)
- yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff; they did worse than their fathers. (Prophets JER.7.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x6)
- My cold is worse today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x7)
- This weather is worse than yesterday's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x8)
- To make things worse, I forgot my umbrella. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x9)
- His handwriting is getting worse and worse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x10)
- Don't scratch the bite or it will get worse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x11)
- Lying only made it worse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x12)
- She played worse than usual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x13)
- Things could be worse! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x14)
- He gives another puff--worse than ever! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/#x15)

### note

Irregular: bad → worse → worst. Never say «badder» or «more bad». «Worse» compares two things; «worst» is the most bad of all. Opposite: better. Do not confuse «worse» with «worst» or «verse».

### In the corpora

- [And when the Arameans saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.261/)
- [And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.429/)
- [yet they hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff; they did worse than their fathers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.228/)
- [And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.569/)
- [Inflation means prices rise over time, so the same pound buys less; if pay rises more slowly, families are worse off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «worse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.