worse
worse
adj.
P. and V. κᾰκί̄ων, χείρων.
Inferior: P. and V. ἥσσων.
Come off worse, v.; P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι; see have the worst of it, under worst.
My malady ever flourishes and grows worse: V. ἡ δʼ ἐμὴ νόσος ἀεὶ τέθηλε κἀπὶ μεῖζον ἔρχεται (Soph. Phil. 259).
adj.
P. and V. κᾰκί̄ων, χείρων.
Inferior: P. and V. ἥσσων.
Come off worse, v.; P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι; see have the worst of it, under worst.
My malady ever flourishes and grows worse: V. ἡ δʼ ἐμὴ νόσος ἀεὶ τέθηλε κἀπὶ μεῖζον ἔρχεται (Soph. Phil. 259).
worse
adv.
P. and V. κά̆κῑον, Ar. and P. χεῖρον.
adv.
P. and V. κά̆κῑον, Ar. and P. χεῖρον.
WORSE
deterior (that which has degenerated from good to bad): pejor (that which was originally bad but is now more evil than it was). To make worse deterius facere or in deterius mutare aliquid (to make worse instead of better; opposed to corrigere): in pejus mutare or vertere et mutare (opposed to in melius mutare): corrumpere: depravare (to corrupt deprave): aliquid exulcerare (e.g. pain dolorem; affairs matters res): exasperare aliquid (e.g. a cough tussim): to make anything worse (i.e. represent a thing worse than it really is) aliquid verbis exasperare: to make the evil worse malum augere (to increase an existing evil): malum malo addere (to add a new evil to one already existing): you would only make the evil worse in ulcere tamquam unguis exsisteres (Proverbially Cic. Dom. 5 12). To grow worse deteriorem fieri (to grow worse instead of better: e.g. anybody’s circumstances): pejorem fieri (of a sick person; Celsus 3 5): in pejorem partem verti et mutari: in pejus mutari (to turn to the worse): aggravescere: ingravescere (to become more oppressive of any evil; e.g. an illness): the matter cannot grow or get worse than it already is pejore loco non potest res esse quam in quo nunc sita est: the disease is growing worse and worse in dies morbus ingravescit: to have grown worse deteriore statu or conditione esse: pejore loco esse (relative to quality circumstances etc.): he will not be the worse for it *non male sibi consultet. Proverbially. His bark is worse than his bite vehementius latrat quam mordet. Vid: also BAD.
deterior (that which has degenerated from good to bad): pejor (that which was originally bad but is now more evil than it was). To make worse deterius facere or in deterius mutare aliquid (to make worse instead of better; opposed to corrigere): in pejus mutare or vertere et mutare (opposed to in melius mutare): corrumpere: depravare (to corrupt deprave): aliquid exulcerare (e.g. pain dolorem; affairs matters res): exasperare aliquid (e.g. a cough tussim): to make anything worse (i.e. represent a thing worse than it really is) aliquid verbis exasperare: to make the evil worse malum augere (to increase an existing evil): malum malo addere (to add a new evil to one already existing): you would only make the evil worse in ulcere tamquam unguis exsisteres (Proverbially Cic. Dom. 5 12). To grow worse deteriorem fieri (to grow worse instead of better: e.g. anybody’s circumstances): pejorem fieri (of a sick person; Celsus 3 5): in pejorem partem verti et mutari: in pejus mutari (to turn to the worse): aggravescere: ingravescere (to become more oppressive of any evil; e.g. an illness): the matter cannot grow or get worse than it already is pejore loco non potest res esse quam in quo nunc sita est: the disease is growing worse and worse in dies morbus ingravescit: to have grown worse deteriore statu or conditione esse: pejore loco esse (relative to quality circumstances etc.): he will not be the worse for it *non male sibi consultet. Proverbially. His bark is worse than his bite vehementius latrat quam mordet. Vid: also BAD.