/wɜːrs/

• 1  adj. txarrago, okerrago, kaskarrago, eskasago

  his Basque is worse than yours: haren euskara zurea baino txarragoa da

  the weather will get worse: eguraldiak okerrera egingo du

  the crisis is getting worse and worse: krisia gero eta larriagoa da

  to make matters worse: gainera, hori gutxi balitz

  the pictures are all in black and white, yet are no worse for that reason: argazkiak txuri-beltzean dira, baina ez horregatik itsusiagoak

  "I don't want to go to your party" — "so much the worse for you!": —ez dut zure festara joan nahi —zuretzat kalte!

• 2  adv. okerrago, gaizkiago, txartoago

  he did worse than he was expecting in the exams: espero zuen baino okerrago ibili zen azterketetan

  other people are far worse off than me: beste batzuk ni baino askoz txartoago daude

  if you want to save money, you could do (a lot) worse than open a bank account: dirua aurreztu nahi baduzu, ez da ideia txarra bankuan kontu bat irekitzea

• 3  n. oker

  worse was to follow: okerrena etortzeko zegoen

  I have seen worse: gauza okerragoak ikusia naiz

  to change for the worse: okerrera egin, txarrera egin