Synonyms for worse
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1. worseadjective

   something inferior in quality or condition or effect

   "for better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and worse"

   Antonyms:
   improved, better, finer, amended, healthier, fitter

2. worseadjective

   (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability

   "this road is worse than the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying"

   Synonyms:
   worsened

   Antonyms:
   finer, improved, amended, better, healthier, fitter

3. worse, worsenedadverb

   changed for the worse in health or fitness

   "I feel worse today"; "her cold is worse"

   Synonyms:
   worsened

   Antonyms:
   amended, healthier, better, improved, fitter, finer

4. worseadverb

   (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner

   "he did worse on the second exam"

   Antonyms:
   amended, finer, better, fitter, improved, healthier

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1. List of paraphrases for "worse":

   worst, poorer, pire

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1. Timothy Beal:

   It can lead to a call to inaction, that is to say, people will say this is all happening because of God's plan and it's going to get worse before it gets better so there's nothing we can do about it because it's God's will.

2. William Barr:

   The status quo is exceptionally dangerous, unacceptable, and only getting worse.

3. Kathy Lien:

   While some economists look at these numbers and say that they are weak or the economy is worse off than before because of the downward revisions in 2012 and 2013, we believe there's enough here for the Fed to raise interest rates for the first time in 9 years, while we are bullish dollars and believe that further gains are likely, there's just under 2 months to the next monetary policy meeting and the dollar is overbought.

4. Danish proverb:

   Bad is never good until worse happens.

5. Gilad Bino:

   The platypuses are dying in many rivers and the situation seems to be getting worse, these are evolutionary relics unique to Australia, and factors such as the increasing frequency and duration of droughts are definitely going to drive many populations to extinction.