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worse 1, adjective (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: wiersa, wyrsa]
[the comparative of bad] more unpleasant, bad, or severe
-see also better better worse than
::The violence was worse than we expected.
::The traffic is much worse after five o'clock.
::The weather was a lot worse this year.
::Conditions will get worse as the winter continues.
::High inflation will make unemployment worse .
::Don't say anything, you'll only make matters worse .
::The bullying got worse and worse until finally he had to leave the school.
:: There's nothing worse than being robbed while you're on holiday.
::The school's not perfect, but I suppose it could be worse .
more ill than before
::If she's worse in the morning, I'll call the doctor.
::I was worried because he seemed to be getting worse rather than better.
::The tablets seemed to make him worse .
be none the worse for sth
to not have been harmed by something
::She seemed none the worse for her night out in the cold.
worse luck
spoken used to say that you are disappointed or annoyed by something
::I've got one more year of college, worse luck!
sb could do worse than do sth
spoken used to say that you think that someone should do something
::He could do worse than marry Eleanor.
go from bad to worse
to continue getting worse
:: Things went from bad to worse , and in the end she lost her job.
the worse for wear
also the worse for drink BrE
informal drunk
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GRAMMAR
Worse is a comparative form : The problem got worse and worse.
!! Do not say 'more worse' or 'worser'.
Worst is a superlative form : the worst Film (NOT worse Film) I have ever seen
!! Do not say 'most worst' or 'worstest'.

Dull (medicine)


dull


1. Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish. "Dull at classical learning." "She is not bred so dull but she can learn." (Shak)

2. Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward. "This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing." (Matt. Xiii. 15) "O, help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue." (Spenser)

3. Insensible; unfeeling. "Think me not So dull a devil to forget the loss Of such a matchless wife." (Beau. & Fl)

4. Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt. "Thy scythe is dull."

5. Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of colour or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.

6. Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert. "The dull earth." "As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain." (Longfellow)

7. Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day. "Along life's dullest, dreariest walk." (Keble)

Synonym: Lifeless, inanimate, dead, stupid, doltish, heavy, sluggish, sleepy, drowsy, gross, cheerless, tedious, irksome, dismal, dreary, clouded, tarnished, obtuse. See Lifeless.

Origin: AS. Dol foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, D. Dol mad, dwalen to wander, err, G. Toll mad, Goth. Dwals foolish, stupid, cf. Gr. Turbid, troubled, Skr. Dhvr to cause to fall. Cf. Dolt, Dwale, Dwell, Fraud.

Source: Websters Dictionary