worse

• adj.もっと悪い；もっとひどい（悪いことの比較）；（病気の）もっと悪い（病気の比較）
• adv.もっと悪い; もっとひどい; もっとひどい目に遭う
• n. もっと悪いこと；もっと悪いことをする

原語ゲルマン語の *wers-izon、より悪い、より悪い、*wers、混乱、悪い、語源的には戦争と同じ、*izon、比較接尾辞から。

worse

worse: [OE] Worse goes back to prehistoric Germanic *wersizon. This was a comparative formation based on *wers-, which also produced English war and German wirren ‘confuse’. The superlative worst [OE] came from the same base.

worse (adj.)

Old English wiersa, wyrsa "worse," from Proto-Germanic *wers-izon- (cognates: Old Saxon wirs, Old Norse verri, Swedish v?rre, Old Frisian wirra, Old High German wirsiro, Gothic wairsiza "worse"), comparative of PIE *wers- (1) "to confuse, mix up" (cognates: Old High German werra "strife," Old Saxon werran "to entangle, compound;" see war (n.)). Used as a comparative of bad, evil, ill or as the opposite of better. The adverb is Old English wyrs; the noun is Old English wyrsa. Phrase for better or for worse is attested from late 14c. (for bet, for wers); to change for the worse is recorded from c. 1400.

1. He arrived on January 9,disheveled and much the worse for wear.

彼は1月9日に到着したので、ボサボサで顔が汚れていて、疲れきっています。

2.I can 't think of a worse way to spend my time.

これ以上時間をつぶす方法は思いつかない。

3.Don 't let yourself despair ; this will only make matters worse .

くよくよしないでください。そうすれば、状況を悪化させるしかありません。

4.Her condition took a sharp turn for the worse .

彼女の病状は突然急激に悪化した。

5.Rose was a poor cook and a worse mother.

ローズは料理があまりできず、母親にもなれない。