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1 (more unsatisfactory, unpleasant) pire ; the next day was worse le lendemain a été pire ; there's nothing worse than il n'y a rien de pire que ; there's only one thing worse than il n'y a qu'une chose qui soit pire que ; they're worse than children! ils sont pires que des enfants! ; she can't be worse than her predecessor elle ne peut pas être pire que son prédécesseur ; you're worse for encouraging them to lie! tu es encore pire puisque tu les as poussés à mentir! ; he got worse as the years went on il est devenu pire avec l'âge ; the regime is no worse than that in many other countries le régime n'est pas pire que celui de beaucoup d'autres pays ; there are worse things in life than losing sleep il y a pire dans la vie que de perdre le sommeil ; the noise is worse il y a plus de bruit ; to get worse [pressure, noise] augmenter ; [conditions, weather] empirer ; ‘you missed the bus’-‘yes, worse luck!’ ‘tu as raté le bus’-‘oui, pas de veine ○ !’ ;2 (more serious, severe) pire (than que) ; it looks worse than it is! ça a l'air pire que ça ne l'est en vérité! ; the situation is even worse now/is worse than ever la situation est encore pire maintenant/est pire que jamais ; it could have been worse ça aurait pu être pire ; it couldn't be worse! ça ne pourrait pas être pire! ; and what is worse, she doesn't care et le pire, c'est que ça lui est égal ; to go from bad to worse aller de pire en pire ; to get worse (and worse) [illness, conflict] s'aggraver, empirer ; [patient] aller de plus en plus mal ; to be made worse être aggravé (by par) ; you'll only make things ou it worse! tu ne feras qu'empirer les choses! ; and to make matters worse, he lied et pour ne rien arranger, il a menti ;3 ( of lower standard) pire (than que) ; the film is worse than the book le film est pire que le livre ; this essay is bad but his is even worse cette rédaction est mauvaise mais la sienne est encore pire ; worse than usual pire que d'habitude ; to be even worse at languages être encore plus mauvais en langues ;4 (more unwell, unhappy) he's getting worse il va plus mal ; the cough is getting worse la toux empire ; to feel worse ( more ill) se sentir plus malade ; ( more unhappy) aller moins bien ; his death made me feel worse sa mort m'a démoralisé encore plus ; the more you move about, the worse it gets plus on bouge pire c'est ; he is none the worse for the experience il ne se porte pas plus mal après cette expérience ; it was a hard life but they're none the worse for it c'était une vie dure mais ils ne s'en portent pas plus mal ; so much the worse for them! tant pis pour eux! ;5 ( more inappropriate) he couldn't have chosen a worse place to meet il n'aurait pas pu choisir un lieu de rendez-vous moins approprié ; the decision couldn't have come at a worse time la décision n'aurait pas pu arriver à un moment plus inopportun.B n there is worse to come ce n'est pas encore le pire ; worse was to follow ce n'était pas encore le pire ; to change for the worse empirer ; things took a turn for the worse les choses ont empiré ; it could mean prison or worse ça pourrait entraîner la prison ou pire.1 (more unsatisfactorily, incompetently) moins bien (than que) ; he plays the piano worse than you! il joue moins bien au piano que toi! ; to behave worse se conduire plus mal ; you could do worse than take early retirement ce ne serait pas si mal de partir en préretraite ; she could do worse than follow his example ce ne serait pas si mal si elle suivait son exemple ;2 (more seriously, severely) [cough, bleed, vomit] plus ; worse still, there are signs of unrest pire encore, il y a des signes d'agitation ; she could complain or worse, report you to the police elle pourrait se plaindre ou pire, te dénoncer à la police.
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