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The pain got worse and worse. ☊ and ☊
My headache is getting worse. ☊ bad ☊
It was getting worse by the minute (= very fast). ☊ by ☊
Darker colours are more practical and don't show stains. ☊ dark ☊
There was a definite feeling that things were getting worse. ☊ definite ☊
They came home the worse for drink (= drunk). ☊ drink ☊
his vision of a fairer, kinder society ☊ fair ☊
Things have gone from bad to worse. ☊ from ☊
The situation is far worse than we had been led to believe. ☊ lead ☊
Matters were made worse by a fire in the warehouse. ☊ matter ☊
And then, to make matters worse, his parents turned up. ☊ matter ☊
He seems none the worse for the experience. ☊ none ☊
Divorce is complicated enough in normal circumstances, but this situation is even worse. ☊ normal ☊
We can't be any worse off than we are already. ☊ be better/worse off (doing sth) ☊
If you do that, it will only make matters worse. ☊ only ☊
If I can afford it, I think I'll go private (= pay for medical care rather than use the government service). ☊ private ☊
The patient's condition is stable (= it is not getting worse). ☊ stable ☊
The situation got steadily worse. ☊ steadily ☊
The quality ranged from acceptable to worse than useless. ☊ useless ☊
The rooms were awful and the food was worse. ☊ worse ☊
The weather got worse during the day. ☊ worse ☊
worse than sth: The interview was much worse than he had expected. ☊ worse ☊
worse than doing sth: There's nothing worse than going out in the cold with wet hair. ☊ worse ☊
They were trying to prevent an even worse tragedy. ☊ worse ☊
The crisis was getting worse and worse. ☊ worse ☊
Don't tell her that—you'll only make things worse. ☊ worse ☊
Never mind—it could be worse (= although the situation is bad, it is not as bad as it might have been). ☊ worse ☊
If he gets any worse we'll call the doctor. ☊ worse ☊
He told her she'd let them down and she felt worse than ever. ☊ worse ☊
I didn't do it very well, but, if anything, he did it worse than I did. ☊ worse ☊
She'd lost her job. Even worse, she'd lost her house and her children, too. ☊ worse ☊
I've only broken my arm; other people are far worse off than me. ☊ be worse off (than sb/sth) ☊