[
  {
    "word": "worse",
    "phonetic": "/w\u025c\u02d0s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/w\u025c\u02d0s/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/w\u025ds/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/worse-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=471120",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Unfavorable; negative; not good.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Abducting children is bad for mothers."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not suitable or fitting.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not appropriate, of manners etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Evil; wicked.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Be careful. There are bad people in the world."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Faulty; not functional.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had a bad headlight."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "These apples have gone bad."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of breath) Malodorous; foul.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone."
          },
          {
            "definition": "False; counterfeit; illegitimate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "They were caught trying to pass bad coinage."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of poor physical appearance.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I don't look bad in this dress, do I?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Bold and daring.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Good, superlative, excellent, cool.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Man, that new car you bought is bad!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He is in bad need of a haircut."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Overly promiscuous, licentious.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He gave me a bad check."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "badass",
          "evil",
          "vicious",
          "vile",
          "wicked",
          "false",
          "spurious",
          "unhealthful",
          "unwholesome",
          "faulty",
          "inoperative",
          "negative",
          "unfavorable",
          "inappropriate",
          "unfit",
          "hot",
          "rubber",
          "dire",
          "severe",
          "urgent",
          "foul",
          "malodorous",
          "rotten",
          "bungling",
          "inept",
          "repulsive",
          "unsightly",
          "foul",
          "loathsome",
          "ill",
          "poorly",
          "sickly",
          "abandoned",
          "abominable",
          "base",
          "corrupt",
          "deficient",
          "detestable",
          "disgusting",
          "inferior",
          "lousy",
          "off",
          "poor",
          "punk",
          "substandard",
          "unacceptable",
          "ungodly",
          "unsatisfactory",
          "vicious",
          "wanting",
          "wretched",
          "wrong"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "adequate",
          "advantageous",
          "beneficial",
          "benevolent",
          "choice",
          "competent",
          "excellent",
          "exceptional",
          "first-class",
          "first-rate",
          "good",
          "honest",
          "just",
          "premium",
          "prime",
          "profitable",
          "propitious",
          "reputable",
          "right",
          "sincere",
          "sufficient",
          "superior",
          "true",
          "upright",
          "virtuous",
          "worthy"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "In a bad manner.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Very much; to a great degree.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I want it so badly."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Evil; wicked (of people).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He suffered from ill treatment."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "ill manners; ill will"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I've been ill with the flu for the past few days."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Having an urge to vomit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Seeing those pictures made me ill."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "That band was ill."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Unwise; not a good idea.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "bad",
          "mal-",
          "disgusted",
          "nauseate",
          "nauseous",
          "sick",
          "sickened",
          "dope",
          "diseased",
          "poorly",
          "sick",
          "under the weather",
          "unwell"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "good",
          "wack",
          "fine",
          "hale",
          "healthy",
          "well"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "illy"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "well"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Loss; disadvantage; defeat.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "That which is worse; something less good.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Do not think the worse of him for his enterprise."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bad",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/badly",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ill",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/worse"
    ]
  }
]