Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Worse and unfortunate are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Worse" with "Unfortunate", this adjectives are similar.
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Worse
Worse adjective - (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability.
Unfortunate and worse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Worse".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- However, due to their unfortunate and accidental tendency to leave a place MUCH worse then it was when they arrived, they've earned their infamous and much-better-known nickname: the Dirty Pair.
Source: Embarrassing Nickname -
After a most unfortunate comment by Igor ("Could be worse...Could be raining"), it starts to rain.
Source: Film / Young Frankenstein -
Even worse, if it's attack connects without being blocked, the unfortunate player's life total instantly drops to 1.
Source: Glass Cannon
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