Worse, worst - Pire (The 743rd Most Common French Word)

In French, the word for Worse, worst is Pire. It can be used as adjective. This word often comes up when talking about measures. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 743rd most common word in French. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: worse, worst

French: pire

Examples


This is the worst of all.	C'est le pire de tout.
The movie is far worse than the book.	Le film est bien pire que le livre.
It looks a lot worse than it is.	Ça a l'air bien pire que ça n'est.
There's nothing worse than that.	Il n'y a rien de pire.
We've done worse.	Nous avons fait pire.
I don't know what's worse.	Je ne sais pas ce qui est pire.
Nothing is worse than war.	Il n'y a rien de pire que la guerre.
I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.	Je suis peut-être aussi mauvais que le pire, mais, Dieu merci, je suis aussi bon que le meilleur.

It's getting worse and worse.	C'est de pire en pire.
This is the worst hotel in town.	Cet hôtel est le pire que je connaisse de toute la ville.
The situation went from bad to worse.	La situation allait de pire en pire.
The situation is worse than we thought.	La situation est pire que ce que je pensais.
It's worse than I thought.	C'est pire que je pensais.
I was expecting the worst.	Je m'attendais au pire.
I can be your best friend or your worst enemy.	Je peux être votre meilleur ami ou votre pire ennemi.
A fool that considers himself smart is worse than any other fool.	Un idiot qui se croit intelligent est pire qu'un simple idiot.
He committed his worst crime on me.	Il a commis son pire crime sur moi.
You should prepare for the worst.	Tu devrais être prête pour le pire.
We're prepared for the worst.	Je m'attends au pire.
Yours is worse.	La tienne est pire.
The worst is over.	Le pire est passé.