Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bad comes to worse

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables
bad -comes -to -worse
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

more bad comes to worse (comparative) most bad comes to worse (superlative)

Questions

What does bad comes to worse mean?
Alternative form of worst comes to worst.

How to pronounce bad comes to worse

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