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chooid smessey (yn) brunt: Shen-y-fa ver-ym lhiam y chooid smessey jeh ny ashoonee, as gowee ad ny thieyn oc daue hene Bible
goll ny smessey degenerate, deteriorate, get worse, worsen: As v'ee er hurranse mooarane liorish ymmodee fir-lhee, as er vaarail ooilley ny v'eck, as cha row ee veg share, agh goll ny smessey Bible
worse red smessey; (ny) smessey: She plays worse and worse - T'ee cloie ny smessey as ny smessey. JJK idiom
worst by vessey; red smessey; smessey: This man's conduct is bad, but that of his companions is worse, they're the worst people I know - Ta ymmyrkey yn dooinney shoh olk, agh ta e heshaghyn ny smessey, t'ad yn sleih smessey shione dou. JJK idiom
molteyryn deceivers: Agh nee drogh gheiney as molteyryn gaase ny smessey as ny smessey, molley, as er nyn molley Bible
exacerbate (v.) jean ny smessey
aggravate (v.) cur corree er; cur ferg er; cur hug; greeshaghey; jannoo ny smessey; jannoo ny strimmey; tromaghey
bark2 (of dog) gounsternee: His bark is worse than his bite - Ta e ghounstyrnee ny smessey na'n ghreim echey. JJK idiom
bite1 (n.) greim: His bark is worse than his bite - Ta e ghounstyrnee ny smessey na'n ghreim echey. JJK idiom; (v.) greimmey
conduct1 aghtey; gurneiley; leeideil; imbea; ymmyrkey: This man's conduct is bad, but that of his companions is worse - Ta ymmyrkey yn dooinney shoh olk, agh ta e heshaghyn ny smessey JJK idiom
defy (npl.) cur y lane fo: I defy you to do your worst - Ta mee cur y lane feue dy yannoo y chooid smessey eu. DF idiom
eating ee: Shameful leavings are worse than scandalous eating - Ta fooillagh naareydagh ny smessey na ee scammyltagh. JJK idiom; gee: I'm eating some fruit - Ta mee g'ee mess. JJK idiom
fold (n.) bwoaillee: It's the worst sheep in the fold - T'ish y cheyrrey smessey 'sy woaillee. DF idiom; craplag, filley, lhagg; tuck; (v.) fill: Fold your hands - Fill dty laueyn. DF idiom
leavings (npl.) brooillagh; fooilliaght: Shameful leavings are worse than scandalous eating - Ta fooillagh naareydagh ny smessey na ee scammyltagh. JJK idiom; smuirlagh; boaynlagh
nothing neunhee: Two goals to nil - Daa ghean noi neunhee. DF idiom; veg: Nothing is worse than that - Cha vel veg ny smessey na shen. JJK idiom; folmid
scandalous (adj.) scammyltagh: Shameful leavings are worse than scandalous eating - Ta fooillagh naareydagh ny smessey na ee scammyltagh. JJK idiom; anghooagh; naareydagh
seduced breigit; chleaynee: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations - as chleaynee Manasseh ad dy ve ny smessey na ny ashoonee Bible
shameful (adj.) naareydagh: Shameful leavings are worse than scandalous eating - Ta fooillagh naareydagh ny smessey na ee scammyltagh. JJK idiom; neareydagh; nearagh
ballish he would wish: Haink yn er shoh, er e yoarreeaght ny vud ain; as nish ballish 've ny vriw: nish dell mayd ny smessey rhyt's na roosyn. Bible
crooit coined, created, invented: T'eh gra peeishyn mooarey jeh'n aght-screeuee, y fockley magh as eer y grammeydys "crooit" - er lhimmey jeh ny focklyn crooit! Y grammeydys crooit, shen y red s'messey, t'eh smooinaghtyn. Carn
er n'aase grown: T'ad er n'aase roauyr, t'ad ayns callin vie, t'ad er n'gholl erskyn eer obbraghyn smessey ny mee-chrauee Bible
fer aasit adult man: Y red smessey sy chooish shoh, shen dy row fer aasit oney goit seose ec meoiryn-shee ec e hie hene as v'eh er ny leeideil ersooyl as glass-laue er. Carn
grammeydys grammar: T'eh gra peeishyn mooarey jeh'n aght-screeuee, y fockley magh as eer y grammeydys "crooit" - er lhimmey jeh ny focklyn crooit! Y grammeydys crooit, shen y red s'messey, t'eh smooinaghtyn. Carn
grouw dark, dark-looking, dejected, dismal, forbidding, ghastly, gloomy, glum, grim, surly: yn dooghys mie ny smessey ren caghlaa, yn ghrian daase grouw, tayrn dullyr er y laa. PC
mooaraghey da begrudge: Cha vel fer ayn ny smessey na eshyn ta mooaraghey da hene, as ta shoh cooilleeney er e olkys. Apoc
olk (=Ir. olc) (f.) 1 See smessey, pl. uilk bad, bad-hearted, bad-looking, evil, ill, injury, lousy, morally wrong, truculence, unfavourable, unregenerate, vice, vicious, wicked a: Nagh loayr ad olk jeh dooinney erbee Bible; 2 mischief, naughtiness, wickedness; 3 depressing; 4 naughty; 5 sinful; 6 sinister [O.Ir. olc]
symmyn amounts: S'bastagh nagh vel yn Reiltys ain cur wheesh dy argid dooin as Reiltys Nalbin ny Nerin, agh shoh ny s'messey tra ta shiu clashtyn ny symmyn jeant ec Comunn na Gaidhlig. Dhoor
neeal See niaul 1 cloud, nebula a: bee neeal dy ghorraghys er dy chooilley eddin Bible; 2 (colour) ashen, ashy; 3 (of face) aspect, complexion, countenance: son my heeys eh yn eddin euish, as neeal smessey orroo na er nyn gosanyn: eisht ver shiu mee ayns gaue my ching roish y ree. Bible; 4 faint, swoon: er-yn-oyr dy vel yn chloan as ny oikanyn tuittym neeal ayns straïdyn yn ard-valley. Bible; 5 nap
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