"qui pis est" meaning in Français

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Adverb

IPA: \ki pi.z‿ɛ\
  1. Ce qui est pire.
    Sense id: fr-qui_pis_est-fr-adv-O3R1D63t
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Stendhal [Henri Beyle], Lucien Leuwen, 1834",
          "text": "À te voir, on dirait un enfant, et, qui pis est, un enfant content."
        },
        {
          "ref": "René Fallet, Paris au mois d’août, Denoël, 1964, Le Livre de Poche, pages 31-32",
          "text": "Cet innocent stratagème qui lésait moins la France que la chute du franc dura vingt-sept ans, jusqu’en 1950, date à laquelle Clotilde eut la funeste idée de trépasser, perdant ainsi, qui pis est, ses droits à sa pension de veuve, ce qui plongea son sexagénaire de mari dans un cruel embarras."
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  "word": "qui pis est"
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          "ref": "Stendhal [Henri Beyle], Lucien Leuwen, 1834",
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        },
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          "text": "Cet innocent stratagème qui lésait moins la France que la chute du franc dura vingt-sept ans, jusqu’en 1950, date à laquelle Clotilde eut la funeste idée de trépasser, perdant ainsi, qui pis est, ses droits à sa pension de veuve, ce qui plongea son sexagénaire de mari dans un cruel embarras."
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