worse

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Old English wyrsa

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worse

  1. Comparative form of bad: more bad.
    Your exam results are worse than before.
  2. Comparative form of ill: more ill.
    She was very ill last week but this week she’s worse.
  3. Of lower quality, less desirable.
  4. More severe or serious.
  5. More evil.

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worse

  1. Comparative form of badly: more badly.
    He drives worse than anyone I know.
  2. Comparative form of ill: more ill.
    He's worse-mannered than she is.
  3. Less skillfully.
  4. More severely or seriously.
  5. (sentence adverb) Used to start a sentence.
    Her leg is infected. Still worse, she's developing a fever.

[edit] Noun

Singular
worse

Plural

worse

  1. A worse condition.
    His mood took a turn for the worse.

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