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Worse   /wərs/   Listen
adjective
Worse  adj. compar.  (compar. of Bad) Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; used both in a physical and moral sense. "Or worse, if men worse can devise." "(She) was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse." "Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse." "There are men who seem to believe they are not bad while another can be found worse." ""But I love him." "Love him? Worse and worse.""


adverb
Worse  adv.  In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad. "Now will we deal worse with thee than with them."


noun
Worse  n.  
1.
Loss; disadvantage; defeat. "Judah was put to the worse before Israel."
2.
That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.


verb
Worse  v. t.  To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v. "Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes."





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"Worse" Quotes from Famous Books



... head with a little smile, which was infinitely sadder than tears. His cold silence was worse than an outburst of grief; it was like the keen frost that comes before snow, harder to bear than the snow itself. Presently he moved slightly towards his companion so that their arms were touching, and in his soft modulated voice, trained to ...
— The Slave Of The Lamp • Henry Seton Merriman
... anything of the sort. I never stoop to mere vituperation: what would my girls say of me if I did? I chose my words most carefully. I said they were tyrants, liars, and thieves; and so they are. Slattox is even worse. ...
— Getting Married • George Bernard Shaw
... not," replied the voice. "You shall not be the worse for it—I promise you that. You will be much the better for it. Just believe what I say, and do ...
— At the Back of the North Wind • Elizabeth Lewis and George MacDonald
... Bruce summoned all his nobles and barons to join him, when he heard of the great preparation which the king of England was making. They were not so numerous as the English by many thousand men. In fact, his whole army did not very much exceed thirty thousand men, and they were much worse armed than the wealthy Englishmen; but then Robert, who was at their head, was one of the most expert generals of the time, and the officers he had under him were his brother Edward, his nephew Randolph, his faithful ...
— Ten Great Events in History • James Johonnot
... His home-coming was proving a terrible disappointment to him, and he little dreamed how much worse than disappointment was yet ...
— Reels and Spindles - A Story of Mill Life • Evelyn Raymond


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