worse

[Worse]

Worse means "not as good as something else" or "changed negatively," like a sore throat that is getting worse, meaning it hurts more now.

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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.

Noun
something inferior in quality or condition or effect; "for better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and worse"

Adjective
(comparative of `bad'') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability; "this road is worse than the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying"

Adjective
changed for the worse in health or fitness; "I feel worse today"; "her cold is worse"

Adverb
(comparative of `ill'') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner; "he did worse on the second exam"

compar.
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.

n.
Loss; disadvantage; defeat.

n.
That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.

a.
In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.

v. t.
To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.

Worse

Worse , a., compar. of Bad. [OE. werse, worse, wurse, AS. wiersa, wyrsa, a comparative with no corresponding positive; akin to OS. wirsa, OFries. wirra, OHG. wirsiro, Icel. verri, Sw. v'84rre, Dan. v'84rre, Goth. wa'a1rsiza, and probably to OHG. werran to bring into confusion, E. war, and L. verrere to sweep, sweep along. As bad has no comparative and superlative, worse and worst are used in lieu of them, although etymologically they have no relation to 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."

Worse

Worse, n. 1. Loss; disadvantage; defeat. "Judah was put to the worse before Israel." Kings xiv. 12. 2. That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.

Worse

Worse, adv. [AS. wiers, wyrs; akin to OS. & OHG. wirs, Icel. verr, Goth, wa'a1rs; a comparative adverb with no corresponding positive. See Worse, a.] In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.

Now will we deal worse with thee than with them.

Worse

Worse, v. t. [OE. wursien, AS. wyrsian to become worse.] 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.

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.

Loss; disadvantage; defeat.

In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.

To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.

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Usage Examples

Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

Beauty is often worse than wine intoxicating both the holder and beholder.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle.

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of something worse than that. Money, yeah. I think the media's the kind of a thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.

A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils.

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it.

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.

A relationship is lovely if you're happy, comfortable in it and you really like the person. I can think of nothing better. But there's nothing worse than having a relationship in which you feel no interest.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.