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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Worse

/wẽrs/ · IPA /wɝs/
01 a. 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 …
  1. 1.
    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.” — Chaucer.
    “[She] was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.” — Mark v. 26.
    “Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse.” — 2 Tim. iii. 13.
    “There are men who seem to believe they are not bad while another can be found worse.” — Rambler.
    ““But I love him.” “Love him? Worse and worse.”” — Gay.
02 n. Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
  1. 1.
    Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
  2. 2.
    That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
03 adv. In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.
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    In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.
    “Now will we deal worse with thee than with them.” — Gen. xix. 9.
04 v. t. To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.
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    To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v. See: Worst
    “Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes.” — Milton.