Definitions for worse
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. worse(adj)

   something inferior in quality or condition or effect

   "for better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and worse"

2. worse(adj)

   (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"

3. worse, worsened(adverb)

   changed for the worse in health or fitness

   "I feel worse today"; "her cold is worse"

4. worse(adverb)

   (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner

   "he did worse on the second exam"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. worse(Noun)

   A worse condition.

   His mood took a turn for the worse.

2. worse(Verb)

   To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.

   Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes. uE000123180uE001 Milton.

3. worse(Adverb)

   Less skillfully.

4. worse(Adverb)

   More severely or seriously.

5. worse(Adverb)

   Used to start a sentence.

   Her leg is infected. Still worse, she's developing a fever.

6. worse(Adjective)

   More ill.

   She was very ill last week but this week she's worse.

7. worse(Adjective)

   Of lower quality, less desirable.

8. worse(Adjective)

   More severe or serious.

9. worse(Adjective)

   More evil.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Worse

   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

   Etymology: [OE. wursien, AS. wyrsian to become worse.]

2. Worse(noun)

   loss; disadvantage; defeat

   Etymology: [OE. wursien, AS. wyrsian to become worse.]

3. Worse(noun)

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

   Etymology: [OE. wursien, AS. wyrsian to become worse.]

4. Worse(adj)

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

   Etymology: [OE. wursien, AS. wyrsian to become worse.]

5. Worse(verb)

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

   Etymology: [OE. wursien, AS. wyrsian to become worse.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Worse

   wurs, adj. (used as comp. of bad) bad or evil in a greater degree: more sick.—adv. bad in a higher degree: less: (Shak.) with more severity.—v.t. (obs.) to worst.—v.i. Wor′sen, to grow worse.—v.t. to make worse.—adv. Wor′ser, a redundant comparative of worse.—The worse, defeat, disadvantage. [A.S. wyrsa, from wiers-sa from wirsiza (Goth. wairsiza), formed with comp. suffix -iz from a Teut. root wers, found in Ger. ver-wirren, to confuse.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'worse' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1719

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'worse' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1054

Anagrams for worse »

1. owers, resow, serow, sorwe, sower, sowre, swore, WOREs

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of worse in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of worse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of worse in a Sentence

1. Texas Republican senator:

   It dramatically increases the likelihood that a new president in 2017 will face no other choice but launching military strikes against Iran to stop them from acquiring nuclear weapons, we'd like to be able to use all of the tools of sanctions and everything else. But if the president hands those tools away it puts the next president and it puts this country in a much worse position.

2. Todd Carroll:

   Why a president is talking to an ambassador on a non-encrypted telephone is crazy for today's age, and worse in public, ukraine is one of the most open areas for intelligence agencies to work in. Both sides. I was told when I was there in 2010 that expect all your calls to be monitored.

3. Mark Brayford:

   Mr. Sidhu advised me: I dont want to make things any worse. I cant make things any better, but I certainly dont want to make them worse by having a trial. he wanted the families to know he is devastated by the grief he has caused them.

4. John Ruskin (1819-1900), British poet, artist,:

   There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse cannot make a little cheaper and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.

5. Lisa Hegwood:

   It's very disheartening to see generation after generation go through this, it's even worse when a child is put through it.

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