waur

/ (wɔːr) /

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adjective, noun, adverb

a Scot word for worse

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby waur

Waugh, wauk, Waukegan, Waukesha, waul, waur, Wausau, Wauwatosa, wave, wave-and-pay, wave band

British Dictionary definitions for waur (2 of 2)

waur²

/ (wɔːr) /

adjective

a Scot word for wary

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How to use waur in a sentence

"She's waur," he whispered, like one who had lost his voice.
A Window in Thrums|J. M. Barrie
The proverb "Ill to hae but waur to want" was true of the Carlyles as of many another couple.
How to be Happy Though Married|E. J. Hardy.
For I wasna giein-in to my mother; I was but thinkin hoo to say oot what was in me, ohn vext her waur nor couldna be helpit.
Salted With Fire|George MacDonald
I alloo the sin itsel mayna be jist damnable, but to what bouk mayna it come wi ither and waur sins upo the back o' 't?
Salted With Fire|George MacDonald

I had never muckle broo o' my gudeman's gossips, and now I like them waur than ever.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott