worser

American  

[wur-ser] / ˈwɜr sər /

adjective

Nonstandard.

1. worse.

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worser British  

/ ˈwɜːsə /

adjective

1. an archaic or nonstandard word for worse

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Etymology

Origin of worser

First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English; a double comparative of worse ( def. ) + -er ⁴ ( def. ) (for the adjective) or -er ⁵ ( def. ) (for the adverb), because worse (like less ), not obviously being a comparative in form, the double comparative worser was formed as with lesser to less; less ( def. ), lesser ( def. )

Example Sentences

The girl said she kept quiet for fear of something “worser,” but eventually told her mother.

From Washington Times

"Had I not, things would have gotten a whole lot worser in that building," Downs said, adding that he was just trying to get "some kind of control."

From Fox News

He has not made it greater but, in a word, whose need is now apparent, worser.

From Washington Post

“I don’t like the luxury I see of a lot of these church people, while the world is getting worser,” he said in an interview from the 1990s.

From The Guardian

But she also worries about the power of unions to stir up class hatred and to become, in the words of one of her union-skeptical workers, “a worser tyrant than e’er th’masters were.”

From The New Yorker