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worser

[wur-ser]

adjective

Nonstandard.
  1. worse.



worser

/ ˈwɜːsə /

adjective

  1. an archaic or nonstandard word for worse

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of worser1

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. )
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

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As more such incidents happened, the girl said, she kept them a secret from her mother because she was “scared something worser would happen” if Vazquez got mad.

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"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."

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

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“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.

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