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Webster 1913 Edition


Worser

Wors′er

,
Adj.
Worse.
[R.]
Thou dost deserve a
worser
end.
Beau. & Fl.
From
worser
thoughts which make me do amiss.
Bunyan.
A dreadful quiet felt, and,
worser
far
Than arms, a sullen interval of war.
Dryden.
☞ This old and redundant form of the comparative occurs occasionally in the best authors, although commonly accounted a vulgarism. It has, at least, the analogy of lesser to sanction its issue. See
Lesser
. “The experience of man’s worser nature, which intercourse with ill-chosen associates, by choice or circumstance, peculiarly teaches.”
Hallam.

Webster 1828 Edition


Worser

WORSER

, is a vulgar word, and not used in good writing or speaking.

Definition 2024


worser

worser

English

Adjective

worser

  1. (nonstandard) worse.
    • 1623, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (First Folio)
      That were my state farre worser then it is,
      I would not wed her for a mine of Gold
    • 1674, Divers Rural and Oeconomical Inquiries, recommended to Observation and Tryal, in Philosophical Transactions, vol. 9
      Whether Flower, kneaded and baked as soon as it comes from the Mill, whilst ’tis yet warm, yields blacker and worser Bread?
    • 2002, Ron Lovell, Murder at Yaquina Head
      Momma says that’s an even worser word to say.

Adverb

worser

  1. (nonstandard) worse.

Usage notes

While common in the 16th and 17th centuries, worser is now found only in some regional dialects, and is considered nonstandard.

References

  • The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition.

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