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  1. a. Worse.
  2. 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. Note: 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.
  3. 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 intervalof war. Dryden.
  4. a (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability a changed for the worse in health or fitness