[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

worse \worse\, v. t. oe. wursien, as. wyrsian to become worse.
   to make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst.
   see worst, v.
   1913 webster

         weapons more violent, when next we meet,
         may serve to better us and worse our foes. --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
worst 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

worse \worse\, n.
   1. loss; disadvantage; defeat. "judah was put to the worse
      before israel." --kings xiv. 12.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is worse; something less good; as, think not
      the worse of him for his enterprise.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

worse \worse\, adv. as. wiers, wyrs; akin to os.  ohg. wirs,
   icel. verr, goth, wa'irs; a comparative adverb with no
   corresponding positive. see worse, a.
   in a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.
   1913 webster

         now will we deal worse with thee than with them. --gen.
                                                  xix. 9.
   1913 webster
see also:
worse 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

worse \worse\, a., compar. of bad. oe. werse, worse, wurse,
   as. wiersa, wyrsa, a comparative with no corresponding
   positive; akin to os. wirsa, ofries. wirra, ohg. wirsiro,
   icel. verri, sw. vaumrre, dan. vaumrre, goth.
   wa'irsiza, and probably to ohg. werran to bring into
   confusion, e. war, and l. verrere to sweep, sweep along. as
   bad has no comparative and superlative, worse and worst are
   used in lieu of them, although etymologically they have no
   relation to bad.
   bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or
   evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick;
   -- used both in a physical and moral sense.
   1913 webster

         or worse, if men worse can devise.       --chaucer.
   1913 webster

         she was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.
                                                  --mark v. 26.
   1913 webster

         evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse. --2
                                                  tim. iii. 13.
   1913 webster

         there are men who seem to believe they are not bad
         while another can be found worse.        --rambler.
   1913 webster

         "but i love him." "love him? worse and worse." --gay.
   1913 webster
see also:
bad 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bad \bad\ ba^d, a. compar. worse w^us; superl.
   worst w^ust. probably fr. as. baeddel
   hermaphrodite; cf. baedling effeminate fellow.
   wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious,
   hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
   defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious;
   wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad
   conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad
   crop; bad news.

   note: sometimes used substantively.
         1913 webster

               the strong antipathy of good to bad. --pope.
         1913 webster

   syn: pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious;
        hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious;
        imperfect.
        1913 webster
see also:
worse worst good 

[6] : WordNet (r) 2.0

worse
     adj 1: comparative of `bad' inferior to another in quality or
            condition or desirability; "this road is worse than
            the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape
            than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than
            cheating and lying" ant: better
     2: changed for the worse in health or fitness; "i feel worse
        today"; "her cold is worse" syn: worsened ant: better
     n : something inferior in quality or condition or effect; "for
         better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and
         worse"
     adv : comparative of `ill' in a less effective or successful or
           desirable manner; "he did worse on the second exam"
see also:
better worsened 

[7] : WordNet (r) 2.0

worse
     see bad
see also:
bad 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bad
     adj 1: having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report
            card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression";
            "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad
            cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the
            reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad
            light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" ant:
             good
     2: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big
        or bad shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" syn: big
     3: feeling physical discomfort or pain `tough' is occasionally
        used colloquially for `bad'; "my throat feels bad"; "she
        felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless
        night" syn: tough
     4: of foodstuffs not in an edible or usable condition; "bad
        meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" syn: spoiled,
         spoilt
     5: not capable of being collected; "a bad or uncollectible
        debt" syn: uncollectible
     6: below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess
        player"; "a bad recital"
     7: nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
     8: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high
        risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much
        can't help being risky"; "speculative business
        enterprises" syn: insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative
     9: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad
        heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
        syn: unfit, unsound
     10: capable of harming; "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad
         for you"
     11: keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team
         down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly";
         "felt bad about breaking the vase" syn: sorry
     12: characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad
         life" syn: immoral
     13: reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged
         twenty dollar bill" syn: forged
     14: not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a
         defective appliance" syn: defective
     n : that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or
         decency; "take the bad with the good" syn: badness
         ant: good, good
     adv 1: with great intensity `bad' is a nonstandard variant for
            `badly'; "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were
            badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
            syn: badly
     2: very much; strongly; "i wanted it badly enough to work hard
        for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly
        in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste
        it" syn: badly
     also: worst, worse
see also:
good big tough spoiled spoilt uncollectible 
insecure risky high-risk speculative unfit 
unsound sorry immoral forged defective 
badness badly worst worse 

[9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

80 moby thesaurus words for "worse":
   aggravated, altered, amplified, annoyed, augmented, better, broken,
   burned, burst, busted, changeable, changed, checked, chipped,
   converted, cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, degenerate,
   deliberately provoked, deteriorated, deviant, divergent,
   embittered, enhanced, enlarged, exacerbated, exasperated, harmed,
   heated up, heightened, hotted up, hurt, impaired, imperfect,
   improved, in bits, in pieces, in shards, increased, injured,
   intensified, irritated, lacerated, magnified, mangled,
   metamorphosed, metastasized, modified, mutant, mutilated, provoked,
   qualified, rebuilt, reformed, renewed, rent, revived,
   revolutionary, ruptured, scalded, scorched, shattered, slashed,
   slit, smashed, soured, split, sprung, subversive, the worse for,
   torn, transformed, translated, transmuted, unmitigated, weakened,
   worse off, worsened

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