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Worse

/wəːs/
More bad than something else, indicating a greater degree of negativity

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Examples:

My cold is getting worse.Her cooking today was worse than yesterday's.

Etymology:

etymology
From Middle English wors, from Old English wyrs, comparative of yfel (bad), from Proto-Germanic *wirsiz.

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