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Word entry · 5 letters

worse

Best crossword clue

"Less favorable"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /wɜːs/Part of speech adverb, adjective, nounSorted eorswStarts with WEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (comparative of ‘ill’) in a less effective or successful or desirable manner

Word origin

From Middle English worse, werse, from Old English wiersa, from Proto-West Germanic *wirsiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *wirsizô. Cognate with Dutch wers (“worse”).

Used in a sentence

  • Your exam results are worse than before.
  • The harder you try, the worse you do.
  • He drives worse than anyone else I know.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Less favorable5 letters
02More bad5 letters

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