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What does "worse" mean?

Worse: Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse. 2 Tim. iii.

Additional senses

  1. 2.There are men who seem to believe they are not bad while another can be found worse. Rambler. "But I love him." "Love him Worse and worse." Gay.
  2. 3.Loss; disadvantage; defeat. "Judah was put to the worse before Israel." Kings xiv.
  3. 4.2. That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
  4. 5.In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad. Now will we deal worse with thee than with them. Gen. xix.
  5. 6.To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v. Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us and worse our foes. Milton.

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