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worsed

worsed is the simple past and past participle of worse.

Meaning of worse

Verb

worse (third-person singular simple present worses, present participle worsing, simple past and past participle worsed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.
    • Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Questions about worsed

What is worsed the simple past and past participle of?
Worsed is the simple past and past participle of worse.

Words near worsed in the dictionary

  1. worse things happen at sea
  2. worse-case
  3. worse-case scenario
  4. worse-off
  5. worse-tempered
  6. worsed
  7. worsely
  8. worsement
  9. worsements
  10. worsen
  11. worsened

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Adapted from Wiktionary: worsed (page history and authors); worse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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