different between worser vs worsen

English

Etymology

worse +? -er

Adjective

worser

1. (archaic or nonstandard) worse.
   • 1674, Divers Rural and Oeconomical Inquiries, recommended to Observation and Tryal, in Philosophical Transactions, vol. 9

     Whether Flower, kneaded and baked as ?oon as it comes from the Mill, whil?t ’tis yet warm, yields blacker and wor?er Bread?

   • 2002, Ron Lovell, Murder at Yaquina Head

     Momma says that’s an even worser word to say.

Adverb

worser

1. (archaic or nonstandard) worse.

Usage notes

Common in the 16th and 17th centuries, but now found only in some regional dialects, and considered nonstandard.

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary, second edition.

Anagrams

• Rowser, rowers

English

Etymology

worse +? -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w??(r)s?n/

  Rhymes: -??(r)s?n

Verb

worsen (third-person singular simple present worsens, present participle worsening, simple past and past participle worsened)

1. (transitive) To make worse; to impair.

   The global warming has worsened the weather.

   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

     It is apparent that, in the particular point of which we have been conversing, their condition is greatly worsened.

2. (intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.

   The weather has worsened.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To get the better of; to worst.

Synonyms

• (to make worse): aggravate, exacerbate; See also Thesaurus:aggravate
• (to become worse): decline, deteriorate; See also Thesaurus:worsen
• (to get the better of): better, defeat, overpower

Antonyms

• improve
• ameliorate

Translations

Anagrams

• Rewson, owners, resown, rowens, snower, sworne