How to pronounce worse

Say it like this: /wɝs/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/wɝs/

What does worse mean?

nounLoss; disadvantage; defeat

“Judah was put to the worse before Israel.”

That which is worse; something less good.

“Do not think the worse of him for his enterprise.”

verbTo make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.

“Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.”

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