(chiefly archaic or philosophy) The state or condition of being worse; inferiority.

simple past tense and past participle of worse

Showing worsening or deterioration.

comparative form of bad: more bad / comparative form of ill: more ill

comparative form of badly (adverb): more badly / comparative form of ill: more ill. / Less skillfully. / More severely or seriously.

(obsolete, transitive) To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.

(obsolete) Loss; disadvantage; defeat. / That which is worse; something less good.

(nonstandard, rare) Synonym of worse

plural of worseness

No matter what the future may hold (no matter whether it is good or bad).