Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

worse and worse

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: worse and -worse
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Increasingly bad. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Example Sentences

"It's getting worse and worse."

Phrases

go from bad to worse

Frequently Paired Words

go from bad to worse

Antonyms

better and better

Questions

What does worse and worse mean?: Increasingly bad. (This entry is a translation hub.)

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