Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moreso

/mɔɹˈɛsoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: more-so
IPA: /mɔɹˈɛsoʊ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Nonstandard spelling of more so.

adv

More than anything/anything else, rather.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Food and other essential resources are limited, and are likely to become moreso."
"We grow more like ourselves in our past, only moreso."
"Consequently, he concluded, new arrangements are necessary and will become moreso in future."
"The investment environment in the seven years immediately preceding the 1987 crash was as favorable, if not moreso, than the years prior to the 1929 crash."
"Though it did add some cool new QoL features, last week's was moreso a balance update."
"It's not quite he got angry and then left, it's moreso he got frustrated and then left."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more so (alternative) more-so (alternative)

Phrases

less so

Frequently Paired Words

alot less so

Rhymes With

espresso expresso

Questions

How do you pronounce moreso?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɔɹˈɛsoʊ/.
What does moreso mean?: Nonstandard spelling of more so.

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