worser
Even more bad
Worser is a nonstandard double comparative of worse, adding -er to a word that's already comparative.
It appears in dialect, informal speech, and deliberately playful usage: Things just got worser and worser.
Shakespeare used it, but modern standard English considers it incorrect.
The form survives mainly for emphasis or comic effect.
More morally degraded
- foulerMore offensive to senses
- meanerMore unkind or stingy
- vilerMore morally repugnant
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
archaic · poetic · theatrical · dramatic · King Lear · Othello · literary · antiquated
Slang comparative of wicked
- ungrammaticalBreaking syntax rules
- informalRelaxed, not official
- dialectalOf regional speech patterns
- substandardBelow required quality
colloquial · uneducated · irregular · comparative · redundant · archaic · vernacular · improper
baser
More morally degraded
Elizabethan · archaic · poetic · theatrical · dramatic · King Lear · Othello · literary · antiquated · early modern
badder
Slang comparative of wicked
- ungrammaticalBreaking syntax rules
- informalRelaxed, not official
- dialectalOf regional speech patterns
substandard · colloquial · uneducated · irregular · comparative · redundant · archaic · vernacular · improper · mistaken
worserbetter
Of higher quality
improved · superior · enhanced · finer · preferable
worserproper English
Correct, formal language usage
better · worse · more · standard form
- the worstMost inferior possible
- for better or worseIn any circumstance
- worst enemyUltimate personal adversary
- worse offIn diminished circumstances
- could be worseGrudging mild acceptance
- worst caseMost unfavorable possibility