More inferior, as in quality, condition, or effect.
More severe or unfavorable.
Being further from a standard; less desirable or satisfactory.
Being in poorer health; more ill.
n. Something that is worse: Of the two routes, the eastern one is the worse. She was accused of cheating on exams, lying, and worse. adv.
Comparative of badly, ill. In a worse manner; to a worse degree.
[Middle English, from Old English wyrsa; see wers- in Indo-European roots.]