Wor"ry (?), v. i. To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to
manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child
worries; the horse worries.
Wor"ry, n.; pl. Worries (&?;). A state of undue solicitude; a state of
disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be
in a worry. "The whir and worry of spindle and of loom." Sir T. Browne.
Wor"ry*ing*ly, adv. In a worrying manner.
Worse (?), a., compar. of Bad. [OE. werse, worse, wurse, AS. wiersa,
wyrsa, a comparative with no corresponding positive; akin to OS. wirsa,
OFries. wirra, OHG. wirsiro, Icel. verri, Sw. värre, Dan. värre, Goth.
waírsiza, and probably to OHG. werran to bring into confusion, E. war,
and L. verrere to sweep, sweep along. As bad has no comparative and
superlative, worse and worst are used in lieu of them, although
etymologically they have no relation to bad.] Bad, ill, evil, or
corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good;
specifically, in poorer health; more sick; — used both in a physical
and moral sense.
Or worse, if men worse can devise.
Chaucer.
[She] was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse.
Mark v. 26.
Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse.