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worse

How many syllables in worse?

  1 syllable

Divide worse into syllables:   worse
Syllable stress:   worse
How to pronounce worse:   wurs
How to say worse:

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Synonyms for worse


2 syllables
  • lower
  • poorer
3 syllables
    4 syllables
    • not as good as
    6 syllables
    • of poorer quality
      8 syllables
      • of inferior quality
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        What rhymes with worse

        1 syllable
        • birse
        • curse
        • hearse
        • perse
        • terce
        • verse
        • burse
        • Erse
        • nurse
        • purse
        • terse
        2 syllables
        • person
        • urson
        3 syllables
          4 syllables
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