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much worst vs much worse

The correct phrase to use is 'much worse.' 'Much worst' isn't the correct construction in English. 'Worse' is the comparative form of 'bad', while 'worst' is the superlative form. Therefore, 'much worse' should be used to compare two things that are both bad.
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Last updated: August 15, 2024

much worst

'Much worst' is not a correct construction in English.

The correct comparative form of 'bad' is 'worse', so 'much worse' should be used instead of 'much worst'.
  • This Is Pretty Much The Worst Birthday Ever.
  • The last is very much the worst.
  • She's pretty much the worst person.
  • Tucson is pretty much the worst place to sustain human life.
  • That's why I have to go on this trip to pretty much the worst place in America.
  • She's pretty much the worst person you'll ever meet, so just avoid eye contact at all times.
  • So, very much the worst of both worlds.
  • Pretty much the worst kind of stuff you can think of.
  • There's the "roid-rage" vamps, who are pretty much the worst.
  • OK, the crime of killing another god is pretty much the worst one ever, especially seeing as there aren't many of us.
  • I mean, like, pretty much going through the worst times.
  • Missing their birthday because I'm in jail pretty much makes me the worst father ever.
  • Pretty much my worst nightmare.
  • You've pretty much seen me at my worst.
  • Worst case, Kenny'll brag too much and you can steal a client from him.
  • Poor boy, I susupected as much, you're the worst type there is.
  • Furthermore, the Commission observes that, in order to establish a worst-case scenario, previous airline cases normally had considered much larger deviations of the baseline parameters.
  • Worst-case scenario, it's too much activity, completely fries your cortex, and you lose all cognitive ability.
  • At worst, they're going to have to vet me, find out how much I know.
  • Ayatollah Khomeini is still alive, and much like Ahmadinejad today, he's using the worst rhetoric against Israel.

Alternatives:

  • much worse
  • far worse
  • significantly worse
  • considerably worse
  • substantially worse

much worse

'Much worse' is the correct comparative form of 'bad'.

'Much worse' is used to compare two things that are both bad, indicating that one is more bad than the other.
  • It could have ended much worse.
  • I always imagined meself doing something much worse.
  • Either the grave or somewhere much worse.
  • Whatever, your situation is much worse than mine.
  • After all, there are things so much worse than death.
  • You've got much worse things to deal with.
  • It's much worse than it sounds.
  • My imagination is so much worse.
  • That went much worse than I suspected.
  • It is so much worse when they have a face.
  • Because reality... is much worse.
  • I think your situation is much worse, dear.
  • What she did is much worse.
  • Only he has it much worse.
  • No, much worse than normal.
  • How much worse to be brought low a second time.
  • And then something much worse did happen.
  • Well, my situation is much worse.
  • Because I'm so much worse when I don't.
  • I have been called much worse, Madame Castevet.

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