He was always bad enough, but he got wuss and wuss, and nothin' couldn't please him.

"But instead of getting better my shoulder seems to get wuss, hang the luck."

"I hurt my foot comin' down the river an' hit got wuss walkin' so much."

De South says 'Dese is our niggers and we'll do dum as we please,' and so de rumpus got wuss dan it was afore.

It got wuss and wuss: Mary Ann was sure the house was haunted, an' I had to let her go home for a whole winter.