In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 47 in Adjectives is defined as:
‘and’ to repeat a comparative adjective to indicate change over time, usually after ‘become’ or ‘get’
However, the English Vocabulary Profile lists ‘worse and worse‘ at B2
used to emphasize how unpleasant, difficult, severe, etc. something is becoming
A search in iWeb corpus:
_V _JJR and _JJR
1 GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER 1563
2 GETTING WORSE AND WORSE 1555
3 GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER 897
4 GET BIGGER AND BIGGER 867
5 GOT WORSE AND WORSE 852
And over the course of that week, this feeling got worse and worse,
and I started to become convinced that something was there in my little guest house, haunting me.
6 GET WORSE AND WORSE 735
7 GET SMALLER AND SMALLER 616
8 GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER 590
9 GETS WORSE AND WORSE 590
10 GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER 468
11 GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER 458
HULL CITY TIGERS12 GET BIGGER AND STRONGER 438
13 GETS SMALLER AND SMALLER 429
14 IS EASIER AND CHEAPER 348
15 GET STRONGER AND STRONGER 345
16 GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER 323
17 BE EASIER AND CHEAPER 291
18 IS SMALLER AND LIGHTER 288
19 GETTING SHORTER AND SHORTER 279
20 GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER 270
21 GETTING LARGER AND LARGER 241
22 GETTING BIGGER AND STRONGER 232
23 GET LARGER AND LARGER 224
24 BE HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER 215
25 ARE BIGGER AND STRONGER 206
26 GET HIGHER AND HIGHER 197
27 BE HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER 196
28 GETS LARGER AND LARGER 195
29 GETTING HOTTER AND HOTTER 184
30 GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER 184
31 GETTING YOUNGER AND YOUNGER 182
32 GETS STRONGER AND STRONGER 181
33 GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER 180
34 BECOMES SMALLER AND SMALLER 179
35 GETTING WEAKER AND WEAKER 168
36 GREW LARGER AND LARGER 168
37 GROWING LARGER AND LARGER 164
38 GETTING BUSIER AND BUSIER 162
39 IS LARGER AND HEAVIER 162
40 IS BIGGER AND STRONGER 154
41 ‘S EASIER AND CHEAPER 149
42 ARE HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER 149
43 BECOMING SMALLER AND SMALLER 147
44 GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER 146
45 GREW STRONGER AND STRONGER 146
46 ARE SMALLER AND LIGHTER 143
47 GREW LOUDER AND LOUDER 143
48 ROSE HIGHER AND HIGHER 137
49 GREW BIGGER AND BIGGER 135
50 GOT SMALLER AND SMALLER 134
51 IS FASTER AND CHEAPER 134
52 GROWS LARGER AND LARGER 132
53 GETTING CHEAPER AND CHEAPER 132
54 BECOME SMALLER AND SMALLER 130
55 GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER 125
56 GETS HIGHER AND HIGHER 124
57 IS BIGGER AND HEAVIER 124
58 GROW BIGGER AND STRONGER 123
59 BE BIGGER AND STRONGER 121
60 ARE EASIER AND CHEAPER 121
61 GROW BIGGER AND BIGGER 120
62 GROW LARGER AND LARGER 119
63 LIVE HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER 118
64 ARE BETTER AND WORSE 118
65 GETTING THINNER AND THINNER 116
66 GETTING SICKER AND SICKER 115
67 ARE LARGER AND HEAVIER 115
68 GETS LOUDER AND LOUDER 114
69 GETTING OLDER AND OLDER 114
70 GROWING STRONGER AND STRONGER 112
71 GETTING HEAVIER AND HEAVIER 112
72 GETTING DARKER AND DARKER 112
73 BECAME WORSE AND WORSE 111
74 IS THINNER AND LIGHTER 111
75 GROWS BIGGER AND BIGGER 109
76 BECAME STRONGER AND STRONGER 107
77 GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER 106
78 IS LIGHTER AND STRONGER 106
79 IS LONGER AND WIDER 105
80 BECOMING BIGGER AND BIGGER 103
81 ARE BETTER AND CHEAPER 101
82 IS BETTER AND CHEAPER 100
83 GETTING SMARTER AND SMARTER 100
84 GETS BETTER AND BETTER 99
85 CLIMBING HIGHER AND HIGHER 98
86 RISING HIGHER AND HIGHER 97
87 GETTING COLDER AND COLDER 97
88 DO BIGGER AND BETTER 95
89 BECOMING CLEARER AND CLEARER 93
90 GREW WORSE AND WORSE 91
91 BECOMING RARER AND RARER 91
92 BECAME SMALLER AND SMALLER 91
93 GETS SHORTER AND SHORTER 90
94 GETTING LOWER AND LOWER 89
95 IS LIGHTER AND SMALLER 88
A2 vocabulary:
became, become, becomes, becoming, busier, clearer, climbing, grew, grow, growing, grows, healthier, heavier, higher, larger, louder, lower, sicker, stronger, thinner, wider, worse