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Err so badly, making you more upset (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sorer

'more upset' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'err so badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'err'+'so'='errso'
'errso' anagrammed gives 'SORER'.

'making you' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sorer that I've seen before include "Comparatively vexed" , "more upset" , "More painful or vexed" , "more resentful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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