Worst Definition
wûrst
worsts
adjective
Of the lowest quality or condition.
Webster's New World
Most severe or unfavorable.
The worst winter in years.
American Heritage
Bad, evil, harmful, unpleasant, etc. in the highest degree; least good.
Webster's New World
In the least favorable condition or least satisfactory situation.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- basest
- bitterest
- feeblest
- foulest
- grossest
- hardest
- heaviest
- lewdest
- lousiest
- nastiest
- seediest
- shadiest
- sickest
- unluckiest
- unruliest
Antonyms:
- best
- truest
- rightest
- worthiest
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adverb
In the worst manner.
Webster's New World
To a degree that is most bad, evil, unpleasant, etc.
Webster's New World
Worst is defined as the least skilled, the most serious or the thing considered the most unpleasant.
When poor neighborhoods are the most affected by unemployment, this is an example of when they are the worst affected.
When you are discussing everything that went wrong in your day such as running late and forgetting your purse, but the most unpleasant thing in the entire day was the fact you got a speeding ticket, this is an example of when you would say "worst of all, I got a speeding ticket."
When you are the least skilled at playing baseball of anyone, this is an example of when you are the worst.
YourDictionary
verb
To get the better of; defeat.
Webster's New World
(archaic) To make worse.
Wiktionary
(dated, intransitive) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
Wiktionary
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noun
worsts
That which is worst.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
idiom
at (the) worst
- Under the most negative circumstances, estimation, or interpretation:
At worst, the storm will make us postpone the trip.
American Heritage
get
- To suffer a defeat or disadvantage.
American Heritage
if (the) worst comes to (the) worst
- If the very worst thing happens.
American Heritage
in the worst way
- Very much; a great deal:
wanted to be elected in the worst way.
American Heritage
at worst
- under the worst circumstances; at the greatest disadvantage
Webster's New World
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Worst
- at (the) worst
- get
- if (the) worst comes to (the) worst
- in the worst way
- at worst
- give someone the worst of it
- if (the) worst comes to (the) worst
- (in) the worst way
- make the worst of
Origin of Worst
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Middle English from Old English wyrsta wers- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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