worst

UK /wɜːst/ US /wɜɹst/
adj 4verb 3noun 1name 1

Definitions

adj

1

superlative form of bad: most bad

I think putting oil on a burn is the worst thing you can do.

2

superlative form of bad: most bad

That's the worst news I've had all day.

3

superlative form of bad: most bad

The worst storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines.

4

superlative form of bad: most bad

None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst.

noun

1

Something or someone that is the worst.

The humorist helps people to explore and confront their worsts

verb

1

To make worse.

2

To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting.

3

To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.

The […] Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark.

Her joy and pride in the honour paid to her darling son Adam was beginning to be worsted in the conflict with the jealousy and fretfulness which had revived when Adam came to tell her that Captain Donnithorne desired him to join the dancers in the hall.

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