Worst

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Worst \Worst\, n.
     That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious,
     calamitous, or wicked state or degree.
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           The worst is not


           So long as we can say, This is the worst. --Shak.
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           He is always sure of finding diversion when the worst
           comes to the worst.                      --Addison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Worst \Worst\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worsted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Worsting}.] [See {Worse}, v. t. & a.]
     To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the
     better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
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           The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated
           ark.                                     --South.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Worst \Worst\, v. i.
     To grow worse; to deteriorate. [R.] "Every face . . .
     worsting." --Jane Austen.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Worst \Worst\, a., superl. of {Bad}. [OE. werst, worste, wurste,
     AS. wyrst, wierst, wierrest. See {Worse}, a.]
     Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a
     physical or moral sense. See {Worse}. "Heard so oft in worst
     extremes." --Milton.
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           I have a wife, the worst that may be.    --Chaucer.
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           If thou hadst not been born the worst of men,
           Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer.   --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bad \Bad\ (b[a^]d), a. [Compar. {Worse} (w[^u]s); superl.
     {Worst} (w[^u]st).] [Probably fr. AS. b[ae]ddel
     hermaphrodite; cf. b[ae]dling effeminate fellow.]
     Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious,
     hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
     defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious;
     wicked; -- the opposite of {good}; as, a bad man; bad
     conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad
     crop; bad news.
  
     Note: Sometimes used substantively.
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                 The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope.
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     Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious;
          hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious;
          imperfect.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  worst
       adj : (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or
             condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst
             weather of the year" [ant: {best}]
       n 1: the least favorable outcome; "the worst that could happen"
       2: the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable;
          "the invaders did their worst"; "so pure of heart that his
          worst is another man's best"
       3: the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of;
          "it was the worst he had ever done on a test" [ant: {best}]
       adv : to the highest degree of inferiority or badness; "She
             suffered worst of all"; "schools were the worst hit by
             government spending cuts"; "the worst dressed person
             present"
       v : defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his
           opponents" [syn: {pip}, {mop up}, {whip}, {rack up}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  worst
       See {bad}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bad
       adj 1: having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report
              card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression";
              "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad
              cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the
              reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad
              light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" [ant:
               {good}]
       2: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big
          (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn: {big}]
       3: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally
          used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she
          felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless
          night" [syn: {tough}]
       4: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad
          meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [syn: {spoiled},
           {spoilt}]
       5: not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible)
          debt" [syn: {uncollectible}]
       6: below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess
          player"; "a bad recital"
       7: nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
       8: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high
          risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much
          can't help being risky"; "speculative business
          enterprises" [syn: {insecure}, {risky}, {high-risk}, {speculative}]
       9: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad
          heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
          [syn: {unfit}, {unsound}]
       10: capable of harming; "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad
           for you"
       11: keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team
           down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly";
           "felt bad about breaking the vase" [syn: {sorry}]
       12: characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad
           life" [syn: {immoral}]
       13: reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged
           twenty dollar bill" [syn: {forged}]
       14: not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a
           defective appliance" [syn: {defective}]
       n : that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or
           decency; "take the bad with the good" [syn: {badness}]
           [ant: {good}, {good}]
       adv 1: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for
              `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were
              badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
              [syn: {badly}]
       2: very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard
          for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly
          in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste
          it" [syn: {badly}]
       [also: {worst}, {worse}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "worst":
     abominable, arrant, atrocious, awful, base, bear the palm, beastly,
     beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, beneath contempt, best,
     blameworthy, brutal, clobber, contemptible, defeat, deplorable,
     despicable, destroy, detestable, dire, disgusting, do in, down,
     dreadful, drub, egregious, enormous, fetid, filthy, fix, flagrant,
     foul, fulsome, grievous, gross, hateful, heinous, hide, horrible,
     horrid, hors de combat, infamous, lambaste, lamentable, lather,
     lick, loathsome, lousy, monstrous, nasty, nefarious, noisome,
     notorious, obnoxious, odious, offensive, outclass, outdo, outfight,
     outgeneral, outmaneuver, outpoint, outrageous, outrun, outsail,
     outshine, pip, pitiable, pitiful, put, rank, regrettable,
     reprehensible, repulsive, rotten, ruin, sad, scandalous, schlock,
     scurvy, settle, shabby, shameful, shocking, shoddy, skin,
     skin alive, sordid, squalid, take the cake, terrible, thrash,
     too bad, trim, triumph, triumph over, trounce, unclean, undo, vile,
     villainous, whip, win, woeful, worthless, wretched