Also Superlative of bad
worst
adjective
(superlative of `bad'') most wanting in quality or value or condition
- “the worst player on the team”
- “the worst weather of the year”
noun
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”
the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of
- “it was the worst he had ever done on a test”
adverb
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”
verb
Origin
From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”); compare worse. Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).
Phrases
- at the worst
- at worst
- bad comes to worst
- be one's own worst enemy
- do one's worst
- doctors make the worst patients
- fear the worst
- get the worst of it
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