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Worst
Definitions
- 1 superlative form of bad: most bad; Most inferior; doing the least good.
"I think putting oil on a burn is the worst thing you can do."
- 2 superlative form of bad: most bad; Most unfavorable.
"That's the worst news I've had all day."
- 3 superlative form of bad: most bad; Most harmful or severe.
"The worst storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines."
- 4 superlative form of bad: most bad; Used with the definite article and an implied noun: something that is worst.
"None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst."
- 1 (superlative of ‘bad’) most wanting in quality or value or condition wordnet
- 1 superlative form of badly: most badly; least well. form-of, superlative
"My sore leg hurts worst when it's cold and rainy."
- 1 to the highest degree of inferiority or badness wordnet
- 1 A surname from German.
- 1 Something or someone that is the worst.
"The humorist helps people to explore and confront their worsts"
- 2 the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of wordnet
- 3 the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable wordnet
- 4 the least favorable outcome wordnet
- 1 To make worse. archaic, transitive
- 2 defeat thoroughly wordnet
- 3 To grow worse; to deteriorate. dated, intransitive
"Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting."
- 4 To outdo or defeat, especially in battle. rare
"The […] Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark."
Etymology
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”).
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”).
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”).
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”).
Borrowed from German Worst, a variant of Wurst (“sausage”).
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