Let's consider the worst that could happen.
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Worst
//wɜːst//
Synonyms for "worst" (136 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (68)
Related word relations
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
27 entriesWorst Koreaat the worstat worstbad comes to worstbe one's own worst enemydo one's worstdoctors make the worst patientsfear the worstget the worst of ithope for the best, prepare for the worstin the worst wayleast worstthe cobbler always wears the worst shoesthe cobbler's children are the worst shodthe shoemaker always wears the worst shoesworse comes to worst
Showing 16 of 27 words.
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3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
96 translations across 45 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κάκιστος adj (most inferior)
- χείριστος adj (most inferior)
Asturian
1 entries- pior adj (most inferior)
Belarusian
2 entries- найго́ршы adj (most inferior)
- найго́рш adv (in the worst way)
Catalan
2 entries- pitjor adj (most inferior)
- (+ el)pitjor adv (in the worst way)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 最壞 /最坏 adj (most inferior)
- 最差 adj (most inferior)
Czech
2 entries- nejhorší adj (most inferior)
- nejhůře adv (in the worst way)
Danish
1 entries- værst adj (most inferior)
Dutch
3 entries- ergst adj (most inferior)
- slechtst adj (most inferior)
- (+ het)slechst adv (in the worst way)
Esperanto
1 entries- la plej malbona adj (most inferior)
Finnish
1 entries- pahin adj (most inferior)
French
4 entries- mauvais (e) adj (most inferior)
- pire adj (most inferior)
- (+ le plus)mal adv (in the worst way)
- pire noun (something that is worst)
Friulian
1 entries- il piês adj (most inferior)
Galician
2 entries- peor adj (most inferior)
- peor adv (in the worst way)
Georgian
3 entries- უცუდესი adj (most inferior)
- ყველაზე უარესი adj (most inferior)
- ყველაზე ცუდი adj (most inferior)
German
4 entries- schlechteste adj (most inferior)
- schlechtester adj (most inferior)
- schlimmste adj (most inferior)
- schlimmster adj (most inferior)
Hausa
2 entries- mafi munin adj (most inferior)
- munin adj (most inferior)
Hindi
2 entries- बदतरीन adj (most inferior)
- सबसे बुरा adj (most inferior)
Hungarian
2 entries- legrosszabb adj (most inferior)
- legrosszabb noun (something that is worst)
Ido
1 entries- maxim mala adj (most inferior)
Interlingua
1 entries- pejor adj (most inferior)
Italian
4 entries- peggiore adj (most inferior)
- peggiore adj (most inferior)
- pessimo adj (most inferior)
- (+ il)peggio adv (in the worst way)
Japanese
4 entries- びりの adj (most inferior)
- ワースト adj (most inferior)
- 最低の adj (most inferior)
- 最悪の adj (most inferior)
Khmer
3 entries- អាក្រក់ជាងគេ adj (most inferior)
- អាក្រក់បំផុត adj (most inferior)
- ដែលអាក្រក់ជាងគេ noun (something that is worst)
Korean
2 entries- 가장 나쁜 adj (most inferior)
- 워스트 noun (something that is worst)
Latin
3 entries- dēterrimus adj (most inferior)
- nēquissimus adj (most inferior)
- pessimus adj (most inferior)
Macedonian
1 entries- најлош adj (most inferior)
Malay
1 entries- terburuk adj (most inferior)
Middle English
3 entries- worst adj (most inferior)
- worst adv (in the worst way)
- worst noun (something that is worst)
Occitan
2 entries- pièger adj (most inferior)
- pièg adv (in the worst way)
Old English
1 entries- wierrest adj (most inferior)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- найгорши adj (most inferior)
- найгорше adv (in the worst way)
Polish
3 entries- najgorszy adj (most inferior)
- najgorzej adv (in the worst way)
- najgorsze noun (something that is worst)
Portuguese
3 entries- pior adj (most inferior)
- pior adv (in the worst way)
- pior noun (something that is worst)
Romanian
1 entries- (+ cel mai)rău adv (in the worst way)
Russian
4 entries- наиху́дший adj (most inferior)
- ху́дший adj (most inferior)
- ху́же всего́ adj (most inferior)
- ху́же всего́ adv (in the worst way)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अधम adj (most inferior)
Sardinian
2 entries- pejus adj (most inferior)
- pejus adv (in the worst way)
Slovak
2 entries- najhorší adj (most inferior)
- najhoršie adv (in the worst way)
Spanish
2 entries- peor adj (most inferior)
- peor adv (in the worst way)
Swedish
2 entries- värst adj (most inferior)
- värst adv (in the worst way)
Tagalog
2 entries- pinakamasama adj (most inferior)
- pinakamasahol adv (in the worst way)
Thai
1 entries- เลวที่สุด,แย่ที่สุด adj (most inferior)
Turkish
1 entries- en kötü adj (most inferior)
Ukrainian
2 entries- найгі́рший adj (most inferior)
- найгі́рше adv (in the worst way)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tệ nhất adj (most inferior)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
Source: tatoeba (1550)
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his field, and how to avoid them.
Source: tatoeba (1795)
I'm getting ready for the worst.
Source: tatoeba (2251)
Showing 4 of 23 available sentences.
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