worst meaning
EN[wɜːst] [wɝst] [-ɜː(r)st]US
- Noun
- VerbSGworstsPRworstingPT, PPworsted
- (archaic, transitive) To make worse.
- (dated, intransitive) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
- (rare) To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.
- (archaic, transitive) To make worse.
- Adjective
- superlative form of bad: most bad.
- I think putting oil on a burn is the worst thing you can do.
- That's the worst news I've had all day.
- The worst storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines.
- I'm feeling really ill — the worst I've felt all week.
- None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst.
- superlative form of bad: most bad.
- Adverb
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- There is no doubt [ … ] that truckling to popularity is the worst political vice.
- The same individuals suffer the worst kind of egofaggotry and leadergfaggotry.[sic]
- I think they would try to humanize the worst villains in history out of their fear that the audience might not like the central character.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of worst in English Dictionary
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- en worst-case
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Source: Wiktionary