Worst

Definition of Worst

a.	1.	Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse. I have a wife, the worst that may be. - Chaucer. If thou hadst not been born the worst of men, Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer. - Shak.
n.	1.	That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree. The worst is not So long as we can say, This is the worst. - Shak. He is always sure of finding diversion when the worst comes to the worst. - Addison.
v. t.	1.	To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit. [imp. & p. p. Worsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Worsting.] The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark. - South.
v. i.	1.	To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Related Words

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

Browse

Wormy
Worn
Worn land
Worn-out
Wornil
Worral
Worrier
Worriment
Worrisome
Worrit
Worry
Worryingly
Worse
Worsen
Worser
Worship
Worshipability
Worshipable
Worshiper
Worshipful
-Worst-
Worsted
Wort
Worth
Worth [so many] years' purchase
Worth while
Worthful
Worthiest of blood
Worthily
Worthiness
Worthless
worthwhile
Worthy
Wost
Wot
Wotest
Woteth
Wou-wou
Woul
Would
Would-be

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2009 Interapple, Inc. Cover