worst
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- noun
- /wɜrst/
:
lo peor
- It seems to me that the worst is over.
But sometimes it's OK If it does mean the worst, maybe that's OK.
- But sometimes it's OK If it does mean the worst, maybe that's OK.
Examples
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It has brought out the best and the worst in many societies.
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My anxiety was like the worst it's been in years.
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So that is possibly the worst design on earth.
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I said that was the single worst day really.
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What would you say is has been the worst part of the process?
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Which place offers the worst night out in England again?
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It's one of the worst crimes you can commit.
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And Donald Trump says that we should brace for the worst week yet.
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It was the worst year of my life.
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This report highlights the worst consequences of climate change on wildlife.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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7.3
A case where you get the bad parts of two choices and no good parts
Compounds
How Bad
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word worst as a noun comes from the same family as worse and bad and originally meant 'most bad' or the lowest result. So when you call something the worst, you mean the lowest, poorest, or most unwanted outcome.