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🌪️ Poorest quality ⬇️ Lowest point 😞 Most badly 🏆 To defeat fully
worst

worst

361 1.0
The lowest level of skill, success or quality
  • 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.

Examples

  • It has brought out the best and the worst in many societies.

  • My anxiety was like the worst it's been in years.

  • So that is possibly the worst design on earth.

  • I said that was the single worst day really.

  • What would you say is has been the worst part of the process?

  • Which place offers the worst night out in England again?

  • It's one of the worst crimes you can commit.

  • And Donald Trump says that we should brace for the worst week yet.

  • It was the worst year of my life.

  • This report highlights the worst consequences of climate change on wildlife.

Antonyms

better
∞ 1.0

More suitable or healthy than something else

best
∞ 1.0

In the most successful way

Idioms

at worst
62 3.6

If things go as badly as possible, expect the most serious result

at the worst
16 3.9

If things go as badly as they can, this is what will happen

own worst enemy
15 6.3

A person who causes problems for themselves that stop them from doing well

the worst is yet to come
5 6.4

Even more serious problems will happen in the future

worst of both worlds
  • Informal
2 7.3

A case where you get the bad parts of two choices and no good parts

Compounds

least worst
7 8.0

The best choice among several bad options

worst-kept secret
  • Informal
3 3.4

A fact many people know although others try to keep it hidden

worst patient
  • Informal
2 7.9

A patient who does not follow health advice and is hard to treat

Worst Korea
  • Slur
1 9.9

A rude name used for North Korea to show dislike

worst timeline
  • Texting
8.9

An imagined version of events where many bad things happen

How Bad

worst
361 1.0
catastrophe
174 7.0
disaster
∞ 1.0
failure
710 1.3
problem
∞ 1.2
setback
135 3.6
annoyance
25 3.2

Surface Forms

worst singular
worsts plural

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.