worst
Meaning of worst
adjective
- of the poorest quality or the lowest standard; least good or desirable.
he was the company's worst driver
the speech was the worst he had ever made
- most severely or seriously.
manufacturing and mining are the industries worst affected by falling employment
- the most serious or unpleasant thing that could happen.
when I saw the ambulance outside her front door, I began to fear the worst
- get the better of; defeat.
this was not the time for a deep discussion—she was tired and she would be worsted
Old English wierresta, wyrresta (adjective), wierst, wyrst (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to worse.
adjective, superlative adjective- of poor quality or a low standard.
a bad diet
bad eyesight
- not such as to be hoped for or desired; unpleasant or unwelcome.
bad news
it was the worst day of his life
bad luck
- failing to conform to standards of moral virtue or acceptable conduct.
the bad guys
bad behaviour
- (of a part of the body) injured, diseased, or painful.
a bad back
- (of food) decayed; putrid.
everything in the fridge went bad
- regretful, guilty, or ashamed about something.
she feels bad about ending their engagement
I feel bad that our business is benefiting from something so horrible
- worthless; not valid.
he ran up 87 bad cheques
- good; excellent.
they want the baddest, best-looking Corvette there is
Middle English: perhaps from Old English bǣddel ‘hermaphrodite, womanish man’.
adverb, superlative adverb- in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.
England have played badly this year
the war was going badly
- used to emphasize the seriousness of an unpleasant event or action.
the building was badly damaged by fire
- in a guilty or regretful way.
I felt badly about my unfriendliness
Information about worst
- The plural form of worst is: worsts.
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Hyphenation of worst
worst
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- worst is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
worst synonyms
Meaning pip:
Meaning win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat:
Meaning strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip:
Meaning outwit or get the better of (someone):
Meaning defeat heavily in a contest:
Meaning defeat and cause to retreat in disorder:
Meaning defeat heavily in a contest or match:
Meaning hit or beat (someone) repeatedly:
Meaning defeat thoroughly:
Meaning overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force:
Meaning acquire complete knowledge or skill in (a subject, technique, or art):
Meaning succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty):
Meaning defeat completely:
Meaning defeat or overcome with superior strength:
Meaning remove forcibly from power:
Meaning compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape:
Meaning overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person):
Meaning bring under domination or control, especially by conquest:
Meaning be superior to in action or performance:
Meaning be far superior to:
Meaning move faster than and overtake (someone else):
Meaning exceed; be greater than:
Meaning deceive by greater ingenuity:
Meaning defeat or get the better of (someone) by being clever or cunning:
Meaning make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride:
Meaning beat or thrash (someone):
Meaning hit (someone) hard:
Meaning utterly defeat in a game or contest:
Meaning kill (animals) for food:
Meaning kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation:
Meaning cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):
Meaning put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross, especially as an ancient punishment:
Meaning pull or knock down (a building):
Meaning fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something:
Meaning varnish (something) with shellac:
Meaning work (two or more ingredients, typically butter and sugar) together to form a creamy paste:
Meaning defeat (someone) overwhelmingly in a game or contest, especially by preventing them from scoring at all:
Meaning shut (a door, window, or lid) forcefully and loudly:
Meaning have (something) as one's own; possess:
Meaning below the usual or required standard:
Meaning of a low or inferior standard or quality:
Meaning of low standard or quality:
Meaning not satisfactory; not good enough:
Meaning lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose:
Meaning not satisfactory or allowable:
Meaning not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient:
Meaning not perfect; faulty or incomplete:
Meaning imperfect or faulty:
Meaning not working or made correctly; having defects:
Meaning badly made or done:
Meaning done in an unskilful or inept way:
Meaning not giving sufficient attention or thought to avoiding harm or errors:
Meaning failing to take proper care over something:
Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:
Meaning extremely shocking; horrific:
Meaning very unwell or troubled:
Meaning causing moral revulsion:
Meaning very unpleasant, serious, or shocking:
Meaning horrifyingly wicked:
Meaning shockingly unacceptable:
Meaning deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable:
Meaning feeling or causing despair:
Meaning having no real value or use:
Meaning so ludicrous as to be amusing:
Meaning (of circumstances or conditions) very bad; deplorable:
Meaning (of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable:
Meaning feeling regret or penitence:
Meaning characteristic of the Devil, or so evil as to be suggestive of the Devil:
Meaning extremely bad or unpleasant:
Meaning not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully:
Meaning having or showing no skill; clumsy:
Meaning having or showing a lack of skill or knowledge:
Meaning not producing any significant or desired effect:
Meaning dirty, unpleasant, or of poor quality:
Meaning suffering from decay:
Meaning arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness:
Meaning having no ability or skill in a specified activity or area:
Meaning characterized by, expressive of, or causing sorrow or misery:
Meaning of poor quality; bad or wrong:
Meaning unwell:
Meaning causing shock or dismay; horrific:
Meaning extremely bad; appalling:
Meaning very small or poor; inadequate:
Meaning extremely serious or urgent:
Meaning a flour pudding boiled or steamed in a cloth bag:
Meaning (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring:
Meaning very bad; worthless or useless:
Meaning underpants or knickers:
Meaning resembling a rope, especially in being long, strong, and fibrous:
Meaning of poor quality; worthless:
Meaning outstandingly bad; shocking:
Meaning extremely poor in quality:
Meaning faeces:
Meaning worthless or contemptible (used as a general term of abuse):
Meaning causing discomfort, unhappiness, or revulsion; disagreeable:
Meaning unpleasant or unenjoyable:
Meaning (of a guest or new arrival) not gladly received:
Meaning having or marked by bad fortune; unlucky:
Meaning expressing or showing a lack of approval or support:
Meaning having, bringing, or resulting from bad luck:
Meaning preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Meaning very serious or gloomy:
Meaning causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting:
Meaning (of conduct or an event) giving rise to regret; undesirable; unwelcome:
Meaning full of danger or uncertainty; precarious:
Meaning evil or morally wrong:
Meaning wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins:
Meaning not conforming to accepted standards of morality:
Meaning profoundly immoral and wicked:
Meaning evil or morally depraved:
Meaning the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported:
Meaning unprincipled:
Meaning morally corrupt; wicked:
Meaning having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline:
Meaning (of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures:
Meaning lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something:
Meaning relating to crime:
Meaning relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behaviour:
Meaning (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal:
Meaning grossly unfair and morally wrong:
Meaning behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way:
Meaning having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) not acting in accordance with moral principles:
Meaning bent or twisted out of shape or out of place:
Meaning sharply curved or having an angle:
Meaning (of weather) rough, stormy, and unpleasant:
Meaning wicked and cruel:
Meaning harmed, damaged, or impaired:
Meaning inflicted with a wound; injured:
Meaning suffering from disease:
Meaning (of part of a person's body, especially the leg) unable to function normally because of injury or chronic pain:
Meaning tire (someone) out:
Meaning bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory:
Meaning eager or willing to do something new or challenging:
Meaning characterized by performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate:
Meaning having rotted or decomposed:
Meaning (with reference to a dead body or other organic matter) make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay:
Meaning (of organic matter) in the process of decaying:
Meaning (of organic matter) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell:
Meaning (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell:
Meaning undergoing the process of decay; rotting:
Meaning slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect:
Meaning having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar:
Meaning (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale:
Meaning a position in the hierarchy of the armed forces:
Meaning unable to think clearly; confused:
Meaning full of maggots:
Meaning (of organic tissue) infested with or eaten into by worms:
Meaning contaminated through contact with flies and their eggs and larvae:
Meaning relating to or causing decay:
Meaning culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing:
Meaning filled with remorse; sorry:
Meaning embarrassed or guilty because of one's actions, characteristics, or associations:
Meaning (of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on:
Meaning feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong:
Meaning feeling or showing regret:
Meaning expressing or feeling sincere regret and remorse; remorseful:
Meaning feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant:
Meaning feeling or expressing shame or embarrassment:
Meaning expressing or showing regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure:
Meaning a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury:
Meaning made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud:
Meaning not genuine; imitation or counterfeit:
Meaning not according with truth or fact; incorrect:
Meaning not being what it purports to be; false or fake:
Meaning obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception:
Meaning not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted):
Meaning not genuine; fraudulent:
Meaning counterfeit:
Meaning in a way that is unsatisfactory or inadequate:
Meaning in a flawed or incomplete way:
Meaning in a way that lacks the quality or quantity required; unsatisfactorily:
Meaning in a mistaken way; wrongly:
Meaning in a casual or reckless way; inattentively:
Meaning very:
Meaning very; extremely:
Meaning extremely:
Meaning very unpleasantly or unfairly:
Meaning very (used for emphasis):
Meaning in a wretchedly unhappy manner:
Meaning in a gloomy or depressed manner:
Meaning in an extremely bad way; appallingly:
Meaning to a horrifying or shocking degree:
Meaning in a manner that deserves or arouses pity:
Meaning in a manner expressing sorrow or misery:
Meaning in an outstandingly bad way; shockingly:
Meaning in a way that fails to accomplish a desired aim or result:
Meaning in a way that prevents success or development; harmfully or unfavourably:
Meaning it is unfortunate that:
Meaning in an unhappy manner:
worst antonyms
Meaning to be desired or approved of:
Meaning extremely good; outstanding:
Meaning having or showing the knowledge, ability, or training to perform a certain activity or task well:
Meaning having or showing high moral standards:
Meaning (of food) recently made or obtained; not tinned, frozen, or otherwise preserved:
Meaning showing no regret for one's wrongdoings:
Meaning in a good or satisfactory way:
Anagrams of worst
Words that rhyme with worst
Borst, Forst, renforst, gorst, Binkhorst, Hollenhorst, Horst, Kenhorst, Scharnhorst, Selhorst, Windthorst, horst
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