worst
worst
wɜrst
vērst
/wˈɜːst/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "worst"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

to the greatest degree in terms of damage, difficulty, or seriousness
worst definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Among the team, she was worst affected by the layoffs.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

least successfully, well, or attractively
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She sings well, but dances worst among the group.
āϏ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āύāĻžāϚ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ

most morally wrong, harmful, or wicked
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That was the worst lie you could've told her.
āĻāϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āϝāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•

most troubling, distressing, or harsh
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hurricane brought the worst weather we'd seen in years.
āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϕ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϤāĻž āĻāύ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ…āĻ­āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻŽ

most poorly chosen, rude, or unattractive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That may be the worst outfit I've seen all year.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ

least capable or effective
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's the worst driver I've ever ridden with.
āϏ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āϟāϤāĻŽ

poorest in value, condition, or outcome
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was the worst batch of cookies we'd ever baked.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāϤ āϕ⧁āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϚāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āϟāϤāĻŽ

the most inferior person or thing in quality, performance, or impact
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I always prepare for the worst, even if I hope for the best.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻļāĻž āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ, āĻāĻŽāύāĻ•āĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ

the least good or most unpleasant state of someone or something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This traffic is Los Angeles at its worst.
āĻāχ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ• āϞāϏ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻžā§āĻœā§‡āϞ⧇āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ, āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ

the greatest harm, cruelty, or evil a person or force can inflict
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Even at his worst, he never betrayed a friend.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ“, āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϘāĻžāϤāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to defeat, outdo, or get the better of someone, especially in a struggle or contest
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was worsted by fatigue and could n't finish the discussion.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ