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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Worst \Worst\, noun 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Worst \Worst\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Worsted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worsting}.] [See {Worse}, verb (used with an object) & a.] To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark. --South.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Worst \Worst\, verb (used without an object) To grow worse; to deteriorate. [R.] ''Every face . . . worsting.'' --Jane Austen.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Worst \Worst\, adjective, superl. of {Bad}. [OE. werst, worste, wurste, AS. wyrst, wierst, wierrest. See {Worse}, adjective] Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See {Worse}. ''Heard so oft in worst extremes.'' --Milton.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bad \Bad\ (b[a^]d), adjective [Compar. {Worse} (w[^u]s); superl. {Worst} (w[^u]st).] [Probably fr. AS. b[ae]ddel hermaphrodite; cf. b[ae]dling effeminate fellow.] Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of {good}; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad crop; bad news.
Note: Sometimes used substantively.
The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope.
Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious; hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious; imperfect. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
worst
adjective: (superlative of 'bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year" [ant: {best}]
noun
1: the least favorable outcome; "the worst that could happen"
2: the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable; "the invaders did their worst"; "so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best"
3: the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test" [ant: {best}]
adverb: to the highest degree of inferiority or badness; "She suffered worst of all"; "schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts"; "the worst dressed person present"
verb: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents" [syn: {pip}, {mop up}, {whip}, {rack up}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
worst See {bad}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bad
adjective
1: having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" [ant: {good}]
2: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn: {big}]
3: feeling physical discomfort or pain ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for 'bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night" [syn: {tough}]
4: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [syn: {spoiled}, {spoilt}]
5: not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt" [syn: {uncollectible}]
6: below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
7: nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
8: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises" [syn: {insecure}, {risky}, {high-risk}, {speculative}]
9: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" [syn: {unfit}, {unsound}]
10: capable of harming; "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
11: keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly"; "felt bad about breaking the vase" [syn: {sorry}]
12: characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life" [syn: {immoral}]
13: reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill" [syn: {forged}]
14: not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance" [syn: {defective}]
noun: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good" [syn: {badness}] [ant: {good}, {good}]
adverb
1: with great intensity ('bad' is a nonstandard variant for 'badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad" [syn: {badly}]
2: very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it" [syn: {badly}] [also: {worst}, {worse}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "worst": 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
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