worst

  • adjective most bad, severe, or serious.

  • adverb 1 most severely or seriously. 2 least well.

  • noun the worst part, event, or circumstance.

  • verb get the better of.

  — PHRASES at worst in the worst possible case. do one’s worst do as much damage as one can. get (or have) the worst of it suffer the most. if the worst comes to the worst if the most serious or difficult circumstances arise.

  — ORIGIN Old English, related to WORSE.

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