worst

Meaning

Adj

1. superlative form of bad: most bad
2. superlative form of bad: most bad
3. superlative form of bad: most bad
4. superlative form of bad: most bad
5. superlative form of ill: most ill

Adv

1. superlative form of badly: most badly
2. superlative form of ill: most ill

Noun

Something or someone that is the worst.

Verb

1. To make worse.
2. To grow worse; to deteriorate.
3. To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.

Synonyms

lowest

last

least

whip

worse

pip

rack up

mop up

defeat

belt

bitterest

bottom

calamity

carom

catastrophe

clout

despicable

disgusting

drive

excel

hit

horrible

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock

mint

most

most terrible

nail

overbear

play

poorest

racket

ram

🐏

repulsive

ruin

shoot

slap

smite

stamp out

strike

surpass

swing

top

🔝

trounce

uncool

whop

contrary to expectation

very bad

poor and boring

lowest ranking

thump out

most sinful

very wicked

first example is

awful

baddest

bad

👎

badly

bang

bash

bat

🦇

beat

beat down

beat out

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɜːst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: worste

Inherited from Old English: wierrest

Cognate with Old Saxon: wirsista

Cognate with Old High German: wirst

Cognate with Danish: værst

Cognate with Swedish: värst

Cognate with Icelandic: verstur

In summary

From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz (“bad, evil”). Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista (“worst”), Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto (“worst”), Danish værst (“worst”), Swedish värst (“worst”), Icelandic verstur (“worst”).