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verbdefeat thoroughly
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"the worst player on the team" "the worst weather of the year"adjective(superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or conditionOpposite:
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"the invaders did their worst" "so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best"nounthe greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable
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"the worst that could happen"nounthe least favorable outcometype of:
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"it was the worst he had ever done on a test"nounthe weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable ofOpposite:
Definition that contains worst
- record an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)
- cynical believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
- pessimistic expecting the worst possible outcome
- pessimist a person who expects the worst
- pessimism a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
- worsted a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns
- skein coils of worsted yarn
- superfund the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency
- misanthropic believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
- at the worst under the worst of conditions