worst
adjective
[ wəːst ]
• of the poorest quality or the lowest standard; least good or desirable.
• "he was the company's worst driver"
worst
adverb
• most severely or seriously.
• "manufacturing and mining are the industries worst affected by falling employment"
worst
noun
• the most serious or unpleasant thing that could happen.
• "when I saw the ambulance outside her front door, I began to fear the worst"
worst
verb
• get the better of; defeat.
• "this was not the time for a deep discussion—she was tired and she would be worsted"
Similar:
defeat,
beat,
best,
get the better of,
gain the advantage over,
prevail over,
triumph over,
gain a victory over,
trounce,
rout,
thrash,
drub,
vanquish,
conquer,
master,
overcome,
overwhelm,
overpower,
overthrow,
crush,
subdue,
subjugate,
outdo,
outclass,
outstrip,
surpass,
outwit,
outsmart,
score points off,
make a fool of,
humiliate,
lick,
clobber,
whip,
hammer,
beat hollow,
slaughter,
murder,
kill,
wipe out,
do in,
crucify,
demolish,
wipe the floor with,
take to the cleaners,
walk all over,
run rings around,
make mincemeat of,
blow out of the water,
give someone a hiding,
get one up on,
get one over on,
stuff,
shellac,
blow out,
cream,
skunk,
slam,
own,
Origin:
Old English wierresta, wyrresta (adjective), wierst, wyrst (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to worse.
bad
adjective
• of poor quality or a low standard.
• "a bad diet"
Similar:
substandard,
poor,
inferior,
second-rate,
second-class,
unsatisfactory,
inadequate,
unacceptable,
not up to scratch,
not up to par,
deficient,
imperfect,
defective,
faulty,
shoddy,
amateurish,
careless,
negligent,
dreadful,
awful,
terrible,
abominable,
frightful,
atrocious,
disgraceful,
deplorable,
hopeless,
worthless,
laughable,
lamentable,
miserable,
sorry,
third-rate,
diabolical,
execrable,
incompetent,
inept,
inexpert,
ineffectual,
crummy,
rotten,
pathetic,
useless,
woeful,
bum,
lousy,
appalling,
abysmal,
pitiful,
godawful,
dire,
not up to snuff,
the pits,
duff,
chronic,
rubbish,
pants,
a load of pants,
ropy,
poxy,
egregious,
crap,
shit,
chickenshit,
• not such as to be hoped for or desired; unpleasant or unwelcome.
• "bad news"
Similar:
unpleasant,
disagreeable,
unwelcome,
unfortunate,
unfavourable,
unlucky,
adverse,
nasty,
terrible,
dreadful,
awful,
grim,
distressing,
regrettable,
parlous,
• failing to conform to standards of moral virtue or acceptable conduct.
• "the bad guys"
Similar:
wicked,
sinful,
immoral,
evil,
morally wrong,
corrupt,
base,
black-hearted,
reprobate,
depraved,
degenerate,
dissolute,
amoral,
criminal,
villainous,
nefarious,
iniquitous,
dishonest,
dishonourable,
unscrupulous,
unprincipled,
crooked,
bent,
dirty,
dastardly,
• (of a part of the body) injured, diseased, or painful.
• "a bad back"
• (of food) decayed; putrid.
• "everything in the fridge went bad"
Similar:
rotten,
off,
decayed,
decomposed,
decomposing,
putrid,
putrefied,
putrescent,
mouldy,
mouldering,
sour,
rancid,
rank,
unfit for human consumption,
addled,
maggoty,
worm-eaten,
wormy,
flyblown,
putrefactive,
putrefacient,
• regretful, guilty, or ashamed about something.
• "she feels bad about ending their engagement"
Similar:
guilty,
conscience-stricken,
remorseful,
guilt-ridden,
ashamed,
chastened,
contrite,
sorry,
full of regret,
regretful,
repentant,
penitent,
shamefaced,
self-reproachful,
apologetic,
• worthless; not valid.
• "he ran up 87 bad cheques"
Similar:
invalid,
worthless,
counterfeit,
fake,
false,
spurious,
fraudulent,
bogus,
phoney,
dud,
• good; excellent.
• "they want the baddest, best-looking Corvette there is"
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps from Old English bǣddel ‘hermaphrodite, womanish man’.
badly
adverb
• in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.
• "England have played badly this year"
Similar:
poorly,
incompetently,
ineptly,
inexpertly,
inefficiently,
imperfectly,
deficiently,
defectively,
unsatisfactorily,
inadequately,
incorrectly,
faultily,
shoddily,
amateurishly,
carelessly,
negligently,
awfully,
terribly,
dreadfully,
abominably,
atrociously,
frightfully,
miserably,
wretchedly,
lamentably,
deplorably,
dismally,
execrably,
abysmally,
appallingly,
crummily,
diabolically,
pitifully,
woefully,
egregiously,
unsuccessfully,
unfavourably,
adversely,
unfortunately,
unhappily,
unluckily,
• used to emphasize the seriousness of an unpleasant event or action.
• "the building was badly damaged by fire"
• in a guilty or regretful way.
• "I felt badly about my unfriendliness"
at worst
• in the most serious case.
• "at worst the injury could mean months in hospital"
