worst

CEFRA2

/wɜːst/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Less good or more serious than all others.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    superlative form of bad: most bad

Examples

  • Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.

  • It was by far the worst speech he had ever made.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Most inferior; doing the least good.

  2. Most unfavorable.

  3. Most harmful or severe.

More examples

In context

  • Let's consider the worst that could happen.

  • I think putting oil on a burn is the worst thing you can do.

  • That's the worst news I've had all day.

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Origin

adjective

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