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- DictionaryWorst/wərst/
adverb
- 1. most severely or seriously: "manufacturing and mining are the industries worst affected by falling employment"
noun
- 1. the most serious or unpleasant thing that could happen: "when I saw the ambulance outside her front door, I began to fear the worst"
verb
- 1. get the better of; defeat: "this was not the time for a deep discussion—she was tired and she would be worsted"
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Definition of worst – Learner’s Dictionary. worst. adjective. uk / wɜːst / us. Add to word list. A2. superlative of bad : the most unpleasant or difficult: What's the worst job you've ever had? Fewer examples. It was the worst pain I had ever experienced. It's been the worst economic slump for 25 years.
come off worst. to lose a fight, competition, etc. or suffer more compared with others. Definition of worst adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
worst meaning, definition, what is worst: worse than anything or anyone else: Learn more.
Worst definition, bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person. See more.
- English
- Dutch
- Middle Dutch
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
1. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːst/ 2. (General American) IPA(key): /wɝst/ 3. Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Adjective
worst 1. superlative form of bad: most bad 1.1. Most inferior; doing the least good. 1.1.1. I think putting oil on a burn is the worstthing you can do. 1.2. Most unfavorable. 1.2.1. That's the worstnews I've had all day. 1.3. Most harmful or severe. 1.3.1. The worststorm we had last winter knocked down our power lines. 1.4. Used with the definite article and an implied noun: something that is worst. 1.4.1. None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst. 2. supe...
Etymology
From Middle Dutch worst, from Old Dutch *wurst, *worst, from Proto-West Germanic *wursti. Cognate with Limburgish wósj, Zealandic woste, Old Saxon worst, Middle Low German worst, Plautdietsch Worscht, Old Frisian *wurst, West Frisian woarst, Old High German wurst, Middle High German wurst, German Wurst, Swabian Wurscht, Sathmar Swabian Wurscht, Bavarian Wuascht, Central Franconian Woosch, Luxembourgish Wuuscht, Hunsrik Worst, East Central German Wurscht, Vilamovian wiyśt, East Franconian Wosc...
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ʋɔrst/ 2. Hyphenation: worst 3. Rhymes: -ɔrst
Noun
worst f (plural worsten, diminutive worstje n) 1. sausage
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wurst, *worst, from Proto-West Germanic *wursti.
Noun
worst f 1. sausage
Further reading
1. “worst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 2. Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “worst”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
noun. us. Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio. / wɜrst/ the worst. B1. the most unpleasant or difficult thing, person, or situation: I’ve made some mistakes in the past, but this is definitely the worst. (Definition of worst from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of worst.
What does the word worst mean? There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word worst, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word worst? About 10 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.
