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worst
English
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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??st/
- (US) IPA(key): /w?st/
- Rhymes: -??(r)st
Adjective
worst
- superlative form of bad: most bad
- Most inferior; doing the least good.
- Most unfavorable.
- Most harmful or severe.
- Used with the definite article and an implied noun: something that is worst.
- Most inferior; doing the least good.
- superlative form of ill: most ill
Usage notes
The comparative badder (for worse) and superlative baddest (for worst) derived from the positive bad are nonstandard. Worst may be further inflected to form the two additional superlatives worstest (nonstandard) and worstestest (informal, humorous). The comparative worser is also nonstandard.
Synonyms
- (most bad): baddest (nonstandard)
- (most ill): illest (nonstandard)
Antonyms
- best
Derived terms
Related terms
- worse
Translations
Noun
worst (usually uncountable, plural worsts)
- something or someone that is the worst
Translations
Adverb
worst
- superlative form of bad: most bad
- superlative form of ill: most ill
Translations
Verb
worst (third-person singular simple present worsts, present participle worsting, simple past and past participle worsted)
- (archaic, transitive) To make worse.
- (dated, intransitive) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
- Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting.
- (rare) To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.
- The […] Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark.
- 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women.
- Jo carried her love of liberty and hate of conventionalities to such an unlimited extent that she naturally found herself worsted in an argument.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:worst.
Anagrams
- rowts, strow, trows, worts
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch worst, from Old Dutch *wurst, *worst, from Proto-Germanic *wurstiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??rst/
- Hyphenation: worst
- Rhymes: -?rst
Noun
worst f (plural worsten, diminutive worstje n)
- sausage
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wors
- ? English: wors
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wurst, *worst, from Proto-Germanic *wurstiz.
Noun
worst f
- sausage
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: worst
- Afrikaans: wors
- ? English: wors
- Afrikaans: wors
- Limburgish: wósj
Further reading
- “worst”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “worst”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
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pessimal
English
Etymology
From Latin pessimus (“worst”) +? -al, modeled on optimal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?s?m?l/
- Hyphenation: pes?si?mal
Adjective
pessimal (not comparable)
- bad to a maximal extent; worst
Related terms
Antonyms
- optimal
Quotations
- Bollobas, Bela. Modern Graph Theory. 1998.
- "Optimal and Pessimal Orderings of Steiner Triple Systems in Disk Arrays" [1]
- Ordeshook, Peter C; Rose, Gregory F; Niou, Emerson M. The balance of power: Stability in international systems. 1989.
- "Calculated in this way, a security value represents a pessimal view of possibilities." [2]
- Sethi, Suresh P. Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Management Science and Economics. 2019
- "…the limiting solution is a pessimal solution because the value of the objective function associated with it is zero." [3]
Anagrams
- simple as
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