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Synonyms for worst

Noun

1. worst, result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination
usage: the least favorable outcome; "the worst that could happen"
2. worst, evil, evilness
usage: the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable; "the invaders did their worst"; "so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best"
3. worst, attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
usage: the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"

Verb

1. worst, pip, mop up, whip, rack up, beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
usage: defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"

Adjective

1. worst (vs. best), bottom, poorest, last, last-place, lowest, most evil, most wicked, most undesirable, most unpleasant, pessimal, pessimum(prenominal), most unsuitable, most unattractive, bad, inferior
usage: (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year"

Adjective

1. worst (vs. best), bottom, poorest, last, last-place, lowest, most evil, most wicked, most undesirable, most unpleasant, pessimal, pessimum(prenominal), most unsuitable, most unattractive, bad, inferior
usage: having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
2. bad (vs. good), atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, corked, corky, deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry, fearful, frightful, terrible, hard, tough, hopeless, horrid, icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky, incompetent, unskilled, mediocre, mischievous, naughty, negative, poor, pretty, rubber, no-good, severe, swingeing, unfavorable, unsuitable, ill, uncool, disobedient, evil#1, wicked, unfavorable#1, unfavourable, worse, worst
usage: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
3. bad, big, intense (vs. mild)
usage: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
4. bad, tough, uncomfortable (vs. comfortable)
usage: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
5. bad, spoiled, spoilt, stale (vs. fresh)
usage: not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
6. bad, uncollectible, invalid (vs. valid)
usage: below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
7. bad, inferior (vs. superior)
usage: nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
8. bad, nonstandard (vs. standard)
usage: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
9. bad, insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative, unsound (vs. sound)
usage: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
10. bad, unfit, unsound, unhealthy (vs. healthy)
usage: capable of harming; "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
11. bad, harmful (vs. harmless)
usage: keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly"; "felt bad about breaking the vase"
12. bad, sorry, unhappy (vs. happy)
usage: characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"
13. bad, immoral, evil (vs. good), wicked
usage: reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
14. bad, forged, counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative
usage: not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"

Adverb

1. worst
usage: to the highest degree of inferiority or badness; "She suffered worst of all"; "schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts"; "the worst dressed person present"
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