From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishworstworst1 /wΙΛst $ wΙΛrst/ βββS2W1 adjective [the superlative of bad]1[only before noun]WORSE worse than anything or anyone else β best
This is the worst recession for fifty years.
My worst fear was that we would run out of food.
What is the worst possible thing that can happen?2 βbe your own worst enemy3 βcome off worstGRAMMAR: ComparativesThe superlative form of bad is worst: It was the worst film I have ever seen.βDonβt say: It was the most worst film I have ever seen. | It was the worstest film I have ever seen.Examples from the Corpusworstβ’ The doctor said it was one of the worst cases of food poisoning he'd ever seen.β’ Then you would know when you saw the chap in the 1984 Cortina he was the company's worstdriver.β’ But only one record of last year's storms - the worst for years - is in the public domain.β’ In my opinion, that's the worstmovie of all time.β’ This is the worstmusical I've ever been to.β’ It's by far the worst neighborhood in the whole city.β’ On the eve of the council the worst of horrors was revealed.β’ I was always the worst student in the class.β’ The year following the elimination of the distribution centers was, by employeeconsensus, the worst the company had ever endured.β’ First thing in the morning is by far the worst time to ask Dad a favour.worst possibleβ’ To make Scott design a building in the classicalstyle was the worst possible course.β’ The worst possible line is to ignore the arrears.β’ Her cousins considered the worst possiblepunishment a day without Margarett Sargent.β’ For a moment, I imagined the best possible to the worst possiblereply.β’ It is the worst possiblescenario.β’ All in the worst possibletaste.β’ Did they unwittingly do the worst possible thing in response, thus altering a fragilebalance for ever?β’ What is the worst possible thing that could happen?worstworst2 βββS2W3 noun1 βthe worst2 βthe worst of something3 βexpect/fear the worst4 βget/have the worst of it5 βat (the) worst6 βdo your/his/her/their worst7 βif the worst comes to the worstworstworst3 adverb [the superlative of badly]1WORSEmost badly β best
Aid is being sent to areas that have been worst affected by the earthquake.
the worst-dressed man in the office2 βworst of allExamples from the Corpusworstβ’ Our staff who were older felt it worst.β’ Chris is the worst-dressed man in the office.β’ The tobacconistshopsfaredworst, hit by the fall in shopper-numbers on high streets.β’ It was the worst written book I've ever read.Originworst1Old Englishwierresta, wyrsta
