worst

Meanings

Adjective

• Superlative of bad
• Superlative of ill

Noun

• something or someone that is the worst

Adverb

• Superlative of en
• Superlative of en

Verb

• To make worse.
• To grow worse; to deteriorate.
• To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.

Related

Similar words

• baddest
• illest

Opposite words

• best

Origin

• From Middle English worste, wurste, warste, werste, wirste, from Old English wierrest, from Proto-Germanic *wirsistaz, superlative form of *ubilaz. Cognate with Old Saxon wirsista, wirrista, Old High German wirst, wirsesto, wirsisto, Danish værst, Swedish värst, Icelandic verstur.