worst

v. soundly defeat, overcome, get the better of

adv. in the most awful manner, in the most grave manner

n. lest desirable situation; least desirable thing

adj. harmful; inferior; serious, grave, acute; pernicious, damaging, harmful (e.g.: smoking is bad for the health); defective, not working properly; rotten, decayed, spoiled (such as bad meat)

Noun
1. the least favorable outcome; "the worst that could happen"
(hypernym) result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination
2. 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"
(hypernym) evil, evilness
3. the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"
(antonym) best
(hypernym) attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Verb
1. defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
(synonym) pip, mop up, whip, rack up
(hypernym) beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
Adjective
1. (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year"
(antonym) best
(similar) bottom, poorest
(see-also) bad
(classification) superlative
Adverb
1. 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"

Noun
1. that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
(synonym) badness
(antonym) good, goodness
(hypernym) quality
(hyponym) unworthiness
Adjective
1. 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"
(antonym) good
(similar) atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable
(see-also) disobedient
(attribute) quality
2. very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
(synonym) big
(similar) intense
3. 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"
(synonym) tough
(similar) uncomfortable
(classification) colloquialism
4. (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
(synonym) spoiled, spoilt
(similar) stale
5. not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
(synonym) uncollectible
(similar) invalid
6. below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
(similar) inferior
7. nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
(similar) nonstandard
(classification) linguistics
(classification) colloquialism
8. 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"
(synonym) insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative
(similar) unsound
9. physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
(synonym) unfit, unsound
(similar) unhealthy
10. capable of harming; "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
(similar) harmful
11. 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"
(synonym) sorry
(similar) unhappy
12. characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"
(synonym) immoral
(similar) evil, wicked
13. reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
(synonym) forged
(similar) counterfeit, imitative
14. not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
(synonym) defective
(similar) malfunctioning, nonfunctional
Adverb
1. with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
(synonym) badly
2. very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
(synonym) badly

Adverb
1. to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"
(synonym) severely, gravely, seriously
2. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan"
(synonym) ill, poorly
(classification) combining form
3. evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly"
(pertainym) bad, immoral
4. in a disobedient or naughty way; "he behaved badly in school"; "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister"; "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room"
(synonym) mischievously, naughtily
5. with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
(synonym) bad
(pertainym) bad, big
6. very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
(synonym) bad
7. without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly"
(antonym) well
8. in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them"
(synonym) disadvantageously
(antonym) well, advantageously
9. unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
(synonym) ill
(pertainym) unfavorable
10. with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display; "they took their defeat badly"; "took her father's death badly"; "conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake"
(antonym) well

Noun
1. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
(synonym) ailment, complaint
(hypernym) disorder, upset
(hyponym) pip
Adjective
1. not in good physical or mental health; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
(synonym) sick
(antonym) well
(similar) afflicted, stricken
(see-also) unhealthy
2. resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good"
(similar) harmful
3. distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute"
(similar) bad
4. indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"
(similar) hostile
5. presaging ill-fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
(synonym) inauspicious, ominous
(similar) unpropitious
Adverb
1. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan"
(synonym) badly, poorly
(antonym) well, good
(classification) combining form
2. unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
(synonym) badly
(antonym) well
3. with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"

n. sausage

(v. i.)
To grow worse; to deteriorate.
  

(n.)
That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree.
  

(a.)
To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
  

(a.)
Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.
  

/B-A-D/ Broken As Designed, a play on "working as designed", from IBM. Failing because of bad design and misfeatures rather than because of bugs.
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