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Deteriorating vs Worst - What's the difference?

deteriorating | worst |

As adjectives the difference between deteriorating and worst

is that deteriorating is getting worse while worst is (bad).

As verbs the difference between deteriorating and worst

is that deteriorating is while worst is (archaic|transitive) to make worse.

As a noun worst is

something or someone that is the worst.

As an adverb worst is

in the worst way: most badly, most ill.

deteriorating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • getting worse
  • Synonyms

    * sour * worsen

    Antonyms

    * improving

    Verb

    (head)
  • worst

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (bad)
  • # Most inferior; doing the least good.
  • I think putting oil on a burn is the worst thing you can do.
  • # Most unfavorable.
  • That's the worst news I've had all day.
  • # Most harmful or severe.
  • The worst storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines.
  • # Most ill.
  • I'm feeling really ill — the worst I've felt all week.
  • # (Used with the definite article and an implied noun): something that is worst.
  • None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst .
  • Synonyms

    * (most ill) (nonstandard)

    Antonyms

    * best

    Derived terms

    * worstness * fear the worst * turn for the worst

    Noun

    (head)
  • something or someone that is the worst
  • (Something that is worst) * French: * Khmer: * Polish: (trans-mid) * Portuguese: (trans-bottom)

    Adverb

    (head)
  • In the worst way: most badly, most ill.
  • My sore leg hurts worst when it's cold and rainy.
    This is the worst -written essay I've ever seen.
    She's the worst -informed of the lot.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To make worse.
  • (dated) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
  • * (rfdate) Jane Austen:
  • Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting .
  • (rare) To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.
  • * South
  • The Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark.

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