What is the difference between outdo and worst?
outdo | worst |
To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
(bad)
# Most inferior; doing the least good.
# Most unfavorable.
# Most harmful or severe.
# Most ill.
# (Used with the definite article and an implied noun): something that is worst.
something or someone that is the worst
(Something that is worst)
* French:
* Khmer:
* Polish:
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* Portuguese:
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In the worst way: most badly, most ill.
(archaic) To make worse.
(dated) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
* (rfdate) Jane Austen:
(rare) To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.
* South
As verbs the difference between outdo and worst
is that outdo is to excel; go beyond in performance; surpass while worst is (archaic|transitive) to make worse.As a adjective worst is
(bad).As a adverb worst is
in the worst way: most badly, most ill.outdo
English
Verb
Synonyms
* (to surpass) to outperform, to outrivalReferences
* * English irregular verbsworst
English
Adjective
(head)- I think putting oil on a burn is the worst thing you can do.
- That's the worst news I've had all day.
- The worst storm we had last winter knocked down our power lines.
- I'm feeling really ill — the worst I've felt all week.
- None of these photographs of me are good, but this one is definitely the worst .
Synonyms
* (most ill) (nonstandard)Antonyms
* bestDerived terms
* worstness * fear the worst * turn for the worstNoun
(head)Adverb
(head)- 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)- Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting .
- The Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark.