Worst vs Worsed - What's the difference?
worst | worsed |
As verbs the difference between worst and worsed is that worst is (archaic|transitive) to make worse while worsed is ( worse). As an adjective worst is ( bad). 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.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
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
Related terms
* worse
Noun
( head)
something or someone that is the worst
( Something that is worst)
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* Khmer:
* Polish:
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* Portuguese:
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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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worsed English
Verb
(head)
(worse)
worse English
Adjective
( head)
(bad)
- Your exam results are worse than before.
- The harder you try, the worse you do.
More ill.
- She was very ill last week but this week she’s worse .
Derived terms
* go from bad to worse
* worse for wear
Related terms
* worst
Adverb
( head)
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(ill).
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Less skillfully.
More severely or seriously.
(sentence adverb) Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.
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Verb
( wors)
(obsolete) To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.
* (rfdate) Milton.
- Weapons more violent, when next we meet, / May serve to better us and worse our foes.
Statistics
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Noun
(obsolete) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
* Bible, Kings xiv. 12
- Judah was put to the worse before Israel.
That which is worse; something less good.
- Do not think the worse of him for his enterprise.
( Webster 1913)
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