Worst vs Wort - What's the difference?
worst | wort |
(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)
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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
A plant; herb; vegetable.
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* 1845 , Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Works :
Any of various plants or herbs.
Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer
As nouns the difference between worst and wort
is that worst is something or someone that is the worst while wort is a plant; herb; vegetable.As an adjective worst
is superlative of bad.As an adverb worst
is in the worst way: most badly, most ill.As a verb worst
is to make worse.worst
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.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "worst")Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----wort
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- he drinks water, and lives on wort leaves, pulse, like a hogg, or scraps like a dog […].
- It is an excellent pleasure to be able to take pleasure in worts and water, in bread and onions, for then a man can never want pleasure when it is so ready for him, that nature hath spread it over all its provisions.