worst

worst /wə:st/
  • tính từ (cấp cao nhất của bad)
    • xấu nhất, tồi nhất, tệ nhất
    • độc ác nhất
    • nghiêm trọng nhất
      • the worst fault: sai lầm nghiêm trọng nhất
    • (y học) ốm yếu nhất
    • phó từ (cấp cao nhất của badly)
      • xấu nhất, tồi nhất, tệ nhất
      • danh từ
        • cái xấu nhất, cái tồi nhất, cái tệ nhất
          • if the worst comes to the worst: trong trường hợp xấu nhất
          • to be prepared for the worst: chuẩn bị đợi cái xấu nhất
        • thời kỳ xấu nhất, thời kỳ dữ dội nhất, thời kỳ găng nhất
          • when the plague was at its worst: khi bệnh dịch hạch ở vào thời kỳ kịch liệt nhất
          • the worst of the storm is over: lúc dữ dội nhất của cơn bão đã qua
        • sự thua kém
          • to get the worst of it: thua kém, thất bại
          • to put somebody to the worst: đánh bại ai
        • at [the] worst
          • trong tình hình xấu nhất
        • do your worst
          • thì mày cứ thử làm đi (ý thách thức)
      • ngoại động từ
        • đánh bại, hơn
          • to worst an adversary: đánh bại đối phương

      Xem thêm: pip, mop up, whip, rack up, badness, big, tough, spoiled, spoilt, regretful, sorry, uncollectible, risky, high-risk, speculative, unfit, unsound, immoral, forged, defective, badly, badly



      worst

      Từ điển Collocation

      worst noun the worst

      VERB + WORST expect It doesn't matter what I say. My mother always expects the worst. | fear, suspect | be prepared for, prepare for Although all the votes have not yet been counted, the Democrats are preparing for the worst. | confirm I had not expected to do well in my exams, and the letter confirmed the worst. | be spared, escape Scotland seemed to have escaped the worst of the recession. | do your Let them do their worst (= be as difficult as they can)?we'll fight them every inch of the way.

      WORST + VERB be over He was still very ill, but the worst seemed to be over.

      PREP. at (sb/sth's) ~ At worst, the drug can be fatal. At its worst, bullying is a kind of torture. | through the ~ Her sister helped her through the worst of her illness.

      VERB + WORST bring out the worst in sb Pressure can bring out the worst in people. | get the worst of it He'd been in a fight and had obviously got the worst of it. | the worst that can happen Don't worry?the worst that can happen is that you'll get a fine.


      Từ điển WordNet

        n.

      • the least favorable outcome

        the worst that could happen

      • 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

      • the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of

        it was the worst he had ever done on a test

        adj.

      • (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition

        the worst player on the team

        the worst weather of the year

        adv.

      • 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

        n.

      • that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; badness

        take the bad with the good

        adj.

      • 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

      • very intense; big

        a bad headache

        in a big rage

        had a big (or bad) shock

        a bad earthquake

        a bad storm

      • feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); tough

        my throat feels bad

        she felt bad all over

        he was feeling tough after a restless night

      • (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; spoiled, spoilt

        bad meat

        a refrigerator full of spoilt food

      • feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; regretful, sorry

        felt regretful over his vanished youth

        regretful over mistakes she had made

        he felt bad about breaking the vase

      • not capable of being collected; uncollectible

        a bad (or uncollectible) debt

      • below average in quality or performance

        a bad chess player

        a bad recital

      • nonstandard

        so-called bad grammar

      • not financially safe or secure; risky, high-risk, speculative

        a bad investment

        high risk investments

        anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky

        speculative business enterprises

      • physically unsound or diseased; unfit, unsound

        has a bad back

        a bad heart

        bad teeth

        an unsound limb

        unsound teeth

      • capable of harming

        bad habits

        bad air

        smoking is bad for you

      • characterized by wickedness or immorality; immoral

        led a very bad life

      • reproduced fraudulently; forged

        like a bad penny...

        a forged twenty dollar bill

      • not working properly; defective

        a bad telephone connection

        a defective appliance

        adv.

      • with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); badly

        the injury hurt badly

        the buildings were badly shaken

        it hurts bad

        we need water bad

      • very much; strongly; badly

        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


      English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

      worsts
      ant.: best
      worse|worst
      syn.: evil unfavorable wrong

      ant.: good