worse vs worst
Definitions
noun
- something inferior in quality or condition or effect
adjective
- (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
- changed for the worse in health or fitness
adverb
- (comparative of `ill') in a less effective or successful or desirable manner
Examples
A lot of teachers expect the situation to worsen over the next few years.
There were subtle lines on the forehead - just making it all a bit worse!
And it does not get a great deal worse than this.
Definitions
noun
- the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable
- the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of
- the least favorable outcome
adverb
- to the highest degree of inferiority or badness
adjective
- (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition
verb
- defeat thoroughly
Examples
I used to think the worst feeling was losing someone you love. But, I was wrong. The worst feeling is the moment you have lost yourself.
Some might say, at worst, armed insurrection.
I do not of course mean, Heaven forbid! that people should try to converse seriously; that results in the worst kind of dreariness, in feeling, as Stevenson said, that one has the brain of a sheep and the eyes of a boiled codfish.