best vs worst
Definitions
adverb
- in a most excellent way or manner
- from a position of superiority or authority
- it would be sensible
verb
- get the better of
adjective
- (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
- (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities
noun
- the supreme effort one can make
- the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
Examples
Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
An old poacher makes the best keeper.
He had 112 helpers, many of whom had worked on some of the best fantasy movies of the past decade.
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.