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Synonyms for worst

to win a victory over, as in battle or a competition

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Synonyms for worst

the least favorable outcome

the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable

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the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of

defeat thoroughly

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

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But the black kitten had been finished with earlier in the afternoon, and so, while Alice was sitting curled up in a corner of the great arm-chair, half talking to herself and half asleep, the kitten had been having a grand game of romps with the ball of worsted Alice had been trying to wind up, and had been rolling it up and down till it had all come undone again; and there it was, spread over the hearth-rug, all knots and tangles, with the kitten running after its own tail in the middle.
You OUGHT, Dinah, you know you ought!' she added, looking reproachfully at the old cat, and speaking in as cross a voice as she could manage--and then she scrambled back into the arm-chair, taking the kitten and the worsted with her, and began winding up the ball again.
Best thing : The Assembly helped to the of local to the national level set up several based projects around country." Worst thing : " There is a for a further transfer of to the Senedd from to deliver for the of Wales." Kathryn Lane, 23, of Best thing : The thing that had the best effect on me is the financial and availability of offered to Welsh from which I was to benefit." Worst thing: As a motorist who has to commute to work, she said she wished that the Assembly had the power to reduce petrol prices in Wales.
While some of the dirtiest coal-fired power plants are reporting reductions in such pollution since 2006, the majority of the worst 50 plants actually increased their mercury emissions through 2007, the most recent period for which data is available, the report says.
LINDSAY Lohan and Eddie Murphy scored multiple nominations yesterday for the spoof Razzie awards, which sort out the worst that Hollywood dredged up the previous year.
These days it seems that North Americans have become fascinated with best and worst lists.
Manchester City ace Micah Richards reckons midfielder Joey Barton is the worst-dressed man at the club - and the worst at almost everything else, too.
The box-office bomb received seven nominations yesterday for the Razzie Awards that mock the bottom of Hollywood's barrel, among them worst picture and worst actress of the year.
Is there any hope to curb the worst environmental practices without the active involvement that industry constructively participate with ecologists who may doubt the fundamental value of their business?
The Brazilian government on Sunday sent an extra 80 troops to join a search in the Amazon rainforest for victims of Brazil's worst plane disaster which killed 154 people.
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Worst Dramatic Moment: Butcher Ashley Peacock - actor Steven Arnold - loses then regains his sight.
The Best Worst Brother is an engaging picturebook about an older sister struggling to get along with her three-year-old brother with Down syndrome.