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most terrible, most harmful, poorest, lowest, least, most ghastly, most horrible, most pitiful, least meaningful, meanest, least understanding, least effective.
noun
calamity, catastrophe, ruin; see destruction, misfortune.
under the worst possible circumstances, if worst comes to worst, unluckily, grievously; see badly 1, unfortunately 1, 2.
fail, miss, be defeated, be beaten; see lose 3.
overcome, get the better of one, triumph; see beat 2, defeat 1.
very much, greatly, so much one can taste it*.
verb
triumph over, overcome, best; see beat 2, defeat 1, 2, 3.
See worst in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition:
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