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Adjective
▲
Least good or favorable in comparison
poorest
lousiest
foulest
shoddiest
vilest
crummiest
direst
grottiest
lamest
trashiest
crudest
junkiest
nastiest
wretchedest
wickedest
unpleasantest
dirtiest
disgustingest
horriblest
awfullest
horridest
grossest
rottenest
terriblest
sordidest
meanest
baddest
yuckiest
grubbiest
cruddiest
filthiest
beastliest
ghastliest
obscenest
ugliest
evillest
basest
hatefullest
paltriest
lowest
ickiest
blackest
grimiest
uncleanest
muckiest
smuttiest
cheapest
grungiest
fulsomest
muddiest
gruesomest
scurviest
dingiest
sorriest
dustiest
harshest
shabbiest
pitifullest
ignoblest
scummiest
sourest
bitterest
skankiest
loathliest
sleaziest
unloveliest
squalidest
rattiest
cruelest
snidest
grisliest
miserablest
yukkiest
viciousest
scabbiest
grimmest
abjectest
vulgarest
woefullest
unfairest
grodiest
messiest
scuzziest
smelliest
sootiest
rankest
slimiest
coarsest
stinkiest
saddest
darkest
scungiest
painfullest
mankiest
seediest
funkiest
gungiest
pongiest
niffiest
creepiest
whiffiest
grotesquest
tawdriest
uselessest
roughest
unworthiest
hairiest
severest
commonest
acridest
tackiest
shadiest
hardest
difficultest
sloppiest
unseemliest
dodgiest
sickest
gravest
slovenliest
duffest
bummest
punkest
toughest
spitefullest
fearfullest
strongest
faultiest
unkindest
tattiest
unholiest
cowardliest
ropiest
wantonest
pettiest
fugliest
weakest
seamiest
fiercest
harmfullest
wackest
heaviest
scariest
lewdest
mustiest
fustiest
stenchiest
frowziest
dastardliest
raunchiest
peskiest
sliest
trickiest
crumbiest
craftiest
crassest
miriest
kitschest
untidiest
stickiest
sneakiest
poxiest
highest
gloomiest
frowsiest
frowstiest
unluckiest
unhappiest
ripest
adversest
gaudiest
unhealthiest
showiest
flashiest
plainest
greasiest
unfriendliest
uncomeliest
intensest
rudest
scruffiest
uncouthest
dullest
unearthliest
sickliest
shiftiest
violentest
stalest
awkwardest
murkiest
bleakest
brassiest
tinniest
beggarliest
perversest
deadliest
naffest
extremest
measliest
seriousest
flattest
sorest
gnarliest
orneriest
homeliest
sternest
eeriest
cloudiest
spookiest
weirdest
stingiest
loudest
wiliest
closest
dolefulest
doomiest
sludgiest
slummiest
slipperiest
thorniest
shonkiest
dreggiest
soberest
schlockiest
cheesiest
greatest
ruggedest
stiffest
uncanniest
ghostliest
bloodthirstiest
cattiest
meagerestUS
funniest
dungiest
bentest
meagrestUK
scroungiest
smallest
mournfullest
rowdiest
feeblest
absurdest
blandest
dreadest
profanest
suckiest
dreariest
foolishest
slushiest
unfittest
humblest
prickliest
wildest
achiest
dowdiest
freakiest
spottiest
oiliest
ignorantest
diciest
drabbest
flimsiest
shlockiest
mightiest
gloopiest
ooziest
lowliest
starkest
sombrestUK
somberestUS
timidest
shackiest
coldest
coolest
frostiest
chilliest
acutest
stupidest
yechiest
rockiest
wooziest
strangest
strictest
simplest
squickiest
clammiest
steepest
rigidest
skunkiest
smarmiest
wintriestUS
moldiestUS
mouldiestUK
dankest
gooiest
plaguiest
brashest
smokiest
faintest
dimmest
goriest
bloodiest
moodiest
swankiest
glitziest
straggliest
nattiest
latest
iffiest
nearest
winteriestUK
staidest
horriest
flintiest
mingiest
weightiest
tightest
stealthiest
chintziest
roiliest
shrewdest
cleverest
slickest
sparest
scrubbiest
mangiest
dumpiest
narrowest
fliest
foxiest
slimmest
subtlest
gauziest
yellowest
soupiest
duskiest
smoggiest
mushiest
smallest-minded
frumpiest
pokiest
stodgiest
milkiest
foggiest
most despicable
most nauseating
most unsavouryUK
most scandalous
most unsavoryUS
most displeasing
most unpalatable
most soiled
most stained
most sullied
most draggled
most reprehensible
most repellant
most monstrous
most heinous
most blackened
most bedraggled
most dishonourableUK
most uncleanly
most dishonorableUS
most low-down
most shameful
most disgustful
most unpleasing
most unwelcome
most bogging
most ignominious
most uninviting
most distressing
most uncongenial
most horrifying
most festy
most currish
most disreputable
most villainous
most unattractive
most outrageous
most intolerable
most fetidUS
most immoral
most upsetting
most dishonest
most unspeakable
most undesirable
most annoying
most unappealing
most nefarious
most degenerate
most wrong
most depraved
most infamous
most macabre
most brutal
most mephitic
most unappetizing
most grievous
most insufferable
most unsightly
most hellacious
most disturbing
most unprincipled
most savage
most forbidding
most corrupt
most unscrupulous
most hellish
most egregious
most godawful
most fiendish
most inhuman
most troublesome
most horrific
most barbarous
most alarming
most rebarbative
most disquieting
most poisonous
most vomitous
most foul-smelling
most ruthless
most illegal
most iniquitous
most olid
most harrowing
most tainted
most irritating
most off
most frightening
most stomach-turning
most stomach-churning
most underhand
most second-rate
most tasteless
most miasmal
most ominous
most unbearable
most unsettling
most unfortunate
most sinful
most invidious
most bestial
most unsportsmanlike
most merciless
most murderous
most trying
most nightmarish
most malevolent
most malicious
most exceptionable
most degraded
most uncomfortable
most direful
most troubling
most dislikable
most barbaric
most hurtful
most damnable
most ungodly
most irksome
most worrying
most crooked
most traumatic
most brutish
most hostile
most sinister
most uncharitable
most heartless
most menacing
most lurid
most unsuitable
most bush-league
most chronic
most opprobrious
most feculent
most terrifying
most threatening
most unwholesome
most deformed
most galling
most dangerous
most hopeless
most worrisome
most infernal
most unhygienic
most mean-spirited
most vexatious
most regrettable
most defiled
most unethical
most rubbishy
most agonizingUS
most tarnished
most troublous
most devious
most muddied
most disastrous
most sadistic
most pitiless
most desperate
most calamitous
most excruciating
most servile
most unwanted
most afflictive
most daunting
most ill
most off-color
most wanting
most reeky
most improper
most bothersome
most shameless
most bush
most tragic
most underhanded
most discomposing
most indecent
most contaminated
most truculent
most heartbreaking
most brute
most foreboding
most pestilential
most unkempt
most insupportable
most dislikeable
most insanitary
most ill-favouredUK
most unsanitary
most inhumane
most distressful
most black-hearted
most brackish
most terrific
most grewsome
most ill-favoredUS
most pants
most morbid
most criminal
most malignant
most disheveledUS
most dishevelledUK
most pestiferous
most flagitious
most gut-wrenching
most taxing
most treacherous
most stressful
most baleful
most deceitful
most venomous
most perverted
most disconcerting
most inexcusable
most unsporting
most ferocious
most fraught
most spotted
most pungent
most unwished-for
most debauched
most intimidating
most torturous
most callous
most butcherly
most inconvenient
most nagging
most unforgivable
most disappointing
most reprobate
most depressing
most dissolute
most defective
most injurious
most tormenting
most unbecoming
most miasmic
most unlawful
most inadmissible
most burdensome
most unlikable
most scurrilous
most cheapjack
most accursed
most decayed
most menial
most pernicious
most baneful
most below average
most uncleaned
most ruined
most unprepossessing
most garish
most inauspicious
most unreasonable
most blemished
most discoloredUS
most marked
most unpretty
most devilish
most unhandsome
most unbeautiful
most dilapidated
most fraudulent
most glaring
most preposterous
most smeary
most meretricious
most exasperating
most maddening
most abusive
most hated
most flash
most laughable
most unpopular
most unpropitious
most unfavourableUK
most unrefined
most insipid
most inhospitable
most oppressive
most insufficient
most deleterious
most emetic
most illegitimate
most flavourlessUK
most minatory
most despisable
most notorious
most heart-rending
most cheapo
most inappropriate
most undignified
most ghoulish
most unpardonable
most formidable
most unrighteous
most ill-boding
most scheming
most concerning
most undusted
most diabolic
most illicit
most aggressive
most nerve-racking
most cursed
most unimpressive
most onerous
most maleficent
most ungenerous
most unconscionable
most lemon
most spine-chilling
most hair-raising
most wearisome
most selfish
most flavorlessUS
most unswept
most indelicate
most heartrending
most hateable
most parlous
most uncool
most uncivilizedUS
most godforsaken
most uncivilisedUK
most discolouredUK
most hard-hearted
most tenth-rate
most unsympathetic
most unwelcoming
most demanding
most satanic
most ridiculous
most insalubrious
most portentous
most toxic
most foul-mouthed
most demonic
most unenviable
most miserly
most tumbledown
most infuriating
most untrustworthy
most unjust
most illiberal
most salacious
most uneatable
most ungentlemanly
most guileful
most cunning
most tiresome
most neglected
most arduous
most meanspirited
most narrow-minded
most thoughtless
most abnormal
most flagrant
most wrongful
most uninteresting
most trifling
most louche
most infelicitous
most contumelious
most disparaging
most conniving
most designing
most inclement
most chilling
most dubious
most boorish
most rascally
most tremendous
most despised
most relentless
most censurable
most unrelenting
most fearsome
most feral
most unwarranted
most scabrous
most brooding
most ostentatious
most impious
most stenchful
most disadvantageous
most solemn
most humorlessUS
most humourlessUK
most disdainable
most unendurable
most startling
most rigorous
most detrimental
most inexorable
most indecorous
most cheating
most cold-blooded
most disrespectful
most slatternly
most inglorious
most mortifying
most malign
most destructive
most bodeful
most unenticing
most indefensible
most sedate
most deceptive
most diseased
most swinish
most confounded
most damaging
most redoubtable
most intimidatory
most unpromising
most pessimistic
most reptilian
most tragical
most grudging
most decadent
most eldritch
most perilous
most mischievous
most degrading
most slipshod
most disdainful
most lawless
most pathological
most savorless
most spoiledUS
most repressive
most virulent
most questionable
most ill-fated
most warped
most scoundrelly
most overwhelming
most gamy
most inimical
most tinhorn
most uncaring
most low-end
most nerve-wracking
most biting
most shuddersome
most poverty-stricken
most cutting
most nail-biting
most spoiltUK
most inexpedient
most revulsive
most embarrassing
most abandoned
most unnatural
most self-seeking
most outcast
most contemptuous
most over the top
most rancorous
most lowering
most pinchbeck
most broken-down
most aberrant
most mercenary
most serpentine
most caitiff
most inelegant
most vindictive
most out of sorts
most crook
most critical
most doggish
most bungling
most inept
most untempting
most jarring
most unsocial
most piteous
most senseless
most glary
most flaming
most stifling
most hatable
most sacrilegious
most blasphemous
most irreligious
most comfortless
most joyless
most cheerless
most melancholy
most undesired
most blinding
most dazzling
most discordant
most unapproachable
most spookish
most slavish
most unalluring
most Mephistophelian
most craven
most graceless
most ramshackle
most godless
most indescribable
most extraordinary
most impermissible
most abhorred
most aching
most unnourishing
most haunting
most vapid
most chunderous
most ingratiating
most unctuous
most unjustifiable
most amateurish
most exacting
most footling
most shambly
most unmaintained
most unchivalrous
most roguish
most beast
most lacklusterUS
most lacklustreUK
most unshapely
most frustrating
most testing
most unforgiving
most detractive
most untrue
most backbiting
most dolorous
most apprehensive
most malfeasant
most plebeian
most demoniacal
most impoverished
most oppressed
most piggish
most irrational
most ferine
most carnal
most gluttonous
most prurient
most untimely
most uncultured
most no-account
most avaricious
most amazing
most bewildering
most astonishing
most stunning
most staggering
most hateworthy
most ill-advised
most life-threatening
most flea-bitten
most precarious
most unaesthetic
most condemnable
most cussed
most resentful
most dreaded
most amoral
most impertinent
most discourteous
most insolent
most discomfiting
most surprising
most unbefitting
most demoralizingUS
most dispiriting
most disheartening
most infected
most ailing
most half-baked
most inacceptable
most unsuited
most untoward
most wolfish
most unhealthful
most ruinous
most venal
most calculated
most covetous
most eye-watering
most indigestible
most devastating
most reproachful
most modest
most ordinary
most antisocial
most unstable
most gruellingUK
most tiring
most cloying
most glutinous
most muculent
most viscous
most mucous
most over-elaborate
most overdone
most flamboyant
most dust-ridden
most arenaceous
most arenose
most contradictory
most incompatible
most inconsistent
most unsafe
most acidic
most acid
most odoriferous
most odiferous
most rotted
most demoniac
most saddening
most affecting
most oleaginous
most subnormal
most unsatisfying
most negligible
most vitriolic
most vituperative
most suspect
most suspicious
most inopportune
most perplexing
most uncalled for
most embarrassed
most insalutary
most errant
most despiteful
most unconscientious
most tyrannical
most wrathful
most felonious
most delinquent
most self-indulgent
most exploitative
most conscienceless
most libertine
most unfeeling
most vengeful
most scrofulous
most licentious
most scornful
most corrupted
most profligate
most thunderous
most putrescent
most graveolent
most uncared-for
most exorbitant
most excessive
most immoderate
most antipathetic
most antagonistic
most averse
most lethal
most unnutritious
most septic
most sloughy
most caked
most untamed
most flaunting
most tinselly
most trivial
most minimal
most sorrowful
most heart-breaking
most anguished
most impossible
most extravagant
most unseasonable
most inapt
most ill-suited
most unconformable
most extrinsic
most foreign
most alien
most different
most unfitted
most deprecatory
most invective
most denigratory
most pejorative
most derogatory
most insulting
most scorned
most incommodious
most churlish
most laborious
most sepulchral
most anaemicUK
most haggard
most corpselike
most funereal
most wraithlike
most anemicUS
most deathlike
most supernatural
most extortionate
most unusual
most twisted
most irascible
most insignificant
most damaged
most minor league
most viperous
most uncontrollable
most mephistophelean
most unhallowed
most tactless
most insensitive
most pestilent
most importunate
most comminatory
most humiliating
most inconsiderate
most uncompromising
most unbelievable
most ill-omened
most facinorous
most brokenhearted
most blue
most heartbroken
most implacable
most gruelingUS
most infestive
most intractable
most disorderly
most undisciplined
most ungovernable
most lowery
most loury
most impendent
most fateful
most forthcoming
most unbreathable
most ribald
most scurrile
most vituperatory
most groundless
most niggardly
most demoralisingUK
most sobersided
most minatorial
most sinistrous
most soily
most verminous
most misshapen
most parsimonious
most penurious
most poignant
most blackhearted
most doomful
most malefic
most astringent
most obdurate
most po-faced
most uncomic
most no-nonsense
most vituperous
most unpleasurable
most furtive
most sparing
most tightfisted
most hardhanded
most Rabelaisian
most disingenuous
most calculating
most Machiavellian
most intemperate
most closefisted
most surreptitious
most unsportsmanly
most niggard
most artful
most clandestine
most duplicitous
most secret
most knavish
most pinching
most turbid
most Janus-faced
most secretive
most covert
most intolerant
most tatterdemalion
most beat-up
most threadbare
most bombed-out
most dog-eared
most moth-eaten
most timeworn
most hard-featured
most hard-favoured
most hidden
most unreliable
most prejudiced
most insular
most privy
most conspiratorial
most undercover
most backstairs
most private
most underground
most hugger-mugger
most hush-hush
most penny-pinching
most brumous
most xenophobic
most recreant
most indirect
most evasive
most nubilous
most blurred
most clouded
most sectarian
most Lilliputian
most bigoted
most provincial
most parochial
most set
most inflexible
most outmoded
most out-of-date
most faded
most waxy
most opalescent
most opaque
more ❯
“This could potentially be the worst movie I have seen so far this decade.”
Adjective
▲
Lowest in rank or degree
last
lowest
bottom
minimum
base
bottommost
lowermost
poorest
meanest
undermost
nethermost
ground
low
basement
underlying
rock-bottom
basal
foundational
radical
basic
primary
meat-and-potatoes
deepest
lower
fundamental
under
slightest
smallest
minutest
tiniest
nether
underneath
deep
substratal
inferior
underside
subjacent
further down
inmost
flattest
shallowest
most inferior
most depressed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Miserable or unpleasant
the pits
abysmal
appalling
awful
deplorable
dreadful
lousy
terrible
unspeakable
wretched
chronic
dire
extremely bad
grotty
pants
lowest of the low
rock-bottom
the dumps
a load of pants
mediocre
poor
inferior
bad
substandard
second-rate
unsatisfactory
low-quality
low-grade
execrable
pathetic
more ❯
Noun
▲
The most serious or unpleasant thing that could happen
disaster
calamity
catastrophe
destruction
distress
ruin
apocalypse
cataclysm
fiasco
ruination
holocaust
“When the stock market crashed, I began to fear the worst.”
Noun
▲
The most extreme form of something or the final and most impactful development in a series of events — whether favorable or unfavorable
living end
best
breaking point
culmination
high point
last straw
Verb
▲
(usually "worsted") To defeat or beat
beat
best
defeat
conquer
master
overcome
lick
subdue
crush
overthrow
vanquish
overpower
subjugate
clobber
drub
rout
thrash
trounce
outclass
outdo
overwhelm
humiliate
outsmart
outstrip
outwit
surpass
whip
crucify
demolish
hammer
kill
murder
skunk
slaughter
undo
dispatch
get
overbear
overmatch
shellac
stop
stuff
surmount
take
trim
upend
cream
own
slam
prevail over
triumph over
do in
beat hollow
get the better of
wipe out
blow out
do down
get around
give a hiding
make a fool of
make mincemeat of
run rings around
take to the cleaners
walk all over
wipe the floor with
blow out of the water
get one up on
win against
solve
bring to heel
enslave
resolve
find a solution to
find an answer to
crack
sort out
train
tyrannizeUS
domesticate
tyranniseUK
unseat
keep down
find the solution to
find the answer to
cultivate
domesticize
get round
contain
inhibit
hold
measure
constrain
keep
house-train
outperform
coerce
force
pull in
rein in
outshine
rule over
reclaim
domiciliate
housebreak
hold down
bring under the yoke
get control of
hold sway over
do better than
bring under control
go one better than
rule with a rod of iron
put in the shade
rule with an iron hand
intimidate
muller
domineer over
colonizeUS
take down
outfight
shoot down
compel
enthrallUS
underyoke
eclipse
cap
coloniseUK
enthralUK
overtop
hold sway
kick around
outmatch
outgun
tower over
overtake
hose
outdistance
outrival
disable
cripple
undermine
enfeeble
knock spots off
improve on
reel back in
keep under thumb
mitigate
moderate
be better than
shoot ahead of
tranquillizeUK
mute
oust
depose
tone down
water down
remove
level
dethrone
tranquilizeUS
supplant
displace
make tame
breed
housetrain
familiarizeUS
familiariseUK
yoke
hitch
accustom
teach
corral
herd
defenestrate
disestablish
dissolve
raze
tip
remove from power
abolish
purge
terminate
tumble
bring low
remove from office
break the spirit
break the spirit of
abuse
round up
bring up
determine
decide
maltreat
persecute
jump
hop
spring
bound
saltate
bounce
lop
scale
sway
knock down
form
condition
dictate
influence
wrong
affect
shape
mouldUK
guide
bring about the downfall of
ill-treat
modify
alter
touch
underlie
vault over
jump over
fly over
jump across
leap over
exploit
scourge
predispose
directionalize
dispose
moldUS
act on
incline
work on
shepherd
treat harshly
impact on
exert influence on
encumber
plague
overload
saddle
beset
be cruel to
ride
aggrieve
outrage
annoy
press
despotize
harass
torture
worry
tyrranize
torment
distress
harry
hound
strain
handicap
vex
tax
be brutal to
have an effect on
be a factor in
trample on
tyrannize over
keep a tight rein on
have an impact on
ride roughshod over
put upon
pick on
put screws to
put the squeeze on
weigh heavy upon
more ❯
“He was ill-prepared for the tournament and was fully expecting to be worsted by his nemesis.”
Verb
▲
To beat in a competition of wits
outsmart
outfox
outwit
fox
outjockey
outmaneuverUS
outmanoeuvreUK
outplay
outslick
outthink
out-think
overreach
trick
baffle
bamboozle
beat
best
bewilder
cap
cheat
circumvent
con
confuse
deceive
defeat
defraud
dupe
finagle
goose
gull
gyp
have
hoax
hoodwink
jip
juke
mislead
outdo
outgeneral
outguess
overcome
swindle
top
be cleverer than
end run
fake out
figure out
lead astray
take in
get the better of
make a fool of
make rings round
run rings round
steal a march on
put one over on
pull a fast one on
fool
outflank
sting
excel
surpass
bilk
rook
beguile
cozen
victimizeUS
outclass
victimiseUK
exceed
overtake
lure
cajole
seduce
wheedle
inveigle
ensnare
trap
fix
string along
hustle
stiff
misguide
sucker
misinform
double-cross
trip up
catch out
rip off
suck in
diddle
shortchange
do
snooker
delude
fleece
bluff
shaft
mulct
take to the cleaners
gaff
have on
hornswoggle
flam
humbug
spoof
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To expose or reveal the true nature or character of
show up
debunk
expose
uncloak
undress
unmask
nail
uncover
belittle
convict
defeat
disclose
discover
discredit
embarrass
emphasiseUK
emphasizeUS
highlight
humiliate
indicate
invalidate
mortify
pinpoint
reveal
shame
unshroud
lay bare
let down
point up
score off
bring to light
put spotlight on
put to shame
make a fool of
put somebody to shame
show in bad light
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To disturb the composure of
discomfit
embarrass
disconcert
confuse
abash
fluster
rattle
faze
ruffle
unsettle
unnerve
confound
discompose
nonplus
perturb
mortify
discomfort
distress
disturb
flurry
make uncomfortable
upset
agitate
chagrin
discombobulate
discountenance
disorientate
make uneasy
perplex
take aback
demoraliseUK
demoralizeUS
annoy
bother
defeat
irk
outwit
overcome
overthrow
prevent
throw
trump
vanquish
vex
worry
make self-conscious
put someone off their stroke
set someone back on their heels
put off his or her stride
take the wind out of someone's sails
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Adverb
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(informal) Superlative for badly
most abominably
most abysmally
most atrociously
most awfully
most disastrously
most dreadfully
most egregiously
most horrendously
most horribly
most miserably
most skimpily
most unacceptably
most unsatisfactorily
most unspeakably
“He messed up real bad.”
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