worst in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for worst in the English»French Dictionary

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

the worst
le/la pire m/f
he's not the worst
the worst was yet to come
do your worst!
let them do their worst!

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

See also bad

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

II.ill [Brit ɪl, Am ɪl] ADJ

III.ill [Brit ɪl, Am ɪl] ADV form

ill-favoured Brit, ill-favored Am ADJ

worst in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for worst in the English»French Dictionary

See also badly, bad

badly <worse, worst> [ˈbæd·li] ADV

I.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] ADJ

II.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] ADV inf

III.bad <worse, worst> [bæd] N

British English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The worst thing for a company is to go to great lengths to solicit employee feedback, and then do nothing with it.
www.inc.com
At worst, it leads to fanatical, even terroristic, claims for the respect of non-existent rights.
news.nationalpost.com
He added that it was downright uglybuilt in the thirties, one of the worst periods for design.
en.wikipedia.org
At worst, central sleep apnea may cause sudden death.
en.wikipedia.org
In the worst-case scenario this can lead to malware infecting the system (when allowing a dangerous activity) or system error (when blocking an activity needed by the system).
en.wikipedia.org
When left uncoordinated, such operations will achieve only modest success, at best, and at worst, could seriously backfire.
en.wikipedia.org
Over 382,000 people were without power, one of the worst power outages on record for area utilities.
en.wikipedia.org
The design area is a theoretical area of the building representing the worst case area where a fire could burn.
en.wikipedia.org
I felt overpowered with the weight of the worst ingratitude.
www.scoop.co.nz
Modern tools like spellcheck and autocorrect encourage us to switch off from learning, leading to complacency or, at worst, indifference.
www.telegraph.co.uk

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