simple past tense and past participle of worst

Defeated, overcome.

plural of worsted

plural of worst

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of worst

present participle of worst

(idiomatic) If a possible worst-case scenario actually occurs. / (idiomatic) If an already bad situation progresses into a catastrophic situation.

superlative form of badly off: most badly off

(chiefly US and Canada, idiomatic) Urgently; desperately; to an extreme degree. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, the, worst, way.

(colloquial) Least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives.