WORST

worst. Worst, [wurst] a. most vile, most ill, most wicked

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Worst (?), a., superl. of Bad. [[OE. werst, worste, wurste, AS. wyrst, wierst, wierrest. See Worse, a.]] Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse. “Heard so oft in worst extremes.” Milton. I have a wife, the worst that may be. Chaucer. If thou hadst not been born the worst of men, Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer. Shak.