to the highest degree of inferiority or badness
<adv.all>

worst

sample sentences

"She suffered worst of all"
"schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts"
"the worst dressed person present"

the least favorable outcome
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

worst

sample sentences

"the worst that could happen"

the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of
<noun.act>

worst

sample sentences

"it was the worst he had ever done on a test"

the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable
<noun.attribute>

worst

sample sentences

"the invaders did their worst"
"so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best"

defeat thoroughly
<verb.competition>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

mop up

pip

rack up

whip

worst

sample sentences

"He mopped up the floor with his opponents"

a woolen fabric with a hard textured surface and no nap; woven of worsted yarns "he wore a worsted suit"
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

worsted

a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool
<noun.artifact>

worsted

worsted yarn

a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool
<noun.artifact>

worsted

worsted yarn

unfermented or fermenting malt
<noun.food>

wort

usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
<noun.plant>

wort

(often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way
<adj.all>   (p)   freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 2

deserving

worth

sample sentences

"an idea worth considering"
"the deserving poor"
"a deserving cause"

having a specified value
<adj.all>   (p)   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

worth

sample sentences

"not worth his salt"
"worth her weight in gold"
"an appraisal determined the antique carved chair was worth $900"

an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
<noun.quantity>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

worth

sample sentences

"10 dollars worth of gasoline"

the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

worth

having worth or merit or value
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

valuable

worthful

sample sentences

"a valuable friend"
"a good and worthful man"

in a worthy manner; with worthiness
<adv.all>

worthily

the quality or state of having merit or value
<noun.attribute>

worthiness

lacking in usefulness or value
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

worthless

sample sentences

"a worthless idler"

morally reprehensible
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

despicable

slimy

ugly

unworthy

vile

worthless

wretched

sample sentences

"would do something as despicable as murder"
"ugly crimes"
"the vile development of slavery appalled them"
"a slimy little liar"

in a worthless manner
<adv.all>

worthlessly

having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ineptitude

worthlessness

sample sentences

"the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness"

the quality of being without practical use
<noun.attribute>

worthlessness

sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

worthwhile

sample sentences

"a worthwhile book"

value sufficient to repay time or effort spent
<noun.attribute>

worthwhileness

having worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13

worthy

sample sentences

"a worthy fellow"
"a worthy cause"

worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

desirable

suitable

worthy

sample sentences

"the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

having qualities or abilities that merit recognition in some way
<adj.all>

worthy

sample sentences

"behavior worthy of reprobation"
"a fact worthy of attention"

an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)
<noun.person>

worthy

sample sentences

"he told his story to some conservative worthies"
"local worthies rarely challenged the chief constable"

unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition
<adj.all>   (a)

manque

would-be

put in a coil
<adj.all>

wound

an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 22

lesion

wound

a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

combat injury

injury

wound

the act of inflicting a wound
<noun.act>

wound

wounding

a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)
<noun.feeling>

wound

sample sentences

"he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"
"deep in her breast lives the silent wound"
"The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost

cause injuries or bodily harm to
<verb.body>   freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 5

injure

wound

hurt the feelings of
<verb.emotion>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

bruise

hurt

injure

offend

spite

wound

sample sentences

"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"
"This remark really bruised my ego"

a tumor virus transmitted by leafhoppers
<noun.animal>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

WTV

wound tumor virus

brought to a state of great tension
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

aroused

wound up

sample sentences

"all wound up for a fight"

suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 3

hurt

wounded

sample sentences

"nursing his wounded arm"
"ambulances...for the hurt men and women"

people who are wounded
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

maimed

wounded

sample sentences

"they had to leave the wounded where they fell"

causing physical or especially psychological injury
<adj.all>

stabbing

wounding

sample sentences

"a stabbing remark"
"wounding and false charges of disloyalty"

the act of inflicting a wound
<noun.act>

wound

wounding

writing paper having a very faint mesh pattern
<noun.substance>

wove paper

made or constructed by interlacing threads or strips of material or other elements into a whole
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

woven

sample sentences

"woven fabrics"
"woven baskets"
"the incidents woven into the story"
"folk songs woven into a symphony"