worst, v. defeat, beat, best, get the better of, upset, upend, Inf. whomp; hash, Sl. skin, U.S. Sl. skunk, Inf. settle [s.o.'s] hash, Inf. lick, Sl. cream, Sl. shellac, Sl. pulverize; crush, overthrow, smash, thrash, trounce, trim, whip, drub, floor, break, quell, quench, quash, destroy, Sl. zap, clobber, polish off, Sl. do in; conquer, vanquish, suodue, subjugate, oppress; rout, discomfit, overwhelm, Sl. mop or wipe the floor with; overrun, trample, Inf. run into the ground.
worth, n. 1. merit, excellence, quality, superiority, Sl. class; character, integrity, probity, uprightness, respectability; honor, virtue, goodness, trustworthiness; eminence, preeminence, distinction, greatness, nobility, transcendence; fineness, perfection, certain something, Fr. je ne sais quoi.
2. usefulness, use, utility; advantage, benefit, gain, profit, avail, good, service, help, aid; importance, consideration, consequence, significance, moment, weight.
3. value, valuation, appraisal, assessment, evaluation, estimation; cost, price, market price, asking price, charge, expense.
worthless, adj. 1. valueless, nugatory, bastardly, meritless, inutile; inadequate, unserviceable, impracticable, inefficient; frivolous, trivial, inessential, inconsequential, unimportant, superfluous, petty; empty, idle, inane, paltry, Dial, footy; trashy, shabby, Inf. cheesy, sleazy, flimsy, jerry-built, U.S. Sl. cotton-pickin', not worth a straw or a continental; showy, gaudy, glittering, tinsel, tin, superficial.
2. vain, bootless, futile, unavailing, useless, Sisyphean, ineffective, inefficacious; fruitless, unproductive, abortive, barren, sterile, impotent, effete; unprofitable, profitless, unsuccessful, to no purpose, to no avail, for naught.
3. vile, base, depraved, no-good, Inf. no-account; despicable, Archaic, lurdan, contemptible, abject; corrupt, vicious, wicked, blackguardly, rascally.
worthy, adj. 1. deserving, meritorious, estimable, praiseworthy, laudable, commendable, Brit. Dial. gradely, admirable, creditable, acceptable, good enough; suitable, fit, seemly, proper, decorous; appropriate, apt, apposite, apropos; meet, due, right, just, fitting, befitting.
2. virtuous, moral, upright, good, righteous, honest, decent; noble, sterling, excellent, exemplary, matchless; reputable, trustworthy, reliable; of great integrity, incorruptible, irreproachable, unimpeachable, blameless. -n. 3. eminence, notable, dignitary, personage, official, Inf. VIP; potentate, mogul, magnate, Sl. big gun, Sl. big cheese, Sl. big shot; Inf. bigwig, Sl. biggie, Inf. heavyweight, Sl. heavy, Inf. name, Sl. somebody, Sl. something, Sl. high-muck-a-muck.
would-be, adj. assumed, put-on, self-styled, Fr. soi-disant, supposed, pretended; feigned, simulated, make-believe, sham, flash; pseudo, counterfeit, bogus, spurious, supposititious.
wound, n. 1. injury, hurt, damage, harm, trauma; cut, stab, slash, puncture, tear, laceration, gash; bruise, contusion, sore, lesion, abrasion, scrape, bump, Sl. boo-boo.
2. shock, blow, nasty or cruel blow, Sl. low blow; insult, mortification, embarrassment; distress, hurt, pang, ache, heartache, throb, wrench; pain, grief, anguish, torture, torment.
-v. 3. injure, hurt, harm, damage, traumatize; cut, lacerate, tear, rend; slit, slash, gash, scratch, Inf. cut up; stab, stick, pierce, puncture.
4. wrong, do wrong, do wrong by, aggrieve, sting, Sl. burn; grieve, hurt [s.o.'s] feelings, pain, afflict, distress, punish, cut to the quick or the heart, touch a sore spot, touch a raw nerve, Sl. hit [s.o.] where he lives, Sl. step