wrens

worst /wɜ:st/ adj (superlative of BAD¹)

အဆိုးဆုံး။ အညံ့ဆုံး။ အချာဆုံး။ one of the worst cases of child abuse he'd ever seen ❍ It was the worst storm for years. ❍ This is the worst essay I've ever read. ❍ What you've told me confirms my worst fears (ie proves they were right). Compare WORSE
adv အဆိုးဆုံး။ အပြင်းထန်ဆုံး။ The worst hit (ie most badly affected) area of the country was the south-west. ❍ Manufacturing industry was worst affected by the fuel shortage. ❍ He is one of the worst dressed men I know. ❍ Worst of all, I lost the watch my father had given me. Compare WORSE adv
n the worst [sing]
အဆိုးဆုံး။ အဆိုးတကာ့ အဆိုးဆုံး။ The worst of the storm was over. ❍ When they did not hear from her, they feared the worst. ❍ I was prepared for the worst when I saw the wrecked car. ❍ She was always optimistic, even when things were at their worst. ❍ The worst of it is that I can't even be sure if they received my letter.
v (dated or fml ) (usu passive) ရှုံးသည်။ အရေးနိမ့် သည်။
❏ at (the) worst [IDM ] ကုန်ကုန်ပြောရရင်။ အလွန်ဆုံး။ At worst this may mean the end of her playing career. ❍ At the very worst, he'll have to pay a fine.
❏ be one's own worst enemy [IDM ] ပြဿနာ၏ အရင်းခံအချက်ဖြစ်သည်။ Her indecisiveness makes her her own worst enemy. မပြတ်သားမှုဟာ သူ့ရဲ့ အကြီးမားဆုံး ရန်သူပဲ။
❏ do one's worst [IDM ] ဆိုးချင်သလောက်ဆိုး (ပါစေ)။ Let them do their worst — we'll fight them every inch of the way!
❏ get the worst of it [IDM ] ရှုံးသည်။ အရေးနိမ့်သည်။ The dog had been in a fight and had obviously got the worst of it.
❏ If the worst comes to the worst [IDM ] အဆိုးတကာ့ အဆိုးဆုံး ဖြစ်လာလျှင်။ မရှူနိုင် မကယ်နိုင် ဖြစ်လာရင်။ If the worst comes to the worst, we'll just have to sell the house.
❏ the worst of all (possible) worlds [IDM ] အခြေနေ အရပ်ရပ် ယိုယွင်းမှု။ The country has ended up with the worst of all worlds: inflation, unemployment and food shortages.