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At The Worst

Definition: At The Worst

At The Worst

Adverb

1. Under the worst of conditions; "at worst we'll go to jail".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: At The Worst

Synonym: at worst (adv). (additional references)

Antonym: at best (adv). (additional references)

Modern Usage: At The Worst

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Thou hast me, if thou hast me, at the worst; and thou shalt wear me, if thou wear me, better and better. (Henry V; writing credit: Kenneth Branagh; William Shakespeare)
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Familiar Quotations: At The Worst

Author	Quotation
Theodore Roosevelt	It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Modern Translation: At The Worst

Language		Translations for "at the worst"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		schlimmstenfalls (at worst). (various references)

Hungarian		legrosszabb esetben (at worst, in the worst case). (various references)

Indonesian		seburuk-buruknya. (various references)

Pig Latin		atay ethay orstway
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: At The Worst

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-h-o-r-s-t-t-t-w"
	-2 letters: attestor, rheostat, testator.
	-3 letters: earshot, hatters, hottest, rotates, shatter, stretta, stretto, swather, swatter, swotter, tartest, tatters, thawers, threats, throats, thwarts, toaster, totters, trowths, wattest, wreaths.
	-4 letters: ahorse, ashore, attest, earths, haters, hatter, hawser, hearts, hoarse, horste, hotter, oaters, orates, others, ottars, otters, rawest, reshot, reshow, rewash, rotate, rottes, rowths, shower, stater, stator, strath.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-h-o-r-s-t-t-t-w"
	+2 letters: whitethroats.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Familiar

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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