at worst

Meaning

1. at (the) worst

   used for saying what is the worst thing that can happen

   At the very worst, he'll have to pay a fine.

In the movies · 3

• Stretch him!Braveheart1995
• But at worst, we failed doing the right thing, as opposed to succeeding in doing the wrong.Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor2013
• Now, it would only last two or three weeks at the worst. At the most, I mean.White Christmas1954
• ...at worst, a psychotic death wish?Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005
• At worst, he was a worthy enemy.Braveheart1995
• It's not the worst.Ma2019
• The worst? That I really get to like it. That's the worst.The End of the Tour2015
• "Ralph is the worst."Ralph Breaks the Internet2018

Learn it in full scenes

• The End of the Tour2015
  • Lipsky Pitches the Wallace Story
  • Dave Wallace Doesn't Drink
  • Wallace and Lipsky First Meeting
• Ralph Breaks the Internet2018
  • Riddles on the Rooftop
  • The Arcade Gets Wi-Fi
  • Ralph Breaks Sugar Rush

From the same entry

• be your own worst enemy
• come off worst
• bring out the worst in
• do your worst
• get the worst of it
• if the worst comes to the worst
• the worst of all worlds
• can't be bad
• have got it bad
• not bad
• too bad
• go to the bad

More idioms

• be honoured
• be in awe of
• be in the driving seat
• by hand
• do good
• don't make me laugh
• find fault
• get your feet wet
• go downhill
• go figure
• have bigger fish to fry
• laugh in face