do one's worst
verb
Roget 907:
be malevolent
etc.
adj.;
bear spleen,
harbor spleen,
bear a grudge,
harbor a grudge,
bear malice;
betray the cloven foot,
show the cloven foot.
hurt
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
annoy
etc.
830;
injure. ,
harm,
wrong;
do harm to,
do an ill office to;
outrage;
disoblige,
malign,
plant a thorn in the breast.
molest,
worry,
harass,
haunt,
harry,
bait,
tease;
throw stones at;
play the devil with;
hunt down,
dragoon,
hound;
persecute,
oppress,
grind;
maltreat;
illtreat,
ill-use.
wreak one's malice on,
do one's worst,
break a butterfly on the wheel;
dip one's hands in blood,
imbrue one's hands in blood;
have no mercy
etc.
914.1.
... show more
adjective
Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
... show more
debug info: 0.0318