After severe weather moved through Arkansas overnight, power outages were seen in the southwestern portion of the Natural State.

MSN: Worst winter storm in years slams Northeast: Latest snowfall, ice, power outage numbers

A sprawling, dangerous storm is pounding the Northeast with heavy snow, crippling ice, and widespread power outages continuing to grow across dozens of states. The National Weather Service says snow, ...

Worst winter storm in years slams Northeast: Latest snowfall, ice, power outage numbers

The meaning of WORST is most corrupt, bad, evil, or ill. How to use worst in a sentence.

WORST definition: 1. superlative of bad: of the lowest quality, or the most unpleasant, difficult, or severe: 2. the…. Learn more.

Under the most negative circumstances, estimation, or interpretation: At worst, the storm will make us postpone the trip.

the worst ⇒ the least good or most inferior person, thing, or part in a group, narrative, etc (often preceded by at) the most poor, unpleasant, or unskilled quality or condition: television is at its worst these days

Worst is used to form the superlative of compound adjectives beginning with 'bad' and 'badly'. For example, the superlative of 'badly-affected' is 'worst-affected'.

The superlative of bad, evil, or ill; bad in the highest degree, whether morally, physically, financially, or otherwise: as, the worst sinner; the worst disease; the worst evil that can befall a state or an individual.

There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word worst, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.