The Collaborative International Dictionary
Worsting
Worst \Worst\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worsted; p. pr. & vb. n. Worsting.] [See Worse, v. t. &
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] To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated ark.
--South.
Wiktionary
worsting
vb. (present participle of worst English)
Usage examples of "worsting".
It had been the grim amusement of an employee worsting, with perfect legality, an employer he plainly didn't like, Vitch admired him for it.
An odor of ferns and foliage and dank wood crept up, worsting the gossamer perfume that still clung about her.