Emily Dickinson Lexicon

world (-s, -'s), n. [OE weorold < wer- + ald-, age, life of man.] (webplay: beings, bodies, conquered, contains, countries, created, days, divine, earth, east, exactly, favor, flesh, friends, God, heavens, human, knows, life, lost, lower, manners, men, multitude, nations, occupy, poor, possibility, pray, principle, public, race, roundness, save, Son, sovereign, space, speak, system, time, tract, universe, vast, wearied, whole, wonders, year.).

1. Earth; sphere upon which we live; third planet from the sun; [fig.] sphere which rotates on its axis producing days and seasons; [fig.] plant life.
2. Area; region; environment; physical surroundings; place or places on the earth [usually referring to the area in which the writer lives]; [fig.] all of the places in which humans reside.
3. Sphere created by God for man; place of mankind; [opposed to heaven, which is inhabited by angels]; [fig.] mortality; time between birth and death; [fig.] place characterized by sin, pain, and death as well as great pleasure; [fig.] separation between this life and the afterlife; [fig.] the cares, responsibilities, obligations, or duties of one's life; [fig.] place covered by a flood during Noah's time.
4. Heaven; paradise; place in the afterlife where the righteous are rewarded; [fig.] angels; saints; inhabitants of heaven; [fig.] millennium; earth after the Second Coming of Christ.
5. Entirety of the Earth; all of creation; every existing thing; [fig.] all living things which were not aboard Noah's ark (see Genesis 7); [fig.] everywhere; throughout the universe. .
6. Group, type, variety, class, style, kind, division.
7. Mankind; all the people on the Earth; all human beings; [fig.] ordinary people; [fig.] people who inhabit a planet.
8. Planet; [fig.] sphere; domain; habitat; habitation; environment; place; [fig.] something immense; thing of great importance; [fig.] vast distance; [fig.] huge obstacle; great barrier; [fig.] deterrent to arriving at knowledge; hindrance to understanding; [fig.] great change; extreme transformation.
9. Era; time period with all of its knowledge, technology, society, and beliefs; [fig.] long period of time.

worm, n. [OE wyrm.] (webplay: arts, color, ends, find, smaller, something, spirit, wind, woody).

1. Caterpillar; larval stage of a moth or butterfly.
2. Earthworm; subterranean burrowing creature.
3. Phrase. "Angle worm": Earthworm; live bait used for fishing.

worn, v. [see wear, v.]

worn, verbal adj. [see wear, v.]

1. Old; scuffed; weathered; well-used; no longer new.
2. Visually smaller; optically diminished.
3. Used up; physically reduced; lesser in quantity; decreased in size by frequent use.
4. Faded; blurry; dimmer; darker; less bright.

worry (worried), v. [OE wyrasgan, kill, strangle, throttle.]

Fret; chafe; trample; wear out; rub constantly; [fig.] tire; fatigue; weary; trouble; bother with incessant attention.

worse, adj. [Comparative suppletive form for bad, adj.; OE wyrsa < OHGr werran, entangle, confound.]

More negative.

worship, n. [OE weorðscipe.] (webplay: God, prayer).

Reverie; homage; prayer; solemnization; religious celebration; communion with the divine.

worship (-ed), v. [ME worþscipien.]

(webplay: adore, extravagant, mountain, service). Praise; adore; idolize; revere; venerate.

worshipping, n. [see worship, v. + -ing.]

Ritual; mass; religious service; act of reverence.

worst, adj. [Superlative suppletive form for bad, adj.; see worse, adj.]

Most negative.