| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor quality |
Synonyms: |
abominable, amiss, atrocious, awful, bad news, beastly, blah*, bottom out, bummer, careless, cheap, cheesy*, crappy*, cruddy, crummy, defective, deficient, diddly, dissatisfactory, downer, dreadful, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, garbage, godawful, grody, gross*, grungy, icky, imperfect, inadequate, incorrect, inferior, junky, lousy*, not good, off, poor, raunchy*, rough, sad, slipshod, stinking, substandard, synthetic, the pits, unacceptable, unsatisfactory |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
good, honest, reputable, right, upright, virtuous, worthy |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmful |
Synonyms: |
damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, hurtful, injurious, ruinous, unhealthy |
Antonyms: |
advantageous, beneficial, benevolent, good, honest, profitable, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral |
Synonyms: |
base, corrupt, criminal, delinquent, evil, iniquitous, mean, reprobate, sinful, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong |
Antonyms: |
good, honest, just, reputable, right, true, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous |
Synonyms: |
disobedient, ill-behaved, misbehaving, naughty, unruly, wrong |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decayed |
Synonyms: |
moldy, off, putrid, rancid, rotten, sour, spoiled |
Antonyms: |
good, ok, undecayed |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe |
Synonyms: |
disastrous, distressing, grave, harsh, intense, painful, serious, terrible |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick |
Synonyms: |
ailing, diseased, ill, in pain, unwell |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sorry |
Synonyms: |
apologetic, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, down, downcast, downhearted, guilty, low, regretful, remorseful, sad, upset, woebegone |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressing |
Synonyms: |
adverse, disagreeable, discouraged, discouraging, displeasing, distressed, gloomy, grim, melancholy, troubled, troubling, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpleasant |
| Main Entry: | abominable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awful, detestable |
Synonyms: |
abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, grody, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, horrid, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched |
Antonyms: |
alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, likeable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful |