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| Main Entry: | worse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | something less good |
| Synonyms: | bad, bad, ill, poor, not so good |
| Main Entry: | ill (at ease) |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncomfortable |
| Synonyms: | anxious, awkward, disturbed, doubtful, edgy, fidgety, hesitant, nervous, on edge, restless, self-conscious, suspicious, tense, uneasy, unsettled, unsure, discomfited, disquieted, faltering, on tenterhooks, unrelaxed |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, at ease |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor quality |
| Synonyms: | abominable, amiss, atrocious, awful, bad news*, beastly, blah*, bummer*, careless, cheap, cheesy*, crappy*, crummy*, defective, deficient, dissatisfactory, downer*, dreadful, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, garbage, gross*, grungy*, icky*, imperfect, inadequate, incorrect, inferior, lousy*, off, poor, raunchy*, rough, sad, slipshod, stinking, substandard, synthetic, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, bottom out, cruddy, diddly, godawful, grody, junky, not good, the pits |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | badly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | inadequately |
| Synonyms: | awkwardly, carelessly, clumsily, crudely, haphazardly, incompetently, ineffectively, negligently, poorly, stupidly, unfavorably, unfortunately, unsatisfactorily, wrong, wrongly, abominably, blunderingly, defectively, erroneously, faultily, feebly, imperfectly, ineptly, maladroitly, shoddily, unskillfully, unsuccessfully, weakly |
| Antonyms: | adequately |
| Main Entry: | ill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick |
| Synonyms: | a wreck, afflicted, ailing, below par*, bummed, diseased, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, got the bug, indisposed, infirm, laid low, off one's feet, on sick list, out of sorts*, peaked, poorly, queasy, rotten, run-down, running temperature, sick as a dog, under the weather*, unhealthy, unwell, woozy* |
| Antonyms: | good, healthy, sound, strong, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | badly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | immorally |
| Synonyms: | improperly, shamefully, wickedly, criminally, evilly, naughtily, unethically |
| Antonyms: | morally |
| Main Entry: | ill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bad, evil |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, adverse, antagonistic, cantankerous, cross, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, disrespectful, disturbing, foreboding, foul, harmful, harsh, hateful, hostile, hurtful, ill-mannered, impertinent, inauspicious, inimical, iniquitous, injurious, malevolent, malicious, nocuous, noxious, ominous, ruinous, sinister, sullen, surly, threatening, unfavorable, unfortunate, unfriendly, ungracious, unhealthy, unkind, unlucky, unpropitious, unwholesome, vile, wicked, wrong, nocent, unpromising |
| Antonyms: | good |
| 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: | badly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | very much; desperately |
| Synonyms: | acutely, deeply, exceedingly, extremely, greatly, hard, intensely, painfully, roughly, seriously, severely, gravely |
| Antonyms: | calmly, little, mildly |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mischievous |
| Synonyms: | disobedient, naughty, unruly, wrong, ill-behaved, misbehaving |
| 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, unwell, in pain |
| 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, distressed, gloomy, grim, melancholy, troubled, unfavorable, unfortunate, unhappy, unpleasant, displeasing, troubling |
| Main Entry: | abominable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awful, detestable |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched, grody, horrid |
| Antonyms: | alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful, likeable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ailing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well |
| Synonyms: | below par, debilitated, diseased, down, feeble, ill, indisposed, rocky*, run down*, sick, sickly, under the weather*, unwell, weak, down with, enfeebled, feeling awful, sick as a dog, wasting |
| Antonyms: | healthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong; defective |
| Synonyms: | awry, bad, confused, crooked, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, foul, haywire, imperfect, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, mistaken, out of order, sick, unfair, unlawful, unsuitable, untoward, flawed, glitched up |
| Antonyms: | good, right |
| Main Entry: | amiss |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | wrongly; defectively |
| Synonyms: | afield, badly, improperly, incorrectly, mistakenly, unfavorably, afoul, erringly, erroneously, faultily, inappropriately, out of turn, unsuitably |
| Antonyms: | good, right, well |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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