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| Main Entry: | worst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
| Synonyms: | calamity, catastrophe, destruction, distress, ruin |
| 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: | adversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, situation |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bummer*, calamity, can of worms*, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch*, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer*, drag*, evil eye*, hard knocks*, hardship, jam, jinx, kiss of death*, misery, misfortune, mishap, pain in the neck*, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, trial, trouble, bad break, hard times, hurting, ill fortune, on the skids, the worst, tough luck |
| Antonyms: | aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | calamity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster; tragedy |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, cross, curtains, distress, downfall, hardship, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, scourge, trial, tribulation, visitation, waterloo*, woe, wreck, wretchedness, blue ruin, holy mess, the worst, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, boon, comfort, fortune, good luck, happiness, joy, profit, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | catastrophe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calamity; unhappy conclusion |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news*, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains*, debacle, denouement, desolation, devastation, disaster, emergency, end, failure, fatality, fiasco, finale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, infliction, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo*, wreck, alluvion, meltdown, the worst |
| Antonyms: | benefit, blessing, favor, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident, trouble |
| Synonyms: | act of God*, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news*, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat, depression, emergency, exigency, failure, fall, fiasco, flood, flop, grief, harm, hazard, holocaust, hot water, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, setback, slip, stroke, tragedy, undoing, upset, washout*, woe, fell stroke, hard luck, ill luck, ruination, the worst |
| Antonyms: | blessing, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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