bad - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

Synonyms

• bad
• badness

More generic

• quality

Opposite / Antonyms

• good

More specific

• evil
• inadvisability
• liability
• undesirability
• unsoundness
• unworthiness
• worse

Adjective

feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

Synonyms

• bad
• tough

Related

• uncomfortable

Adjective

(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

Synonyms

• bad
• spoiled
• spoilt

Related

• stale

Adjective

not working properly

Synonyms

• bad
• defective

Related

• malfunctioning
• nonfunctional

Adjective

reproduced fraudulently

Synonyms

• bad
• forged

Related

• counterfeit
• imitative

Adjective

having undesirable or negative qualities

Synonyms

• bad

Related

• abominable
• atrocious
• awful
• corked
• corky
• crappy
• deplorable
• distressing
• dreadful
• fearful
• frightful
• hard
• hopeless
• horrid
• icky
• ill
• incompetent
• lamentable
• lousy
• mediocre
• naughty
• negative
• no-good
• painful
• pitiful
• pretty
• rotten
• rubber
• sad
• severe
• shitty
• sorry
• stinking
• stinky
• swingeing
• terrible
• tough
• uncool
• unskilled
• unspeakable
• unsuitable

Opposite / Antonyms

• good

Also See

• disobedient
• evil
• unfavorable
• unfavourable
• worse
• worst

Adjective

characterized by wickedness or immorality

Synonyms

• bad

Related

• evil

Adjective

feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

Synonyms

• bad
• regretful
• sorry

Also See

• penitent
• repentant

Adjective

capable of harming

Synonyms

• bad

Related

• harmful

Adjective

physically unsound or diseased

Synonyms

• bad
• unfit
• unsound

Related

• unhealthy

Adjective

very intense

Synonyms

• bad
• big

Related

• intense

Adjective

not financially safe or secure

Synonyms

• bad
• high-risk
• risky
• speculative

Related

• unsound

Adjective

nonstandard

Synonyms

• bad

Related

• nonstandard

Adjective

below average in quality or performance

Synonyms

• bad

Related

• inferior

Adjective

not capable of being collected

Synonyms

• bad
• uncollectible

Related

• invalid

very much; strongly

Synonyms

• bad
• badly

with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

Synonyms

• bad
• badly

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