| bad | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. bad, badness | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.; "take the bad with the good" |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| ~ unworthiness | the quality or state of lacking merit or value. |
| ~ undesirability | the quality possessed by something that should be avoided. |
| ~ worse | something inferior in quality or condition or effect.; "for better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and worse" |
| ~ evil | that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune.; "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones" |
| ~ unsoundness | not mentally or physically healthy.; "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind" |
| ~ liability | the quality of being something that holds you back. |
| ~ inadvisability | the quality of being ill-advised. |
| adj. | 2. bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| ~ worst | (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition.; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year" |
| ~ worse | (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability.; "this road is worse than the first one we took"; "the road is in worse shape than it was"; "she was accused of worse things than cheating and lying" |
| ~ unfavorable, unfavourable | not encouraging or approving or pleasing.; "unfavorable conditions"; "an unfavorable comparison"; "unfavorable comments"; "unfavorable impression" |
| ~ awful, abominable, atrocious, dreadful, terrible, unspeakable, painful | exceptionally bad or displeasing.; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" |
| ~ corked, corky | (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin.; "a corked port" |
| ~ deplorable, lamentable, distressing, pitiful, sorry, sad | bad; unfortunate.; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" |
| ~ frightful, fearful | extremely distressing.; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake" |
| ~ tough, hard | unfortunate or hard to bear.; "had hard luck"; "a tough break" |
| ~ hopeless | (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform.; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic" |
| ~ horrid | exceedingly bad.; "when she was bad she was horrid" |
| ~ crappy, icky, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky | very bad.; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" |
| ~ ill | distressing.; "ill manners"; "of ill repute" |
| ~ unskilled, incompetent | not doing a good job.; "incompetent at chess" |
| ~ mediocre | poor to middling in quality.; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists" |
| ~ naughty | badly behaved.; "a naughty boy" |
| ~ negative | having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant.; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life" |
| ~ poor | unsatisfactory.; "a poor light for reading"; "poor morale"; "expectations were poor" |
| ~ pretty | (used ironically) unexpectedly bad.; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish" |
| ~ rubber, no-good | returned for lack of funds.; "a rubber check"; "a no-good check" |
| ~ severe | very bad in degree or extent.; "a severe worldwide depression"; "the house suffered severe damage" |
| ~ swingeing | severe; punishingly bad.; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge" |
| ~ uncool | (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring. |
| ~ unfavorable, unfavourable | not favorable.; "made an unfavorable impression"; "unfavorable reviews" |
| ~ unsuitable | not conducive to good moral development.; "the movie is unsuitable for children" |
| ~ evil | morally bad or wrong.; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" |
| ~ disobedient | not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority.; "disobedient children" |
| adj. | 3. bad, big | very intense.; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" |
| ~ intense | possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree.; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" |
| adj. | 4. bad, tough | feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad').; "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ uncomfortable | providing or experiencing physical discomfort.; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun" |
| adj. | 5. bad, spoiled, spoilt | (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition.; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" |
| ~ stale | lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age.; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" |
| adj. | 6. bad, regretful, sorry | feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone.; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase" |
| ~ penitent, repentant | feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds. |
| adj. | 7. bad, uncollectible | not capable of being collected.; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt" |
| ~ invalid | having no cogency or legal force.; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license" |
| adj. | 8. bad | below average in quality or performance.; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital" |
| ~ inferior | of low or inferior quality. |
| adj. | 9. bad | nonstandard.; "so-called bad grammar" |
| ~ linguistics | the scientific study of language. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ nonstandard | not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community.; "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups"; "the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech" |
| adj. | 10. bad, high-risk, risky, speculative | not financially safe or secure.; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises" |
| ~ unsound | not sound financially.; "unsound banking practices" |
| adj. | 11. bad, unfit, unsound | physically unsound or diseased.; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" |
| ~ unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind.; "unhealthy ulcers" |
| adj. | 12. bad | capable of harming.; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you" |
| ~ harmful | causing or capable of causing harm.; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" |
| adj. | 13. bad | characterized by wickedness or immorality.; "led a very bad life" |
| ~ evil | morally bad or wrong.; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" |
| adj. | 14. bad, forged | reproduced fraudulently.; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill" |
| ~ counterfeit, imitative | not genuine; imitating something superior.; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
| adj. | 15. bad, defective | not working properly.; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance" |
| ~ malfunctioning, nonfunctional | not performing or able to perform its regular function.; "a malfunctioning valve" |
| adv. | 16. bad, badly | with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly').; "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad" |
| adv. | 17. bad, badly | very much; strongly.; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it" |
| ugly | | |
| adj. | 1. ugly | displeasing to the senses.; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture" |
| ~ unattractive | lacking beauty or charm.; "as unattractive as most mining regions" |
| ~ disfigured | having the appearance spoiled.; "a disfigured face"; "strip mining left a disfigured landscape" |
| ~ evil-looking | having an evil appearance. |
| ~ fugly | (slang) extremely ugly. |
| ~ grotesque, monstrous | distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous.; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" |
| ~ hideous, repulsive | so extremely ugly as to be terrifying.; "a hideous scar"; "a repulsive mask" |
| ~ ill-favored, ill-favoured | usually used of a face.; "an ill-favored countenance" |
| ~ scrofulous | having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula.; "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore" |
| ~ unlovely, unpicturesque | without beauty or charm. |
| ~ unsightly | unpleasant to look at.; "unsightly billboards" |
| ~ awkward | lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot" |
| ~ displeasing | causing displeasure or lacking pleasing qualities. |
| adj. | 2. surly, ugly | inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace.; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" |
| ~ ill-natured | having an irritable and unpleasant disposition. |
| adj. | 3. despicable, slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched | morally reprehensible.; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar" |
| ~ evil | morally bad or wrong.; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" |
| adj. | 4. atrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly | provoking horror.; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"; "an ugly wound" |
| ~ alarming | frightening because of an awareness of danger. |
| hypocrite | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender | a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives. |
| ~ beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, cheat, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true. |
| ~ charmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker | someone with an assured and ingratiating manner. |
| ~ tartufe, tartuffe | a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere). |
| ~ whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre | a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous. |
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