Other Words for Bad

Bad as a Adjective has these synonyms:

corrupt, polluted, vitiated, debased, base, vile, foul, rotten, miasmic, noxious, mephitic, unhealthy, poisonous, injurious, dangerous, harmful, hurtful, pernicious, deleterious, ruinous

Example: It wasn't healthy to be so near the bad air of the sewer.

distressing, severe, grave, serious, terrible, awful, painful

Example: He was laid up with a bad case of the mumps.

evil, ill, immoral, wicked, vicious, vile, sinful, depraved, awful, villainous, corrupt, amoral, criminal, wrong, unspeakable

Example: The man was thoroughly bad and deserved everything he got.

irascible, ill-tempered, grouchy, irritable, nasty, peevish, cross, crotchety, crabby, cranky, curmudgeonly

Example: Don't go near the boss - he's been in a bad mood all day.

naughty, ill-behaved, misbehaving, disobedient, unruly, wild, mischievous

Example: Ronnie isn't a bad boy, he's just bored.

off, tainted, spoilt or spoiled, mouldy, stale, rotten, decayed, putrefied, putrid, contaminated

Example: The fridge isn't working and all the food has gone bad. She ate a bad egg and felt ill the next day.

poor, wretched, inferior, defective, awful, worthless, miserable, egregious, execrable, substandard, unsatisfactory, disappointing, inadequate, non-standard, lousy, rotten, crummy, grotty, naff

Example: Sometimes they would send him a letter, but he was a bad correspondent. We went to see a rather bad play the other night.

sad, depressed, unhappy, dejected, downhearted, disconsolate, melancholy, inconsolable

Example: I feel bad about you losing your purse.

sorry, regretful, apologetic, contrite, rueful, sad, conscience-stricken, remorseful, upset

Example: She felt bad about having invited me.

unfavorable, unlucky, unpropitious, unfortunate, inauspicious, troubled, grim, distressing, discouraging, unpleasant

Example: The weather out there looks bad.

unpleasant, offensive, disagreeable, inclement, severe, awful, unfavorable, adverse, lousy, rotten

Example: Surely you're not going sailing in this bad weather.

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