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bad
adjective as in of poor quality
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adjective as in harmful
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adjective as in immoral
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adjective as in disobedient or mischievous
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adjective as in of food, decayed or rotten
adjective as in severe, serious
adjective as in sick
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adjective as in sorry or disappointed
adjective as in unpleasant, unfavorable
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adjective as in (informal) impressively tough or skillful
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Example Sentences
We’ll come to know Palate’s many corners while Violet’s bad date plays out, roughly in real time.
The steady decline of public housing and ballooning waitlists have made matters worse, tipping people into homelessness or overcrowded living conditions.
Even worse, his policies will be most damaging to the U.S.
And when he watched the film it wasn’t nearly as bad as he imagined in the moment.
Men who buy this message that empathy is stupid, suicidal, and effeminate — which is supposedly the worst thing you can be — are going to struggle to make friends and maintain romantic relationships.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say bad?
When describing things that are lacking in moral qualities or are actually vicious and reprehensible, bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits. Evil applies to that which violates or leads to the violation of moral law: evil practices. Ill now appears mainly in certain fixed expressions, with a milder implication than that in evil: ill will; ill-natured. Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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