Synonyms for bad
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Terrible — tricky; stressful; unpleasant
terrible, awful, horrible, dreadful, hard, abominable, nasty, mean, horrid, vile, unpleasant, disgusting, offensive, distressing, deplorable, foul, heavy slang
2. Atrocious — evil; wicked
atrocious, wrong, no-good, wicked, harmful, detrimental, corrupt, immoral, sinful, heinous, vicious, deleterious, hot, nefarious, evil-minded, malevolent, injurious, sinister, villainous, reprobate, incorrigible, evil slang
3. Lousy — of low quality
lousy informal, poor, sad, inferior, wretched, hopeless, serious, shoddy, sub-standard, cheap, low, crappy vulgar slang US CA, shitty vulgar slang, cruddy slang
Other
sorry, rotten, spoiled, ugly, unfortunate, incompetent, faulty, severe, unfavorable US, unfavourable UK, hurtful, stinking, negative
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of low quality.
That movie was really bad!
- adj. 2
Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
I've had a bad back since the accident.
- adj. 3
Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.
- adj. 4
Evil; wicked.
Be careful. There are bad people in the world.
Example sentences
- terrible Terrible shooting broke out the night before last.
- awful I think it's awful, that they're spreading rumors.
- horrible Something horrible happened about three hours ago.
- dreadful Something dreadful has happened to Miss Davidson.
- harmful There's no denying the harmful effects of smoking.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1, hot1, sad1, ill1
- 4 letters
- hard1, mean1, poor1, sick1, evil2, ugly2, foul1, vile1, icky
- 5 letters
- wrong1, sorry2, heavy2, cheap1, awful2, rough1, nasty2, lousy2
- 6 letters
- severe2, poorly2, wicked2, shitty2, rotten2, faulty2, crappy2, horrid2, sinful2, shoddy2, cruddy2
- 7 letters
- serious3, corrupt2, harmful2, vicious2, spoiled1, immoral3, hurtful2, heinous2
- 8 letters
- negative3, terrible3, horrible3, inferior4, dreadful2, hopeless2, sinister3, wretched2, stinking2
- 9 letters
- offensive3, unhealthy3, atrocious3, nefarious4, injurious4, reprobate3
- 10 letters
- disgusting3, unpleasant3, deplorable4, abominable5, malevolent4, villainous3
- 11 letters
- unfortunate4, incompetent4, detrimental4, distressing3, unfavorable5, deleterious5
- 12 letters
- unfavourable, incorrigible5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (evil2 = 2 syllables).