Synonyms for badness
Most common
wickedness villainy naughtiness malignity malevolence evilness shittiness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Naughtiness
naughtiness, mischief, wickedness, villainy, malignity, criminality, baseness, impropriety, vice, devilry, mischievousness, rascality, depravity, devilment, deviltry
2. Severity
Other
evilness, bad, malevolence, misconduct, misdemeanor US, misdemeanour UK, shittiness
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality or degree of being bad.
Forms
- Plural
- badnesses → naughtinesses, mischiefs, wickednesses, villainies…
Example sentences
- wickedness The desire of wickedness came up in your heart.
- villainy You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
- naughtiness I like her all the better for her naughtiness.
- malevolence I will fight back against Tom's malevolence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| badness | rising | |
| wickedness | rising | |
| villainy | steady | |
| naughtiness | rising | |
| malignity | steady | |
| malevolence | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- vice1
- 7 letters
- devilry
- 8 letters
- severity4, mischief2, villainy, evilness, baseness, deviltry
- 9 letters
- depravity4, devilment, malignity, rascality
- 10 letters
- misconduct3, wickedness3, shittiness, severeness
- 11 letters
- misdemeanor4, criminality5, impropriety5, malevolence, naughtiness
- 12 letters
- misdemeanour
- 15 letters
- mischievousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (severity4 = 4 syllables).