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Synonyms for bad
adj poor quality

poor
dreadful
atrocious
cheap
unacceptable
sad
lousy
crummy
awful
rough
synthetic
gross
imperfect

bummer
garbage
blah
diddly
inferior
downer
abominable
amiss
bad news
beastly
careless
cheesy
crappy

defective
deficient
dissatisfactory
erroneous
fallacious
faulty
grungy
icky
inadequate
incorrect
off
raunchy
slipshod

stinking
substandard
unsatisfactory
junky
bottom out
cruddy
godawful
grody
not good
the pits

Antonyms for bad

fortunate
lucky
pleasing
wonderful
OK
honest
reputable
virtuous

worthy
advantageous
beneficial
benevolent
profitable
superior
great
happy

sophisticated
good
right
upright
just
true
undecayed

Synonyms
adj harmful

dangerous
unhealthy

damaging
deleterious

detrimental
hurtful

injurious
ruinous

Antonyms

honest
reputable
virtuous
worthy
advantageous

beneficial
benevolent
profitable
OK
good

right
upright
just
true
undecayed

Synonyms
adj immoral

wrong
evil
criminal
reprobate

base
delinquent
mean
corrupt

iniquitous
sinful
vicious
vile

villainous
wicked

Antonyms

honest
moral
reputable
virtuous
worthy
advantageous

beneficial
benevolent
profitable
OK
decent
good

noble
right
upright
just
true
undecayed

Synonyms
adj mischievous

wrong
disobedient

naughty
unruly

ill-behaved
misbehaving

Antonyms

honest
reputable
virtuous
worthy
advantageous

beneficial
benevolent
profitable
OK
good

right
upright
just
true
undecayed

Synonyms
adj decayed

rotten
sour

moldy
off

putrid
rancid

spoiled

Antonyms

pleasant
honest
reputable
virtuous
worthy
advantageous

beneficial
benevolent
profitable
OK
good
right

upright
just
true
undecayed

Synonyms
adj severe

distressing
harsh

terrible
disastrous

serious
intense

painful
grave

Antonyms

honest
reputable
virtuous
worthy
advantageous
beneficial

benevolent
profitable
OK
easy
mild
nice

good
right
upright
just
true
undecayed

Synonyms
adj sick

ill
ailing

diseased
unwell

in pain

Antonyms

honest
reputable
virtuous
worthy
advantageous

beneficial
benevolent
profitable
OK
good

right
upright
just
true
undecayed

Synonyms
adj sorry

sad
down
downcast
upset
low

regretful
apologetic
conscience-stricken
contrite
crestfallen

dejected
depressed
disconsolate
downhearted
guilty

remorseful
woebegone

Antonyms

cheerful
satisfied
honest
reputable
virtuous
worthy
advantageous

beneficial
benevolent
profitable
OK
above
happy
heartened

good
right
upright
just
true
undecayed

Synonyms
adj distressing

unfavorable
unpleasant
grim
unfortunate

melancholy
adverse
disagreeable
discouraged

discouraging
distressed
gloomy
troubled

unhappy
displeasing
troubling

Antonyms

honest
reputable
virtuous
worthy
advantageous
beneficial

benevolent
profitable
OK
good
happy
right

upright
just
true
undecayed

Usage Notes

The adjective bad meaning “unpleasant, unattractive, unfavorable, spoiled, etc.,” is the usual form to follow such copulative verbs as sound, smell, look, and taste: After the rainstorm the water tasted bad. The coach says the locker room smells bad. After the copulative verb feel, the adjective badly in reference to physical or emotional states is also used and is standard, although bad is more common in formal writing: I feel bad from overeating. She felt badly about her friend’s misfortune. When the adverbial use is required, badly is standard with all verbs: She reacted badly to the criticism. Bad as an adverb appears mainly in informal contexts: I didn’t do too bad on the tests. He wants money so bad it hurts. See also badly, good.