Related Words for bad actor

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wrongdoer
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Noun, Noun
criminal
/xx
Noun
miscreant
/xx
Noun
career criminal
x//xx
Phrase, Noun
actor
/x
Noun
repeat offender
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
bad guy
//
Phrase, Noun
offender
x/x
Noun
impersonator
x/xxx
Noun
felon
/x
Noun
sinner
/x
Noun
young offender
/x/x
Name, Name
convict
/x
Noun
villain
/x
Noun
culprit
/x
Noun
sex offender
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
accused
x/
Verb
public enemy
/x/xx
Phrase, Noun
persona
x/x
Noun
trickster
/x
Noun
criminal record
/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
outlaw
/x
Noun
nominal
/xx
Adjective
joker
/x
Noun
juvenile delinquent
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
abuser
x/x
Noun
transgressor
x/x
Noun
con artist
//x
Phrase, Noun
monster
/x
Noun
bad boy
//
Phrase, Noun
subject
x/
Noun
habitual
x/xx
Adjective
attorney
x/x
Noun
author
/x
Noun
fraud
/
Noun
impostor
x/x
Noun
suspect
x/
Noun
victim
/x
Noun
troublemaker
/xxx
Noun
character witness
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
scapegoat
/x
Noun
crook
/
Noun
bankrupt
/x
Adjective
fugitive from justice
/xx//x
Phrase, Noun
criminal lawyer
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
false alarm
/x/
Phrase, Noun
user
/x
Noun
perpetrator
/xxx
Noun
accessory after the fact
x/xx/xx/
Phrase, Noun
charlatan
/xx
Noun
perp
/
Noun
guilty
/x
Adjective
swindler
/xx
Noun
copycat
/xx
Noun
example
x/x
Noun
scamp
/
Noun
tortfeasor
/xx
Noun
beginner
x/x
Noun
agent
/x
Noun
conspirator
x/xx
Noun
chronic
/x
Adjective
juvenile
/xx
Noun
bouncer
/x
Noun
agent provocateur
/xxxxx
Phrase, Noun
fixer
/x
Noun
racketeer
xx/
Noun
responsible
x/xx
Adjective
accessory
x/xx
Noun
deadbeat
/x
Noun
article
/xx
Noun
sharp
/
Adjective
rogue
/
Noun
vigilante
xx/x
Noun
complainant
x/x
Noun
person
/x
Noun
bandit
/x
Noun
abominable
x/xxx
Adjective
abusive
x/x
Adjective
acclaimed
x/
Adjective
ache
/
Noun, Verb
acting
/x
Noun, Adjective
actress
/x
Noun
actresses
/xx
Noun
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
adverse
x/
Adjective
affliction
x/x
Noun
agreeable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
ailing
/x
Adjective, Noun
ailment
/x
Noun
amiss
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
angry
/x
Adjective, Verb
annoying
x/x
Adjective, Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
appalling
x/x
Adjective
arena
x/x
Noun
artist
/x
Noun, Adjective
artiste
x/x
Noun
ashamed
x/
Adjective
aspiring
x/x
Adjective, Noun
astray
x/
Adverb
atrocious
x/x
Adjective
awful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
awkward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
awry
x/
Adverb, Adjective
badly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
badness
/x
Noun
ball of fire
///x
Phrase, Noun
barely
/x
Adverb
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beastly
/x
Adverb, Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
better
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
bleak
/
Adjective, Noun
body
/x
Noun, Verb
bogart
/x
Name, Verb
bogey
/x
Noun, Verb
boring
/x
Adjective, Noun
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
breath
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
broker
/x
Noun, Verb
brute
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bum
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
busy bee
/x/
Phrase, Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
catastrophic
xx/x
Adjective
cease
/
Verb, Noun
centered
/x
Adjective
character
/xx
Noun, Verb
character actor
/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
cheesy
/x
Adjective
chess
/
Noun
citizen
/xx
Noun
client
/x
Noun
clumsy
/x
Adjective, Noun
comedian
x/xx
Noun
comic
/x
Adjective, Noun
company
/xx
Noun, Verb
composer
x/x
Noun
contributor
x/xx
Noun
corky
/x
Name, Adjective
corrupt
x/
Adjective, Verb
counterfeit
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
cow
/
Noun, Verb
crap
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
crappy
/x
Adjective
crime
/
Noun, Verb
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cruel
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
crummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
customer
/xx
Noun
damaged
/x
Adjective
dancer
/x
Noun
dangerous
/xx
Adjective
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
deadlocked
/x
Adjective
decomposed
xx/
Verb, Adjective
defaulting
x/x
Noun
defective
x/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
defendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
degenerate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
degraded
x/x
Adjective
deleterious
xx/xx
Adjective
delinquent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
deplorable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
depressed
x/
Adjective
despicable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
deteriorated
x/xxxx
Verb
detrimental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
devastating
/xxx
Adjective
difficult
/xx
Adjective, Verb
difficulty
/xxx
Noun
dire
/
Adjective, Noun
director
x/x
Noun
dirty
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
disadvantageous
xxx/x
Adjective
disagreeable
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
disappointing
xx/x
Adjective
disastrous
x/x
Adjective
discipline
/xx
Noun, Verb
disease
x/
Noun, Verb
disgusting
x/x
Adjective
dismal
/x
Adjective
disorderly
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
disrepair
xx/
Noun, Verb
disruptive
x/x
Adjective
distressing
x/x
Adjective
docs
/
Noun
doer
/
Noun
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
doubtful
/x
Adjective, Noun
draconian
x/xx
Adjective
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
dramatist
/xx
Noun
dreadful
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dubious
/xx
Adjective
dumb
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
durum
/x
Noun
eager beaver
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
egregious
x/x
Adjective
element
/xx
Noun, Verb
embarrassed
x/x
Adjective
enabler
x/xx
Noun
entity
/xx
Noun
erg
/
Noun, Verb
erroneous
x/xx
Adjective
error
/x
Noun, Verb
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
exasperating
x/xxx
Adjective
exits
/x
Noun
expatriate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
experience
x/xx
Noun, Verb
extra
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
factor
/x
Noun, Verb
failed
/
Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
false
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
faltering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fateful
/x
Adjective
faulty
/x
Adjective
fearful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
fierce
/
Adjective, Adverb
filthy
/x
Adjective, Verb
fine
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
fireball
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
flawed
/
Adjective
force
/
Noun, Verb
forged
/
Adjective
fort
/
Noun, Verb
fortune
/x
Noun, Verb
foul
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
freaky
/x
Adjective
frightful
/x
Adjective, Adverb
gambler
/x
Noun
ghastly
/x
Adjective, Adverb
girl
/
Noun, Verb
gloomy
/x
Adjective, Noun
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
goal
/
Noun, Verb
goodness
/x
Noun
grainy
/x
Adjective
grave
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
great
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
grim
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
gruesome
/x
Adjective
hairy
/x
Adjective
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
ham
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
happiest
/xx
Adjective
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hardly
/x
Adverb