Thesaurus
bad
Synonyms and Antonyms of bad
1
falling short of a standard
bastard, bush, bush-league, crummy (also crumby), deficient, dissatisfactory, ill, inferior, lame, lousy, off, paltry, poor, punk, sour, suboptimal, subpar, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wack [slang], wanting, wretched, wrong
abysmal, atrocious, awful, bitchin' [slang], brutal, damnable, deplorable, detestable, disastrous, dreadful, execrable, gnarly [slang], horrendous, horrible, pathetic, stinky, sucky [slang], terrible, unspeakable
bum, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy [slang], cut-rate, junky, lesser, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, reprehensible, rotten, rubbishy, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, trashy
inadequate, insufficient, lacking, meager (or meagre), mean, miserly, niggardly, scanty, shabby, short, skimp, skimpy, spare, stingy
miscreant, scurrilous, villainous
counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham
below par (or under), from hunger
A1, bang-up, banner, boss [slang], capital, choice, crackerjack, dandy, divine, excellent, exceptional, fabulous, fine, first-class, first-rate, grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-test, jim-dandy, keen, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, perfect, premium, prime, sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, unsurpassed, wonderful
better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, special, sufficient
average, borderline, fair, mediocre, middling, minimal, so-so, unexceptional
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK (or okay), passable, respectable, satisfactory, standard, tolerable
2
not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable
base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, disreputable, evil-minded, ignoble, ill, infernal, low, mean, snide, sordid
atrocious, cruel, infamous, nasty
blamable, blameworthy, censurable, objectionable, obscene, offensive, reprehensible
corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, libertine, loose, low-minded, perverted, reprobate, scrofulous, sick, unhealthy
cursed (also curst), cussed, defiling, noxious, pernicious, pestilential, ugly, ungodly, unwholesome
banned, barred, condemned, discouraged, forbidden, illegal, interdicted, outlawed, prohibited, proscribed, unauthorized, unclean
execrable, lousy, miserable, wretched
errant, erring, fallen, unprincipled, unscrupulous
improper, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, naughty, unbecoming, unseemly, vulgar
elevated, high, high-minded, law-abiding, legitimate, lofty, noble, principled, reputable, scrupulous
allowed, authorized, legal, licensed, permissible, permitted
approved, endorsed (also indorsed), sanctioned
abetted, encouraged, promoted, supported
clean, correct, decent, decorous, exemplary, proper, seemly
blameless, commendable, creditable, guiltless, legitimate
chaste, immaculate, incorruptible, innocent, inoffensive, irreproachable, lily-white, perfect, pure, spotless, squeaky-clean, uncorrupted, unerring, unfallen, unobjectionable, venerable, white, wholesome
3
causing or capable of causing harm
contagious, deadly, infectious, infective, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, venomous
insidious, menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening
hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound
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engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior
defiant, disrespectful, ill-mannered, ill-natured, impolite, improper, impudent, indecorous, insolent, rude, uncouth, unmannerly
disobedient, headstrong, intractable, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, transgressing, unruly, untoward, willful (or wilful)
balky, restive, uncontrollable, ungovernable, wayward, wild
arch, elfish, impish, knavish, monkeying, monkeyish, ornery, pixieish, prankish, rascally, roguish, waggish
dissolute, perverse, wrongheaded
insurgent, mutinous, rebellious
disobliging, inconsiderate, selfish, thoughtless, unkind, unkindly
babyish, childish, immature, infantile, jejune, juvenile, kiddish, puerile
acquiescent, compliant, complying, dutiful, obedient, submissive
clean, correct, decent, decorous, moral, proper, respectable
considerate, courteous, kindly, mannerly, polite, thoughtful
angelic (or angelical), cherubic, divine, heavenly
amenable, docile, governable, tractable
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feeling unhappiness
blue, brokenhearted, cast down, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, doleful, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, gloomy, glum, hangdog, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, heavyhearted, inconsolable, joyless, low, low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched
aggrieved, distressed, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, worried
disappointed, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited
dolorous, lachrymose, lugubrious, plaintive, tearful
agonized, anguished, grieving, wailing, weeping
black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, desolate, dismal, drear, dreary, elegiac (also elegiacal), funereal, gray (also grey), morbid, morose, murky, saturnine, somber (or sombre), sullen
ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, overjoyed, rapturous, rhapsodic (also rhapsodical)
blithe, blithesome, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, lightsome, merry, mirthful
hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine
animated, bouncing, energetic, frisky, jaunty, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
content, gratified, pleased, satisfied
beaming, grinning, laughing, smiling
boon, carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned
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having a fault
on the blink
7
having undergone organic breakdown
8
not giving pleasure to the mind or senses
bitter, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, harsh, icky, nasty, rotten, sour, uncongenial, unlovely, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory, unwelcome, wicked, yucky (also yukky)
abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, bilious, disgusting, dreadful, foul, ghastly, gnarly [slang], god-awful, gross, hateful, hellish, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, invidious, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, revulsive, scandalous, seamy, shocking, sick, sickening, ugly, unholy, vile, villainous
aggravating, annoying, galling, irritating, vexing
crappy [slang], cruddy, crummy (also crumby), lousy, miserable, sucky [slang], wretched
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of low quality
bargain-basement, bum, cheap, cheapjack, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy [slang], cut-rate, el cheapo, execrable, gimcrack, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, rubbishy, schlock (or schlocky), second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, terrible, trashy, trumpery, wretched
indifferent, lackluster, second-class
brummagem, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry
counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham
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temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body
out of sorts, under the weather
11
having no legal or binding force
12
slang
having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it
compassionate, good, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, warm, warmhearted
affable, agreeable, amiable, cordial, friendly, genial, gracious, nice, pleasant
affectionate, amorous, sweet, tender, tenderhearted
altruistic, high-minded, humanitarian, magnanimous, noble, philanthropic (also philanthropical)
bad
Synonyms and Antonyms of bad
in an unsatisfactory way
abysmally, atrociously, awfully, damnably, deplorably, detestably, disastrously, dreadfully, execrably, horrendously, horribly, horrifically, rottenly, terribly
inappropriately, incorrectly, indecently, reprehensibly, unsuitably, vulgarly
egregiously, flagrantly, grossly
miserably, shoddily, sleazily, trashily, unspeakably
inferiorly, insufficiently, meagerly, meanly, niggardly, scantily, scantly, shabbily, skimpily, sparely, stingily
acceptably, adequately, all right, fine, good, nicely, OK (or okay), palatably, passably, satisfactorily, so-so, tolerably, well
bad
Synonyms and Antonyms of bad
that which is morally unacceptable
atrociousness, atrocity, badness, balefulness, darkness, depravedness, devilishness, diabolism, enormity, evilness, heinousness, iniquitousness, satanism, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness
devilry (or deviltry), fiendishness
cancer, canker, decay, rot, squalor
corruption, debauchery, degeneracy, depravity, indecency, malefaction, perversion, pervertedness, scurrility, scurrilousness
abomination, anathema, taboo (also tabu)
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