Synonyms of badness

badness

noun

as in sinfulness

the state or quality of being utterly evil

the villain's complete badness made him a good foil for the unfailingly virtuous hero

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sinfulness
• evilness
• atrocity
• vileness
• corruption
• wickedness
• heinousness
• hideousness
• depravity
• enormity
• notoriety
• atrociousness
• depravedness
• diabolicalness
• baseness
• fiendishness
• devilishness
• monstrosity
• decadence
• immorality
• degeneracy
• hellishness
• infamy
• accursedness
• cursedness
• execrableness
• pervertedness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• goodness
• righteousness
• morality
• purity
• virtuousness
• innocence
• chasteness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of badness

On one side, a satanic figure named Randall Flagg who gathers his forces of badness to Las Vegas; on the other, the good guys, led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail in, of all places, Boulder. — Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026

The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026

As if to prove that it can’t be exceeded in badness, Playdate has both. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025