bad
adjective (EVIL) /bæd/ (worse, worst)Definition
B1 (of people or actions) evil or morally unacceptable: There are a lot of bad people in the world. He's got his faults but he's not a bad person.Morally wrong and evilDishonest badness /ˈbæd.nəs/ noun [U] › the quality of being evil or morally unacceptable: There is goodness and badness in everyone.Morally wrong and evilDishonest
(Definition of bad adjective (EVIL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abhorrent adjective
- amoral adjective
- anomie noun
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker noun (EVIL)
- dastardly adjective
- enormity noun (EVIL ACT)
- evil adjective
- evil noun
- evildoer noun
- godless adjective
- heinous adjective
- scandal noun
- scandalous adjective
- seamy adjective
- seedy adjective
- shocking adjective (OFFENSIVE)
- villainous adjective
- whore noun
- wicked adjective (BAD)
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