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Definitions

badder

[bad-er] / ˈbæd ər /

ADJECTIVE

poor quality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

atrocious awful cheap crummy dreadful lousy poor rough sad unacceptable

STRONG

blah bummer diddly downer garbage gross imperfect inferior junky synthetic

WEAK

abominable amiss bad news beastly bottom out careless cheesy crappy cruddy defective deficient dissatisfactory erroneous fallacious faulty godawful grody grungy icky inadequate incorrect off raunchy slipshod stinking substandard unsatisfactory

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK fortunate good great happy lucky pleasing sophisticated superior wonderful

WEAK

advantageous beneficial benevolent honest just profitable reputable right true undecayed upright virtuous worthy

ADJECTIVE

harmful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dangerous unhealthy

WEAK

damaging deleterious detrimental hurtful injurious ruinous

Antonyms

WEAK

OK advantageous beneficial benevolent good honest just profitable reputable right true undecayed upright virtuous worthy

ADJECTIVE

immoral

Synonyms

STRONGEST

evil wrong

STRONG

base criminal delinquent mean reprobate

WEAK

corrupt iniquitous sinful vicious vile villainous wicked

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decent good honest moral

STRONG

noble

WEAK

OK advantageous beneficial benevolent just profitable reputable right true undecayed upright virtuous worthy

ADJECTIVE

mischievous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

wrong

WEAK

disobedient ill-behaved misbehaving naughty unruly

Antonyms

WEAK

OK advantageous beneficial benevolent good honest just profitable reputable right true undecayed upright virtuous worthy

ADJECTIVE

decayed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rotten sour

WEAK

moldy off putrid rancid spoiled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

good pleasant

WEAK

OK advantageous beneficial benevolent honest just profitable reputable right true undecayed upright virtuous worthy

ADJECTIVE

severe

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disastrous distressing harsh intense painful serious terrible

STRONG

grave

Antonyms

STRONGEST

easy mild nice

WEAK

OK advantageous beneficial benevolent good honest just profitable reputable right true undecayed upright virtuous worthy

ADJECTIVE

sick

Synonyms

STRONG

ill

WEAK

ailing diseased in pain unwell

Antonyms

WEAK

OK advantageous beneficial benevolent good honest just profitable reputable right true undecayed upright virtuous worthy

ADJECTIVE

sorry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sad

STRONG

down downcast low regretful upset

WEAK

apologetic conscience-stricken contrite crestfallen dejected depressed disconsolate downhearted guilty remorseful woebegone

Antonyms

STRONG

above cheerful happy heartened satisfied

WEAK

OK advantageous beneficial benevolent good honest just profitable reputable right true undecayed upright virtuous worthy

ADJECTIVE

distressing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grim unfavorable unfortunate unpleasant

STRONG

melancholy

WEAK

adverse disagreeable discouraged discouraging displeasing distressed gloomy troubled troubling unhappy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

good happy

WEAK

OK advantageous beneficial benevolent honest just profitable reputable right true undecayed upright virtuous worthy

Example Sentences

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badder

And in the preseason games that followed, Wemby hinted that—whether or not he actually has gotten bigger—he fully intends to be badder.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

The product was meant to roll on and over anything in its path, transporting personnel in all-terrain combat zones: a bigger, badder, wider Jeep.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

“I was a bad guy, badder than anything you can imagine,” he told Newsday in 1991.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025

Olivia said: "I was getting a bit upset, because it was getting badder and badder and badder."

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2024

“I am such a badder ass than Nora.”

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli