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bad

adjective as in harmful

adjective as in immoral

adjective as in disobedient or mischievous

adjective as in of food, decayed or rotten

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adjective as in severe, serious

adjective as in sick

adjective as in unpleasant, unfavorable

adjective as in (informal) impressively tough or skillful

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Example Sentences

Among those cities, the reactor would perform the worst in Minneapolis because of the colder, drier weather in the winter.

“And it turned into the worst night of our life.”

“Stalin’s purges were worse than any plague or infectious disease,” Zeldovich writes.

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That buys into the theory Guardiola’s ties to the City ownership are so strong he would not walk away if the worst was to become reality.

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“We want to counteract this pattern where the more involved you are, the worse you are,” Ford said.

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When To Use

What are other ways to say bad?

When describing things that are lacking in moral qualities or are actually vicious and reprehensible, bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits. Evil applies to that which violates or leads to the violation of moral law: evil practices. Ill now appears mainly in certain fixed expressions, with a milder implication than that in evil: ill will; ill-natured. Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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