awful - 'Awful' carries emotional weight, it's how something makes you feel, not just an objective measurement of quality.
dreadful - 'Dreadful' adds a dramatic, almost theatrical note. It works in British English especially and can border on hyperbole.
lousy - 'Lousy' is informal and dismissive, it's the word you reach for in casual conversation when something falls short.
poor - 'Poor' is gentler and often used in formal evaluations, a poor performance, a poor decision, without the bluntness of 'bad.'
terrible - 'Terrible' intensifies, it suggests something shockingly or extremely bad, not merely below average.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

17 entries

adverb behavior conduct exclamation expression hazard interjectionnegative qualitynonconformity statusperformance property qualityquality deviationriskunfavorable attribute

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

27 entries

colloquial usagecomponent faultcorrosive agentcritical fault interjectiondefective productdesign flawfaulty componentformal registerfraudulent practicehazard alert interjectionhazardous chemicalimproper conductinadequate designinsufficient datamanufacturing defectmarginal performance

Showing 16 of 27 words.

Collocations

10 entries

bad actorbad databad designbad faithbad ideabad newsbad outcomebad performancebad practicebad quality

Inflections

3 entries

bads worse worst

Derivations

2 entries

badly badness

Antonyms

2 entries

good

similar

62 entries

abominable atrocious awful corked corky counterfeit crappy deplorable disobedient distressing dreadful evil fearful frightful hard harmful

Showing 16 of 62 words.

Translations

331 translations across 160 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

sleg adj (unfavorable; negative)

Albanian

1 entries

i keq adj (unfavorable; negative)

Amharic

2 entries

መጥፎ adj (unfavorable; negative)
ጥፉ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

κακός adj (unfavorable; negative)
φαῦλος adj (not suitable or fitting)

Arabic

4 entries

خايب adj (unfavorable; negative)
سَيِّئ adj (unfavorable; negative)
سَيِّئ adj (unfavorable; negative)
شين adj (unfavorable; negative)

Armenian

3 entries

վատ adj (unfavorable; negative)
վատ adj (not suitable or fitting)
վատ adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Aromanian

1 entries

arãu (roa-rup) adj (unfavorable; negative)

Assamese

1 entries

বেয়া adj (unfavorable; negative)

Asturian

2 entries

malu adj (unfavorable; negative)
malu adj (not suitable or fitting)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

bəd adj (unfavorable; negative)
bərbad adj (unfavorable; negative)
pis adj (unfavorable; negative)
xarab adj (unfavorable; negative)

Bangi

1 entries

-be adj (unfavorable; negative)

Bashkir

2 entries

насар adj (unfavorable; negative)
яман adj (unfavorable; negative)

Basque

1 entries

gaizki adj (unfavorable; negative)

Belarusian

2 entries

дрэ́нны adj (unfavorable; negative)
ке́пскі adj (unfavorable; negative)

Bengali

1 entries

খারাপ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

खराब adj (unfavorable; negative)

Bikol Central

1 entries

maraot adj (unfavorable; negative)

Breton

1 entries

fall adj (unfavorable; negative)

Bulgarian

4 entries

лош adj (unfavorable; negative)
лош adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
неподходящ adj (not suitable or fitting)
неприятен adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Burmese

1 entries

ဆိုး adj (unfavorable; negative)

Catalan

4 entries

desagradable adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
dolent adj (unfavorable; negative)
dolent adj (not suitable or fitting)
dolent adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بەد adj (unfavorable; negative)
خەراپ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Chamicuro

1 entries

machewa adj (unfavorable; negative)

Chechen

1 entries

во adj (unfavorable; negative)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

壞 /坏 adj (unfavorable; negative)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

不合適 /不合适 adj (not suitable or fitting)
不好 adj (unfavorable; negative)
不恰當 /不恰当 adj (not suitable or fitting)
困難 /困难 adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Cornish

1 entries

drog adj (unfavorable; negative)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

osal adj (unfavorable; negative)
yaramay adj (unfavorable; negative)

Czech

4 entries

nepříjemný adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
vadný adj (not suitable or fitting)
špatný adj (unfavorable; negative)
špatný adj (not suitable or fitting)

Dalmatian

1 entries

mul adj (unfavorable; negative)

Danish

4 entries

dårlig adj (unfavorable; negative)
dårlig adj (not suitable or fitting)
dårlig adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
skod adj (unfavorable; negative)

Dutch

4 entries

naar adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
onaangenaam adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
ongepast adj (not suitable or fitting)
slecht adj (unfavorable; negative)

Elfdalian

2 entries

dålin adj (unfavorable; negative)
klien adj (unfavorable; negative)

Erzya

1 entries

берянь adj (unfavorable; negative)

Esperanto

3 entries

malbona adj (unfavorable; negative)
malbona adj (not suitable or fitting)
malbona adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Estonian

1 entries

halb adj (unfavorable; negative)

Faroese

1 entries

illur adj (unfavorable; negative)

Finnish

4 entries

huono adj (unfavorable; negative)
huono adj (not suitable or fitting)
ikävä adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
kelvoton adj (unfavorable; negative)

French

3 entries

mauvais adj (unfavorable; negative)
mauvais adj (not suitable or fitting)
mauvais adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Friulian

1 entries

mâl adj (unfavorable; negative)

Galician

2 entries

malo adj (unfavorable; negative)
mao adj (unfavorable; negative)

Georgian

1 entries

ცუდი adj (unfavorable; negative)

German

4 entries

schlecht adj (unfavorable; negative)
schlecht adj (not suitable or fitting)
schlecht adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
schlimm adj (unfavorable; negative)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 adj (unfavorable; negative)

Greek

3 entries

άσχημος adj (unfavorable; negative)
κακός adj (unfavorable; negative)
κακός adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Greenlandic

1 entries

ajorpoq adj (unfavorable; negative)

Gujarati

1 entries

ખરાબ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

pa bon adj (not suitable or fitting)

Hawaiian

1 entries

ʻino adj (unfavorable; negative)

Hebrew

3 entries

גרוע adj (not suitable or fitting)
גרועה adj (not suitable or fitting)
רַע adj (unfavorable; negative)

Hindi

2 entries

ख़राब adj (unfavorable; negative)
बुरा adj (unfavorable; negative)

Hungarian

3 entries

kellemetlen adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
rossz adj (unfavorable; negative)
rossz adj (not suitable or fitting)

Icelandic

3 entries

illur adj (unfavorable; negative)
slæmur adj (unfavorable; negative)
vondur adj (unfavorable; negative)

Ido

1 entries

mala adj (unfavorable; negative)

Indonesian

2 entries

buruk adj (unfavorable; negative)
jelek adj (unfavorable; negative)

Ingrian

4 entries

kehno adj (unfavorable; negative)
kurja adj (unfavorable; negative)
paha adj (unfavorable; negative)
paha adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Ingush

1 entries

во adj (unfavorable; negative)

Interlingua

1 entries

mal adj (unfavorable; negative)

Irish

3 entries

dona adj (unfavorable; negative)
droch- adj (unfavorable; negative)
olc adj (unfavorable; negative)

Italian

2 entries

cattivo adj (unfavorable; negative)
sbagliato adj (not suitable or fitting)

Japanese

3 entries

悪い adj (unfavorable; negative)
悪い adj (not suitable or fitting)
悪い adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Javanese

1 entries

ala adj (unfavorable; negative)

Kaitag

1 entries

вягьи́ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Kamta

1 entries

বেয়া adj (unfavorable; negative)

Kashubian

1 entries

złi adj (unfavorable; negative)

Kazakh

1 entries

жаман adj (unfavorable; negative)

Khmer

1 entries

អាក្រក់ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Korean

2 entries

나쁘다 adj (unfavorable; negative)
나쁜 adj (unfavorable; negative)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

жаман adj (unfavorable; negative)
начар adj (unfavorable; negative)

Ladin

1 entries

stlet adj (unfavorable; negative)

Lao

1 entries

ບໍ່ດີ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Latin

1 entries

malus adj (unfavorable; negative)

Latvian

4 entries

nelabs adj (unfavorable; negative)
nepiemērots adj (not suitable or fitting)
slikts adj (unfavorable; negative)
slikts adj (not suitable or fitting)

Lenakel

1 entries

tat adj (unfavorable; negative)

Lingala

3 entries

-be adj (unfavorable; negative)
be adj (unfavorable; negative)
mabe adj (unfavorable; negative)

Lithuanian

1 entries

blogas adj (unfavorable; negative)

Lombard

1 entries

mal adj (unfavorable; negative)

Macedonian

2 entries

зол adj (unfavorable; negative)
лош adj (unfavorable; negative)

Malay

2 entries

buruk adj (unfavorable; negative)
buruk adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Maltese

1 entries

ħażin adj (unfavorable; negative)

Mansaka

1 entries

maat adj (unfavorable; negative)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

-ovu adj (unfavorable; negative)

Marathi

1 entries

वाईट adj (unfavorable; negative)

Mazanderani

1 entries

بد adj (unfavorable; negative)

Mirandese

1 entries

malo adj (unfavorable; negative)

Moksha

1 entries

кальдяв adj (unfavorable; negative)

Mongolian

1 entries

муу adj (unfavorable; negative)

Mwani

1 entries

mbaya adj (unfavorable; negative)

Māori

1 entries

kino adj (unfavorable; negative)

Navajo

1 entries

doo yáʼátʼéeh da adj (unfavorable; negative)

Norman

1 entries

mauvais adj (unfavorable; negative)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries

bed adj (unfavorable; negative)
nebaş adj (unfavorable; negative)
xirab adj (unfavorable; negative)

Norwegian

4 entries

dårlig adj (unfavorable; negative)
dårlig adj (not suitable or fitting)
dårlig adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
gal adj (not suitable or fitting)

Nǀuu

1 entries

ǀxʼôqaʻiki adj (unfavorable; negative)

Occitan

1 entries

mal adj (unfavorable; negative)

Ojibwe

2 entries

maazhi- adj (unfavorable; negative)
maji- adj (unfavorable; negative)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

зълъ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Old English

1 entries

yfel adj (unfavorable; negative)

Old Javanese

1 entries

hala adj (unfavorable; negative)

Old Turkic

3 entries

𐰖𐰉𐰕 adj (unfavorable; negative)
𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴 adj (unfavorable; negative)
𐰪𐰃𐰍 adj (unfavorable; negative)

Ossetian

1 entries

ӕвзӕр adj (unfavorable; negative)

Papiamentu

1 entries

malu adj (unfavorable; negative)

Pashto

1 entries

بد adj (unfavorable; negative)

Persian

4 entries

بد adj (unfavorable; negative)
بد adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
ناجور adj (not suitable or fitting)
نادرخور adj (not suitable or fitting)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

schlajcht adj (unfavorable; negative)

Polish

4 entries

kiepski adj (unfavorable; negative)
zły adj (unfavorable; negative)
zły adj (not suitable or fitting)
zły adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Portuguese

4 entries

desagradável adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
errado adj (not suitable or fitting)
mau adj (unfavorable; negative)
mau adj (not suitable or fitting)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਭੈੜਾ adj (unfavorable; negative)
ਭੈੜਾ adj (not suitable or fitting)

Quechua

1 entries

mana allin adj (unfavorable; negative)

Rapa Nui

2 entries

kino adj (unfavorable; negative)
rake rake adj (unfavorable; negative)

Romagnol

2 entries

cativ adj (unfavorable; negative)
mêl adj (unfavorable; negative)

Romanian

1 entries

rău adj (unfavorable; negative)

Romansch

1 entries

nausch adj (unfavorable; negative)

Russian

4 entries

неподходя́щий adj (not suitable or fitting)
неприя́тный adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
нехоро́ший adj (unfavorable; negative)
плохо́й adj (unfavorable; negative)

Sanskrit

1 entries

अघ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Sardinian

1 entries

malu adj (unfavorable; negative)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

kwood adj (unfavorable; negative)

Scots

2 entries

bowkin adj (unfavorable; negative)
ill adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

dona adj (unfavorable; negative)
dona adj (not suitable or fitting)
dona adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
droch adj (unfavorable; negative)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

cлaб adj (unfavorable; negative)
gadan adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
loš adj (unfavorable; negative)
loš adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Sindhi

2 entries

خَرابُ adj (unfavorable; negative)
ख़राबु adj (unfavorable; negative)

Sinhalese

1 entries

නරක adj (unfavorable; negative)

Slovak

4 entries

nepríjemný adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
zlý adj (unfavorable; negative)
zlý adj (not suitable or fitting)
zlý adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Slovene

3 entries

slàb adj (unfavorable; negative)
slàb adj (not suitable or fitting)
slàb adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Somali

1 entries

xun adj (unfavorable; negative)

Spanish

3 entries

desagradable adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
inapropiado adj (not suitable or fitting)
malo adj (unfavorable; negative)

Sundanese

2 entries

awon adj (unfavorable; negative)
goréng adj (unfavorable; negative)

Swedish

3 entries

dålig adj (unfavorable; negative)
illa adj (unfavorable; negative)
opassande adj (not suitable or fitting)

Sylheti

2 entries

ꠈꠣꠞꠣꠙ adj (unfavorable; negative)
ꠛꠣꠖ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tagalog

4 entries

mali adj (unfavorable; negative)
mali adj (not suitable or fitting)
masama adj (unfavorable; negative)
masama adj (not suitable or fitting)

Tajik

1 entries

бад adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tamil

3 entries

கெட்ட adj (unfavorable; negative)
மோசமான adj (unfavorable; negative)
மோசம் adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tashelhit

1 entries

ⵉⵅⵛⵏ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tatar

1 entries

яман adj (unfavorable; negative)

Telugu

4 entries

ఇష్టములేని adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
చెడ్డ adj (unfavorable; negative)
నచ్చని adj (not suitable or fitting)
పొసగని adj (not suitable or fitting)

Tetum

1 entries

aat adj (unfavorable; negative)

Thai

2 entries

เลว adj (unfavorable; negative)
แย่ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tibetan

2 entries

ངན་པ adj (unfavorable; negative)
སྡུག་ཆགས adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tok Pisin

2 entries

nogut adj (unfavorable; negative)
nogut adj (not suitable or fitting)

Tongan

1 entries

kovi adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tupinambá

1 entries

aíb adj (unfavorable; negative)

Turkish

3 entries

fena adj (unfavorable; negative)
kötü adj (unfavorable; negative)
yaman adj (unfavorable; negative)

Turkmen

4 entries

bet adj (unfavorable; negative)
erbet adj (unfavorable; negative)
pis adj (unfavorable; negative)
ýaman adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tzotzil

1 entries

chopol adj (unfavorable; negative)

Ukrainian

3 entries

злий adj (unfavorable; negative)
ке́пський adj (unfavorable; negative)
пога́ний adj (unfavorable; negative)

Urdu

1 entries

برا adj (unfavorable; negative)

Uyghur

1 entries

يامان adj (unfavorable; negative)

Uzbek

1 entries

yomon adj (unfavorable; negative)

Vietnamese

2 entries

dở adj (unfavorable; negative)
xấu adj (unfavorable; negative)

Volapük

1 entries

badik adj (unfavorable; negative)

Waigali

1 entries

apala adj (unfavorable; negative)

Walloon

4 entries

mwaijhe adj (unfavorable; negative)
mwais adj (unfavorable; negative)
mwais adj (not suitable or fitting)
måle adj (unfavorable; negative)

Welsh

1 entries

drwg adj (unfavorable; negative)

Western Apache

1 entries

dénchǫʼé adj (unfavorable; negative)

Western Bukidnon Manobo

1 entries

maza'at adj (unfavorable; negative)

White Hmong

1 entries

tsis zoo adj (unfavorable; negative)

Yiddish

1 entries

שלעכט adj (unfavorable; negative)

Zazaki

1 entries

ved adj (unfavorable; negative)

Zealandic

2 entries

min adj (unfavorable; negative)
slecht adj (unfavorable; negative)

Zhuang

1 entries

yaez adj (unfavorable; negative)

Sample sentences

73 total sentences available.

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It's too bad that I don't need to lose weight.

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Damn! It's not bad!

Source: tatoeba (1572)

Is it bad?

Source: tatoeba (1665)

He wishes to erase bad memories.

Source: tatoeba (2119)

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