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.

15 relation types

More general

1 entries

quality

More specific

4 entries

evil harmful lamentable low-quality

Antonyms

29 entries

adequate advantageous beneficial benevolent choice competent excellent exceptional first class first rate good honest just premium

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Synonyms

39 entries

abandoned abominable badass badly base corrupt defective deficient detestable disgusting false faulty forged high risk ill inferior

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Related terms

27 entries

astray badness base bum contemptible defective despicable dirty execrable faulty flawed inadequate insufficient lacking lesser low-grade

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defined as

1 entries

opposite of good

derived

195 entries

Bad Axe Bad Thing Badelaide Orange Man bad Peck's bad boy a bad penny always comes back a bad penny always turns up a bad tree does not yield good apples a bad workman always blames his tools bad actor bad aji bad apple bad appling bad ass bad baby bad bank

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distinct from

2 entries

good goodness

form of

1 entries

bid

has context

7 entries

british dialect hip hop slang linguistics need or want slang us

has prerequisite

1 entries

steal

is a

1 entries

quality

not has_property

1 entries

good

related to

84 entries

ability action adjective and appearance appropriate astray attribute bade badly base behaviour bold bum contemptible counterfeit

Showing 16 of 84 words.

similar

86 entries

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

Showing 16 of 86 words.

Translations

606 translations across 167 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

3 entries

κακός adj (unfavorable; negative)
πονηρός adj (evil, wicked)
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

4 entries

չար adj (evil, wicked)
վատ adj (unfavorable; negative)
վատ adj (not suitable or fitting)
վատ adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)

Aromanian

1 entries

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

Assamese

1 entries

বেয়া adj (unfavorable; negative)

Asturian

4 entries

malu adj (unfavorable; negative)
malu adj (not suitable or fitting)
malu adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
malu adj (evil, wicked)

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

3 entries

gaizki adj (unfavorable; negative)
txar adj (evil, wicked)
txar adj (faulty; not functional)

Belarusian

3 entries

дрэ́нны adj (unfavorable; negative)
злы adj (evil, wicked)
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

2 entries

drouk adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
fall adj (unfavorable; negative)

Bulgarian

4 entries

зъл adj (evil, wicked)
лош adj (unfavorable; negative)
лош adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
лош adj (evil, wicked)

Burmese

1 entries

ဆိုး adj (unfavorable; negative)

Catalan

4 entries

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

Central Kurdish

3 entries

بەد adj (unfavorable; negative)
بەد adj (evil, wicked)
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)
不合適 /不合适 adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
不好 adj (unfavorable; negative)
不恰當 /不恰当 adj (not suitable or fitting)

Coptic

1 entries

ϩⲟⲟⲩ adj (evil, wicked)

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)
podlý adj (evil, wicked)
vadný adj (not suitable or fitting)
vadný adj (faulty; not functional)

Dalmatian

2 entries

mul adj (unfavorable; negative)
ri adj (evil, wicked)

Danish

4 entries

dårlig adj (unfavorable; negative)
dårlig adj (not suitable or fitting)
dårlig adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
dårlig adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Dutch

4 entries

kwaad adj (evil, wicked)
naar adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
onaangenaam adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
ongemanierd adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)

Egyptian

1 entries

Dw-w-G36 adj (evil, wicked)

Elfdalian

2 entries

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

Erzya

1 entries

берянь adj (unfavorable; negative)

Esperanto

4 entries

grava adj (severe; urgent)
malbona adj (unfavorable; negative)
malbona adj (not suitable or fitting)
malbona adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)

Estonian

1 entries

halb adj (unfavorable; negative)

Faroese

1 entries

illur adj (unfavorable; negative)

Finnish

4 entries

ankara adj (severe; urgent)
huono adj (unfavorable; negative)
huono adj (not suitable or fitting)
huono adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)

French

4 entries

défectueux adj (faulty; not functional)
fonceur adj (bold and daring)
mauvais adj (unfavorable; negative)
mauvais adj (not suitable or fitting)

Friulian

4 entries

brut adj (evil, wicked)
cjâtif adj (evil, wicked)
mâl adj (unfavorable; negative)
trist adj (evil, wicked)

Galician

2 entries

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

Georgian

1 entries

ცუდი adj (unfavorable; negative)

German

4 entries

böse adj (evil, wicked)
schlecht adj (unfavorable; negative)
schlecht adj (not suitable or fitting)
schlecht adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 adj (unfavorable; negative)
𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 adj (evil, wicked)

Greek

4 entries

άσχημος adj (unfavorable; negative)
κακός adj (unfavorable; negative)
κακός adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
κακός adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

Greenlandic

1 entries

ajorpoq adj (unfavorable; negative)

Gujarati

2 entries

ખરાબ adj (unfavorable; negative)
નકામું adj (faulty; not functional)

Haitian Creole

2 entries

move adj (evil, wicked)
pa bon adj (not suitable or fitting)

Hawaiian

1 entries

ʻino adj (unfavorable; negative)

Hebrew

4 entries

גרוע adj (not suitable or fitting)
גרועה adj (not suitable or fitting)
מרושע adj (evil, wicked)
מרושעת adj (evil, wicked)

Hindi

2 entries

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

Hungarian

4 entries

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

Icelandic

4 entries

illur adj (unfavorable; negative)
slæmur adj (unfavorable; negative)
vondur adj (unfavorable; negative)
vondur adj (evil, wicked)

Ido

1 entries

mala adj (unfavorable; negative)

Indonesian

3 entries

buruk adj (unfavorable; negative)
jahat adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
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

2 entries

mal adj (unfavorable; negative)
mal adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)

Irish

4 entries

dona adj (unfavorable; negative)
dona adj (severe; urgent)
droch adj (unfavorable; negative)
droch adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)

Italian

4 entries

cattivo adj (unfavorable; negative)
cattivo adj (evil, wicked)
cattivo adj (of breath: malodorous)
difettoso adj (faulty; not functional)

Japanese

4 entries

悪い adj (unfavorable; negative)
悪い adj (not suitable or fitting)
悪い adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
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)

Kikuyu

1 entries

ũru adj (evil, wicked)

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

4 entries

buruk adj (unfavorable; negative)
buruk adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
busuk adj (of breath: malodorous)
jahat adj (evil, wicked)

Maltese

1 entries

ħażin adj (unfavorable; negative)

Mansaka

1 entries

maat adj (unfavorable; negative)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

ovu adj (unfavorable; negative)

Marathi

3 entries

खराब adj (faulty; not functional)
वाईट adj (unfavorable; negative)
वाईट adj (evil, wicked)

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

2 entries

mauvais adj (unfavorable; negative)
mauvais adj (evil, wicked)

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 (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
dårlig adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

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

2 entries

зълъ adj (unfavorable; negative)
зълъ adj (evil, wicked)

Old English

1 entries

yfel adj (unfavorable; negative)

Old Javanese

1 entries

hala adj (unfavorable; negative)

Old Turkic

4 entries

𐰖𐰉𐰕 adj (unfavorable; negative)
𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴 adj (unfavorable; negative)
𐰪𐰃𐰍 adj (unfavorable; negative)
𐰪𐰃𐰍 adj (evil, wicked)

Ossetian

1 entries

ӕвзӕр adj (unfavorable; negative)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

یامان adj (evil, wicked)

Papiamentu

1 entries

malu adj (unfavorable; negative)

Pashto

4 entries

بد adj (unfavorable; negative)
بد adj (evil, wicked)
بد adj (bold and daring)
بدلاری adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)

Persian

4 entries

بد adj (unfavorable; negative)
بد adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
بد adj (evil, wicked)
بدبو adj (of breath: malodorous)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

schlajcht adj (unfavorable; negative)

Polish

4 entries

kiepski adj (unfavorable; negative)
nieświeży adj (of breath: malodorous)
uszkodzony adj (faulty; not functional)
wadliwy adj (faulty; not functional)

Portuguese

4 entries

desagradável adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
enguiçado adj (faulty; not functional)
errado adj (not suitable or fitting)
estragado adj (faulty; not functional)

Punjabi

3 entries

ਭੈੜਾ adj (unfavorable; negative)
ਭੈੜਾ adj (not suitable or fitting)
ਭੈੜਾ adj (evil, wicked)

Quechua

2 entries

mana allin adj (unfavorable; negative)
millay adj (evil, wicked)

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

2 entries

rău adj (unfavorable; negative)
rău adj (evil, wicked)

Romansch

1 entries

nausch adj (unfavorable; negative)

Russian

4 entries

вре́дный adj (unhealthy; liable to cause health problems)
дурно́й adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
дурно́й adj (of breath: malodorous)
злой adj (evil, wicked)

Sanskrit

1 entries

अघ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Sardinian

1 entries

malu adj (unfavorable; negative)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

kwood adj (unfavorable; negative)

Scots

4 entries

bowkin adj (unfavorable; negative)
ill adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
ill adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
ill adj (evil, wicked)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

dona adj (unfavorable; negative)
dona adj (not suitable or fitting)
dona adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
dona adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)

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)
nezdravý adj (unhealthy; liable to cause health problems)
slabý adj (unskilled)
vadný adj (faulty; not functional)

Slovene

4 entries

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

Somali

1 entries

xun adj (unfavorable; negative)

Spanish

4 entries

defectuoso adj (faulty; not functional)
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)

Swahili

1 entries

bozu noun (error, mistake)

Swedish

4 entries

dålig adj (unfavorable; negative)
dålig adj (of breath: malodorous)
ful adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
illa adj (unfavorable; negative)

Sylheti

2 entries

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

Tagalog

4 entries

bastos adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
mali adj (unfavorable; negative)
mali adj (not suitable or fitting)
mali adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)

Tajik

1 entries

бад adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tamil

4 entries

கடும் adj (severe; urgent)
கெட்ட adj (unfavorable; negative)
கெட்ட adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
கெட்ட adj (evil, wicked)

Tashelhit

1 entries

ⵉⵅⵛⵏ adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tatar

1 entries

яман adj (unfavorable; negative)

Telugu

4 entries

అత్యవసరము adj (severe; urgent)
ఇష్టములేని adj (tricky; stressful; unpleasant)
క్రూరమైన adj (evil, wicked)
చెడి పోయిన adj (faulty; not functional)

Tetum

1 entries

aat adj (unfavorable; negative)

Thai

4 entries

ชั่ว adj (evil, wicked)
ร้าย adj (evil, wicked)
เลว adj (unfavorable; negative)
เลว adj (evil, wicked)

Tibetan

2 entries

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

Tocharian B

1 entries

yolo adj (evil, wicked)

Tok Pisin

4 entries

nogut adj (unfavorable; negative)
nogut adj (not suitable or fitting)
nogut adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)
nogut adj (evil, wicked)

Tongan

1 entries

kovi adj (unfavorable; negative)

Tupinambá

2 entries

aíb adj (unfavorable; negative)
poxy adj (not appropriate, of manners etc.)

Turkish

4 entries

fena adj (unfavorable; negative)
kötü adj (unfavorable; negative)
kötü adj (evil, wicked)
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

4 entries

злий adj (unfavorable; negative)
злий adj (evil, wicked)
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)

Venetan

4 entries

cativo adj (evil, wicked)
cilacio adj (evil, wicked)
ruo adj (evil, wicked)
trist adj (evil, wicked)

Vietnamese

2 entries

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

Volapük

2 entries

badik adj (unfavorable; negative)
badik adj (evil, wicked)

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

2 entries

drwg adj (unfavorable; negative)
drwg adj (evil, wicked)

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!

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Is it bad?

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He wishes to erase bad memories.

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