n.
Function: adjective
1
Synonyms: WRONG 1, bad, immoral, iniquitous, reprobate, sinful, vicious, wicked
Related Words: base, low, vile; flagitious, nefarious; baneful, pernicious; black, damnable, execrable
Contrasted Words: high, noble; exemplary, salutary
Antonyms: good
2
Synonyms: OFFENSIVE , atrocious, foul, hideous, loathsome, obscene, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, vile
Related Words: distasteful, repellent; fetid, putrid, stinking
3
Synonyms: MALICIOUS , bitchy, catty, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, rancorous, spiteful, vicious, wicked
Related Words: angry, disagreeable, ugly, unpleasant, wrathful; harmful, hurtful, injurious, mischievous; destructive
4
Synonyms: HARMFUL , bad, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, hurtful, injurious, mischievous, nocent, nocuous
Related Words: calamitous, destructive, disastrous
Contrasted Words: harmless, noninjurious
Antonyms: innocuous
5 reporting or predicting harm or misfortune FF1C; messengers bearing evil tidings FF1E;
Synonyms: bad, ill, unfavorable; compare OMINOUS
Related Words: baleful, baneful, inauspicious; ill-boding, ill-omened, ominous
Contrasted Words: auspicious, favorable
Antonyms: good
6 marked by misfortune or calamity FF1C; the family fell upon evil times FF1E;
Synonyms: bad, inauspicious
Related Words: unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky; difficult, hard, trying; calamitous, disastrous
Contrasted Words: favorable; lucky; easy, prosperous; auspicious, halcyon, happy
Antonyms: good