Badness

(Roget's Thesaurus)

-->Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities.

<- N

PARAG:Badness->N

GRP: \\ N \\ 1

Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ hurtfulness

hurtfulness

&c.???adj.

Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ virulence

virulence

GRP: \\ N \\ 2

Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ evil doer

evil doer

&c. 913

Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ bane

bane

&c. 663

Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ plague spot

plague spot

&c.(insalubrity) 657

Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ evil star

evil star

ill wind

Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ hoodoo

hoodoo

Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ Jonah

Jonah

Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ snake in the grass

snake in the grass

skeleton in the closet

Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ amari aliquid

amari aliquid

thorn in the side

GRP: \\ N \\ 3

Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ malignity

malignity

Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ malevolence

malevolence

&c. 907

Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ tender mercies

tender mercies

=>(ironically)

GRP: \\ N \\ 4

Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ ill-treatment

ill-treatment

annoyance

molestation

abuse

oppression

persecution

outrage

Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ misusage

misusage

&c. 679

Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ injury

injury

&c.(damage) 659

Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ knockout drops

knockout drops

=>(U.S.)

GRP: \\ N \\ 5

Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ badness

badness

&c.->Adj.

Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ peccancy

peccancy

abomination

Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ painfulness

painfulness

&c. 830

Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ pestilence

pestilence

&c.(disease) 655

Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ guilt

guilt

&c. 947

Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ depravity

depravity

&c. 945

PARAG:Badness->V

GRP: \\ V \\ 1

Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ be hurtful

be hurtful

&c.->Adj.

Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ cause evil

cause evil

produce evil

inflict evil

work evil

do evil

&c. 619

Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ damnify

damnify

endamage

hurt

harm

Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ injure

injure

&c.(damage) 659

Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ pain

pain

&c. 830

GRP: \\ V \\ 2

Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ wrong

wrong

aggrieve

oppress

persecute

Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ trample upon

trample upon

tread upon

bear hard upon

put upon

Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ overburden

overburden

Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ weigh down

weigh down

weigh heavy on

Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ victimize

victimize

Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ run down

run down

Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ molest

molest

&c. 830

GRP: \\ V \\ 3

Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ maltreat

maltreat

abuse

Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ ill-use

ill-use

ill-treat

Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ buffet

buffet

bruise

scratch

maul

Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ smite

smite

&c.(scourge) 972

Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ do violence

do violence

do harm

do a mischief

Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ stab

stab

pierce

outrage

GRP: \\ V \\ 4

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ do mischief

do mischief

make mischief

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ bring into trouble

bring into trouble

GRP: \\ V \\ 5

Sgm: \\ V \\ 5 \\ destroy

destroy

&c. 162

PARAG:Badness->Adj

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ hurtful

hurtful

harmful

scathful

baneful

baleful

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ injurious

injurious

deleterious

detrimental

noxious

pernicious

mischievous

full of mischief

mischief-making

malefic

malignant

nocuous

noisome

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ prejudicial

prejudicial

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ disserviceable

disserviceable

disadvantageous

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ wide-wasting

wide-wasting

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 2

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ unlucky

unlucky

sinister

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ obnoxious

obnoxious

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ untoward

untoward

disastrous

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 3

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ oppressive

oppressive

burdensome

onerous

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ malign

malign

&c.(malevolent) 907

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 4

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ corrupting

corrupting

&c.(corrupt &c. 659) ???

virulent

venomous

envenomed

corrosive

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ poisonous

poisonous

&c.(morbific) 657

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ deadly

deadly

&c.(killing) 361

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ destructive

destructive

&c.(destroying) 162

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ inauspicious

inauspicious

&c. 859

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 5

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ bad

bad

ill

arrant

as bad as bad can be

dreadful

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ horrid

horrid

horrible

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ dire

dire

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ rank

rank

peccant

foul

fulsome

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 5 \\ rotten

rotten

rotten at the core

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 6

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ vile

vile

base

villainous

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ mean

mean

&c.(paltry) 643

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ injured

injured

&c. deteriorated

&c. 659

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ unsatisfactory

unsatisfactory

exceptionable indifferent

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ below par

below par

&c.(imperfect) 651

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ illcontrived

illcontrived

ill-conditioned

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ wretched

wretched

sad

grievous

deplorable

lamentable

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 6 \\ pitiful

pitiful

pitiable

woeful

&c.(painful) 830

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 7

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 7 \\ evil

evil

wrong

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 7 \\ depraved

depraved

&c. 945

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 7 \\ shocking

shocking

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 7 \\ reprehensible

reprehensible

&c.(disapprove) 932

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 8

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 8 \\ hateful

hateful

hateful as a toad

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 8 \\ abominable

abominable

detestable

execrable

cursed

accursed

confounded

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 8 \\ damned

damned

damnable

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 8 \\ infernal

infernal

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 8 \\ diabolic

diabolic

&c.(malevolent) 907

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 9

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 9 \\ unadvisable

unadvisable

&c.(inexpedient) 647

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 9 \\ unprofitable

unprofitable

&c.(useless) 645

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 9 \\ incompetent

incompetent

&c.(unskillful) 699

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 9 \\ irremediable

irremediable

&c.(hopeless) 859

PARAG:Badness->Adv

GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1

Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ badly

badly

&c.???adj.

Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ wrong

wrong

ill

Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ to one's cost

to one's cost

Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ where the shoe pinches

where the shoe pinches