Reverse Dictionary: BAD

ADJECTIVES
..893 ► LITHER bad, wicked → obs.
1200 ► LITTLE-WORTH of bad, worthless, mean, or contemptible character → obs. exc. arch. & Sc.
1205 ► QUED → QUEDE bad, evil, wicked, vile, base → obs. exc. Sc.
1325 ► BROTHELY bad, vile → obs.
1362 ► LEWD bad, worthless, poor, sorry; said of things → obs.
1374 ► ENTETCHED marked or endowed with bad or good qualities → obs.
1375 ► BYSEN conspicuously bad or disgraceful; monstrous, shocking → obs.
1386 ► LEWD bad, vile, evil, wicked, base; unprincipled, ill-conditioned; good-for-nothing; worthless → obs.
1386 ► LOUSY bad, poor, contemptible 
1500 ► ILL-DEEDY given to bad deeds; mischievous → Sc.
1529 ► NAUGHTY morally bad, wicked → obs.
1536 ► NAUGHT morally bad; wicked; naughty → obs.
1548 ► FACINOROUS detestably bad; extremely wicked, grossly criminal, villainous, atrocious, vile → obs. exc. arch.
1561 ► QUEER bad; worthless; counterfeit → thieves’ cant
1568 ► ILL-WILLY of a bad disposition → Sc.
1598 ► LOOSE-TAILED of bad character; wanton; unchaste; wanting in self-restraint → obs.
1605 ► PECCANT bad, wrong, deficient; guilty, criminal; indisposed, corrupt, injurious to health 
1630 ► ILL-LIVED living a bad or immoral life 
1638 ► BLACK-HEARTED morally bad; having a wicked, malicious disposition 
1648 ► PRAVITOUS bad, full of evil; characterized by wickedness or depravity → obs.
1660 ► DEADLY very bad, excessive, terrible, awful, utterly unpleasant → colloq.
1671 ► LAZY bad, naughty, worthless → Eng. dial. obs.
1677 ► HANG-DOG bad, villainous; low, degraded; having a base or sneaking appearance 
1714 ► ILL bad; noxious; hurtful; insufferable → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1740 ► GAMMY bad, unfavourable → UK criminals’ sl.
1777 ► ILL-MUGGENED having bad propensities, malicious, evil-disposed → Sc.
1786 ► AWFUL exceedingly bad or inferior; frightful, offensive; unpleasant; terrible → colloq.
1790 ► HANG-GALLOWS bad, villainous; destined or fit for the gallows 
19C.. ► BOGUS very bad; unfair; no good, worthless → Aust. sl.
1801 ► RAFFISH of bad character; disreputable, vulgar; worthless; low 
1813 ► ROTTEN very bad or unpleasant; nasty, terrible, awful → colloq.
1824 ► ILL-BEST least bad or several poor alternatives → Sc.
1832 ► RANTANKEROUS bad, unruly, mean; quarrelsome, argumentative, cantankerous → US colloq.
1842 ► NATION-SEIZED extremely bad; most unpleasant → Eng. dial.
1845 ► DAB bad → back-slang
1847 ► NOT MUCH CHOP bad; inferior, unsatisfactory; of low quality → Aust. & NZ sl.
1847 ► OWDACIOUS very bad, shocking; said of things → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1848 ► HAIRY bad, difficult, undesirable → UK sl.
M19. ► DABHENO bad → back-slang, costermonger’s usage
1851 ► CULTUS bad, worthless → Amer. dial.
1853 ► UNKED bad looking, having the appearance of evil, betokening bad weather → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1855 ► LAYTHE bad, loathsome → obs. (Bk.)
1855 ► MAVEIS bad, wicked → obs. (Bk.)
1856 ► ANOINTED → NINETED → NOINTED thoroughly bad, wholly given up to evil courses; notorious → Eng. dial.
1859 ► BUM bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; of low quality → sl., orig. US
1864 ► MORMAL bad; dangerous (possibly a mistaken inference for the noun ‘mormal – a sore or ulcer) → obs.
1866 ► HANG-DOG-LIKE bad, villainous → Sc.
1875 ► JERRY bad, defective, and deceptive → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1875 ► NOWT bad → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1876 ► ILL-GATED to be badly inclined → Sc. (Bk.)
1877 ► POLSY bad, spoilt → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1885 ► ATROCIOUS very bad, shocking, execrable → colloq.
1885 ► OUTDACIOUS very bad, shocking; said of things → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1886 ► SLIVING bad, lazy (Bk.)
1886 ► TOTTY of bad character → (Bk.)
1887 ► QUAD  bad, vile, base → Sc. obs.
1888 ► ILL-CONDITIONED bad; worthless; ill-tempered → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1890 ► SNIDDY → SNIDE → SNIDEY → SNIDY bad, inferior, unsatisfactory, of low quality → sl.
1891 ► SCHICKERY → SHICKERY bad; shabby → US sl. (Bk.)
1896 ► MEAN of bad character; worthless, naughty → Eng dial.
1896 ► MOULDY bad, inferior, unsatisfactory, of low quality → sl.
1898 ► ARRANT thoroughly bad → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BONE-BAD thoroughly bad → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► CROOK bad, inferior, out of order, unsatisfactory; said of things → Aust. & NZ
1898 ► INDUMIOUS very bad → Sc.
L19.. ► ABAA bad → sl.
L19.. ► MULTA → MULTI → MULTIE → MULTY bad, unpleasant → sl.
20C.. ► ASS-HOLE bad, rotten → US
20C.. ► D bad → teen & high school sl.
20C.. ► DESPERATE very bad → Irish sl.
20C.. ► MUM AND DAD bad → Aust. rhyming sl.
1902 ► NO COP bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; of low quality → Brit. sl.
1902 ► NOT MUCH COP bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; of low quality → Brit. sl.
1903 ► MISCHANT bad, mischievous → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1903 ► N.B.G.  bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; of low quality (No Bloody Good)→ sl.
1904 ► ABYSMAL extremely bad, appalling; of an exceptionally poor standard or quality 
1904 ► SAD-BAD very bad → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► DYED IN THE WOOL thoroughly bad → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MIZ bad → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TEWLY → TULY bad, poor → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THOROUGH-GONE thoroughly bad or good → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► THOROUGH-GO-NIMBLE thoroughly bad or good → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► UNLIKE bad, displeasing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► UNLIKELY bad, displeasing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1907 ► FIERCE extremely bad or severe; terrible, disagreeable in the extreme → Amer. dial.
1909 ► D.B.  Damned Bad → colloq., theatrical usage
1913 ► GOSH-BLAMED bad, annoying, undesirable → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 ► BOWSIE → BOWSY bad, evil, malicious → Irish sl.
1915 ► SCHLOCK → SHLOCK bad; inferior; of low quality; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment → sl.
1918 ► ONKUS bad, unpleasant; deplorable → Aust. sl.
1924 ► STINKO very bad; of a very low standard → sl. orig. US
1929 ► HELLACIOUS bad, intense, violent, severe, etc. → Amer. sl.
1929 ► WORSE THAN THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH very bad → Amer. dial.
1930 ► POPEYED bad, regrettable → sl.
1930 ► SADDER THAN A MAP very bad, terrible, disgusting → African-American sl.
1934 ► KAFFIR bad; inferior; unsatisfactory, unreliable; of low quality → S. Afr. sl., offensive
1935 ► CRUDDY bad, second-rate, of poor quality; crummy, lousy → sl.
1936 ► CRAP bad, inferior, of poor quality; unpleasant, displeasing; of a person: lacking ability, incompetent; unwell → sl.
1940 ► DAGO bad → W. Indies sl.
1946 ► FUNKY bad, distasteful, dirty, smelly → US sl.
M20. ► BADASS bad; nasty; belligerent or intimidating; tough → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1950 ► BODGIE bad, inferior, worthless → Aust. sl.
1953 ► DUFF bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; useless; of low quality → UK sl.
1958 ► DIABOLICAL bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; of low quality → sl.
1958 ► MANKEY → MANKY bad; inferior; defective; unsatisfactory; of low quality → Eng. dial. & colloq.
1960 ► NAPH bad, in poor taste; unappealing, unfashionable → sl.
1963 ► ZYMOTIC very bad, lousy, disgusting → teen sl.
1963 ► ZYMY very bad, lousy, disgusting → teen sl.
1964 ► GUSTY bad → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1964 ► MARVY-GROOVY bad, unpleasant → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1965 ► UNREAL exceptionally bad, excellent → US sl.
1966 ► SHITHOUSE bad, contemptible, disgusting, awful; of poor quality → sl.
1968 ► LOW RENT base, gross, unacceptable, bad → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1968 ► SCHLOCKY → SHLOCKY bad; inferior; of low quality; applied esp. to inferior art or entertainment → sl.
1968 ► SHIT bad; unpleasant; highly displeasing; unskilled; of poor quality, ability, etc. → sl.
1968 ► X-DOUBLE-MINUS very bad → US sl.
1969 ► NAFF bad; inferior; unsatisfactory; of low quality → sl., chiefly Brit.
1970 ► FUNKY disagreeable; bad; disgusting → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► MUNG spoiled, bad, ruined → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1971 ► BAADASS very bad, very dangerous → US sl.
1974 ► PUNK bad; inferior; unwell; of low quality → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1980 ► DARK bad, inferior, unpleasant, second-rate, nasty → UK sl.
1980 ► DOUBLE PLUS UNGOOD bad → US sl.
1980 ► PAINFUL bad → US students’ sl.
1980 ► SCANDALOUS extremely bad → sl., orig. African-American
1980 ► SKETCHED → SKETCHED OUT bad, bizarre, weird → US students’ sl.
1980 ► UNGOOD bad → US sl.
1983 ► WACKTIC very bad → UK sl.
1984 ► DANK bad, inferior, inefficient, unpleasant → UK sl., orig. military usage
1984 ► WACK very bad, second-rate, inferior, phony, unsatisfactory, unacceptable → African-American sl.
1990 ► BUTTERY bad → US students’ sl.
1990 ► FAKE bad, disappointing, negative → US students’ sl.
1990 ► SCHWAG bad, second-rate, inferior → US students’ sl.
1992 ► NAFFEEN bad, vulgar, despicable, unlovely → Brit. sl.
1992 ► NAFFETTE bad, vulgar, despicable, unlovely → Brit. sl.
1994 ► BALD bad; terrible → teen & high school sl. (Bk.)
1998 ► RAG bad, unpleasant → NZ sl.
1998 ► SHELL bad, second-rate → US students’ sl.
1999 ► MOXY very bad, lousy → Ireland
2006 ► CRAPPY bad; inferior; junky → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DOOK → DUKE really bad → US sl. (Bk.)
2007 ► ARCTIC bad → UK sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1220 ► UNCOST bad disposition; evil nature → obs.
1500 ► ILLNESS bad moral quality, condition or character; wickedness, depravity; evil conduct; badness → obs.
1550 ► NAUGHTINESS a being bad, faulty, or defective in some respect → obs.
1592 ► BADS bad things, qualities, etc. 
1595 ► ILLNESS badness, unpleasantness, disagreeableness; troublesomeness, hurtfulness → obs.
1611 ► PECCANCY bad quality; sinfulness 
1617 ► MISDISPOSITION bad disposition or inclination; inclination to evil → obs.
1620 ► PRAVITY badness, corruption, malignity → obs.
18C.. ► GALLERSGOOD anything considered to be so bad or useless that it is fit only for the gallows → UK criminals’ sl.
1721 ► MALEFICE → MALIFICE a bad action; the act or effect of witchcraft → Sc. obs.
1818 ► CACOTOPIA a state, imaginary or otherwise, in which everything is as bad as it can possibly be 
1851 ► DABHENO → DAHEENO something bad, usually a poor market → back-slang, costermongers’ usage
1856 ► PIACULARITY badness; criminality → obs.
1859 ► GALLOWSNESS badness 
1876 ► ILL-JAW bad things spoken with the tongue → Sc. (Bk.)
1886 ► THICK-SPINNING bad conduct → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► LEATHER MEDAL a derisive term for the reward of stupidity, slowness, or badness → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1903 ► A BAD NAIL a bad disposition → sl. (Bk.)
1903 ► CATEVER anything bad or poor; a queer or singular affair → sl. (Bk.)
1910 ► BAKE anything bad → Irish sl.
1911 ► BLUTE a bad or foolish action → Sc. (Bk.)
1928 ► BEHAVISHNESS bad behaviour → Amer. dial.
1929 ► ILL badness, wicked disposition → Sc.
1938 ► THE BALLS a thing that is regarded as extraordinarily good or bad → US sl.
M20. ► BAD TRIP any bad experience → US sl.
M20. ► R.F. → ROYAL FUCKING extremely bad treatment → US sl.
1952 ► DYSTOPIA an imagined place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible 
1960 ► BADDIWAD something that is bad → US  teen sl.
1966 ► GARP anything bad or distasteful → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1966 ► ZIT something bad or unpleasant → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1968 ► GRUNGE a bad, unpleasant thing; something dull or unappealing → Amer. sl.
1970 ► FAKE OUT a bad experience → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1970 ► GRUNGE a bad, unpleasant thing, esp. food → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1971 ► HURT DANCE a bad state of affairs or a bad situation → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1971 ► PISSER something bad or unfortunate → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1990 ► SAUCE something bad or inferior → US students’ sl.
1997 ► GAMMY CHANT a bad situation → Irish sl.
1999 ► ROUGH END OF THE PINEAPPLE the bad side of the deal → (Bk.)
2000 ► BAD SHIT a bad event; bad luck; evil practices → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DOWN TRIP any bad experience → US sl. (Bk.)
2007 ► ANIMAL ACT a planned or self-conscious bout of bad behaviour or excess → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2007 ► ANIMAL NIGHT a planned or self-conscious bout of bad behaviour or excess → Aust. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1225 ► HELL-DOG a bad or evil person; a hell-hound; a fiend; a fiendish person 
1250 ► QUED → QUEDE a bad or wicked person → obs.
1340 ► HELL-HOUND a bad or evil person; a fiend; a fiendish person; a ruffian; a lewd fellow, a profligate 
1420 ► TITIVIL a bad or vile person; a scoundrel; a villain; a worthless knave → obs.
1500 ► TITIVILLER a bad or vile person; a scoundrel; a villain; a worthless knave → obs.
1528 ► MISWOMAN a bad, wicked woman; a whore or lewd woman; a strumpet → obs.
1530 ► NAUGHTY-PACK a woman of bad character; a wanton → obs.
1567 ► PALLIARD a person of bad character; a low or dissolute knave; a scoundrel; a lewd or lecherous person; a debauched person → arch.
1575 ► CULLION a bad fellow; a base, despicable, or vile fellow; a scoundrel; a rascal → obs.
1598 ► GALLOWS a person of bad character; a rascal, a rogue; one deserving the gallows 
1598 ► LITHERBY a bad, wicked person; a base or rascally person → obs.
1603 ► BAGGAGE a woman of bad character; a worthless, good-for-nothing woman; a woman of disreputable or immoral life; a strumpet; a prostitute; an opprobrious epithet applied to women and children 
1603 ► HELLCAT a thoroughly bad or coarse person 
1640 ► BLACK SHEEP a bad person; a disreputable or unsatisfactory member of a family, etc. 
1657 ► NAUGHT a person who is bad 
1711 ► CACODEMON a person of bad character; an evil, malignant, or deprecated person 
1722 ► FAGGOT a bad woman 
1743 ► DAMISHELL a woman of bad character or disposition → Sc.
1743 ► DAMOSEL a woman of bad character 
1790 ► HISSIE → HIZZIE → HIZZY a woman of bad character → Sc. & Eng. dial.
19C.. ► NINETY-BIRD a bad person; one who is given up to evil ways → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► RUMSCULLION a bad, idle, worthless fellow → Eng. dial.
1808 ► BANDYLAN a woman of bad character; an outcast; a virago → Eng. dial.
1816 ► HELLICAT a bad, worthless, or foolish person; a wicked or cruel person; a villain → orig. & chiefly Sc.
1819 ► SCAPE-GALLOWS a thoroughly bad man → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1819 ► SCAPE-THE-GALLOWS a thoroughly bad man → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1825 ► DAW a bad woman, a trull → Sc.
1825 ► LITTLE-WORTH a bad or worthless person → Sc.
1843 ► BADMASH a bad, wicked, or disreputable fellow; a villainous man; a rascal; a scoundrel → Anglo-Indian
1848 ► RAP a person of bad character; a cheat; an impostor → Sc. & Ireland 
M19. ► DABTROS a bad person; an unpleasant person → back-slang
1852 ► HELL-DAME a bad woman → Eng. dial.
1853 ► YELDEN → YELDING a woman of bad character; a mean, cowardly fellow → Eng. dial.
1855 ► BAAD a woman of bad character; a disreputable woman → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1855 ► BAD EGG a bad or worthless person 
1855 ► BAGLE a woman of bad character (Bk.)
1855 ► BAUDY-BASKET a cant term for a bad or profligate woman → (Bk.)
1855 ► LOOSE-KIRTLE a woman of bad or loose character; a wanton woman; a prostitute (kirtle = woman’s gown) → arch.
1867 ► DAMSEL a woman of bad character or disposition → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1870 ► BUDMASH a bad person; a villain; a rascal → orig. Ind. Army usage
1877 ► HANG-TRACE a bad person; a gallows-bird; one ripe for the gallows → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1878 ► GALLAS a notoriously bad person; a person of evil conduct → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1886 ► BOCTAIL a bad woman → obs. (Bk.)
1886 ► HANNIEL a bad fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1888 ► IDLE-PACK a bad woman → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1890 ► ABAA COVE a bad man → sl. (Bk.)
1891 ► BAD SORT a bad kind of person 
1897 ► ILL ONE a bad person → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1898 ► BARNACLE a bad or depraved person; an incorrigible person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
L19.. ► WRONG ‘UN a thoroughly bad person; a criminal; an untrustworthy, incompetent person → sl.
1904 ► RACKLE a thoroughly bad man → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► SCOVY a bad fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HANG-A-BAND a bad person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► NAUGHTY-BACK a bad or naughty child or person; a term of general reproof; generally used to children → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► TARGER a person of bad or eccentric character; a rough fellow; a mischievous person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 ► BAD MEMBER a bad person; an evil doer; a treacherous fellow → Ireland (Bk.)
1913 ► HERO OF THE BLOOD AND THUNDER BOOKS a bad man → Western Can. sl. (Bk.)
1919 ► BUNTER a bad child → Amer. dial.
1934 ► BADDIE → BADDY a bad or wicked person; a scoundrel, a villain, esp. as a character in play, film, etc. → colloq., orig. US
1936 ► NOGOODNIK a bad person → colloq., orig. US
1937 ► WRONGGO → WRONGO a bad person; a criminal; an undesirable person; a wicked person; a villain → sl., orig. US
1938 ► THE BALLS a person regarded as extraordinarily good or bad → US sl.
1966 ► SKITTAMALINK a bad-acting woman; a rascal → Amer. dial., derogatory
1969 ► FRITO a bad girl; a good lay → US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► BAD SHIT a bad or extremely unpleasant person, usually male; a dangerous or deceptive person → Amer sl. (Bk.)
1988 ► A BAD APPLE a bad person in a group, typically one whose behaviour is likely to have a corrupting influence on the rest; a no-good person, esp. one who is likely to lead others astray → colloq. (Bk.)
1995 ► BAD TRIP a bad person → Amer. sl. (Bk.)

PHRASES
1855 ► LIKE LETTUCE LIKE LIPS implying that bad things suit each other → (Bk.)
1892 ► WOOL IS DOWN times are bad → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
20C.. ► OFF LIKE A BUCKET OF PRAWNS IN THE HOT SUN said of something suspicious or bad → Aust. sl.
1943 ► SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A DOG describes something that is so bad that no creature deserves it 
1970 ► THAT ONE IS A HURTBURGER that one is bad or inadequate → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► THINGS ARE CROOK IN MUSWELLBROOK the situation is not good → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► THINGS ARE CROOK IN TALLAROOK the situation is not good → Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1858 ► HAVE A DIRTY LANE TO GO DOWN to have a bad time before one → Eng. dial.
1866 ► HAVE A BAD NAIL IN ONE to be of a bad disposition → Sc. (Bk.)
20C.. ► BUM OUT to have a bad experience 
1960 ► WAIL to behave badly or aggressively → W. Indies
1970 ► FILE to treat someone badly → US sl. (Bk.)