MAUVAIS Synonyms

• having undesirable or negative qualities

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

• that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

• very much; strongly

• serious or severe

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

• not capable of being collected

• below average in quality or performance

• nonstandard

• not financially safe or secure

• physically unsound or diseased

• capable of harming

• characterized by wickedness or immorality

• reproduced fraudulently

• not working properly

• having a defect

• markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior

• not working properly

• morally bad or wrong

• morally objectionable behavior

• the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

• having the nature of vice

• having or exerting a malignant influence

• having a defect

• characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules

• deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

• not adhering to ethical or moral principles

• lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

• not in accord with established usage or procedure

• (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles

• characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules

• of or characteristic of low rank or importance

• of low or inferior quality

• written or printed below and to one side of another character

• having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit

• one of lesser rank or station or quality

• a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

• lower than a given reference point

• falling short of some prescribed norm

• very bad

• infested with lice

• vile; despicable

• an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

• approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value

• characterized by malice

• having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

• marked by poverty befitting a beggar

• (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity

• (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

• of no value or worth

• very good; of the highest quality

• mean or intend to express or convey

• have as a logical consequence

• denote or connote

• have in mind as a purpose

• have a specified degree of importance

• intend to refer to

• destine or designate for a certain purpose

• dirty and disorderly

• having little money or few possessions

• characterized by or indicating poverty

• lacking in quality or substances

• people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

• deserving or inciting pity

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• very bad

• damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless

• having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• lacking civility or good manners

• socially incorrect in behavior

• (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

• (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• showing signs of wear and tear

• mean and unworthy and despicable

• reclaimed wool fiber

• made of inferior workmanship and materials

• unethical or dishonest

• showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite

• having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention

• (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition