| backbite |
to criticize harshly or speak badly of (an absent person). |
| bad apple |
one exceptional member of a group who behaves badly and causes trouble for all the other members of the group or makes the others look bad. |
| bounder |
an obtrusive, ill-bred, or vulgar person, esp. a man who behaves badly toward women. [1/2 definitions] |
| brat |
an annoying, spoiled, or badly behaved child. |
| bum |
(informal) one who treats others badly or unfairly. [1/5 definitions] |
| bumble1 |
to spoil or do badly because of clumsiness; botch. [1/2 definitions] |
| bungle |
to perform badly or incompetently; botch. [3 definitions] |
| bungler |
one who performs badly or incompetently. |
| butcher |
to do badly; bungle. [1/6 definitions] |
| disservice |
an act of treating someone badly or less favorably than deserved. |
| fizzle |
(informal) to fail or end badly in spite of a good beginning. [1/4 definitions] |
| flub |
(informal) to do badly; botch; bungle. [1/2 definitions] |
| go wrong |
to malfunction, go badly, or cause failure or difficulty (often fol. by "with"). [1/2 definitions] |
| ill |
faultily or inappropriately; badly. [1/11 definitions] |
| ill-use |
to treat cruelly or badly; mistreat. [1/2 definitions] |
| Jaws of Life |
trademark for an air-pressured tool having a pincerlike device able to rip apart a badly damaged vehicle in order to free a person trapped within. |
| jinx |
to cause to have bad luck or turn out badly. [1/2 definitions] |
| kick around |
(informal) to look down on and treat badly. [1/3 definitions] |
| malign |
to speak badly of; defame; slander. [1/2 definitions] |
| maltreat |
to treat badly, esp. with physical abuse. |
| misbehave |
to act or behave improperly or badly. [2 definitions] |