abuse |
to hurt or harm by treating badly. [1/6 definitions] |
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] |
gloat |
to feel or show great pride or satisfaction, often when someone else does badly or fails. |
go wrong |
to malfunction, go badly, or cause failure or difficulty (often fol. by "with"). [1/2 definitions] |
grotesque |
ugly or badly shaped in character or appearance. |
ill |
not properly; badly. [1/6 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] |