| abysmal |
extremely or deplorably bad; miserable. [1/2 definitions] |
| act up |
to behave in a bad or mischievous way; misbehave. [1/3 definitions] |
| almighty |
(informal) extremely bad. [1/3 definitions] |
| at least |
in any case; at any rate (used to name one good thing that still exists in a bad situation). [1/2 definitions] |
| atrabilious |
easily irritated or angered; bad-tempered; peevish. [1/2 definitions] |
| atrocious |
(informal) very bad; awful. [1/2 definitions] |
| average |
not particularly good or bad. [1/9 definitions] |
| awful |
very bad; inferior. [1/4 definitions] |
| 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. |
| bad-tempered |
having a bad temper or mood; cranky; irritable. |
| bitchy |
(slang) usu. of a woman, malicious or bad-tempered. |
| bum |
(informal) bad or misleading. [1/5 definitions] |
| cachet |
a waferlike outer covering used to envelop bad-tasting medicine. [1/4 definitions] |
| caco- |
bad; harsh. |
| cacography |
bad handwriting. [1/2 definitions] |
| catachresis |
a forced figure of speech such as a bad metaphor. [1/2 definitions] |
| chance it |
(informal) to take the risk of some bad thing happening. |
| come to grief |
to have a bad end; fail. |
| comeuppance |
(informal) a reprimand or other unpleasant penalty for one's previous bad behavior. |
| crabby |
somewhat irritable; bad-tempered. |
| crosspatch |
(informal) an easily annoyed, bad-tempered person. |