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Linking WordsThese english synonyms for words used in writing has been arranged by categories. For each word (bad, corrupt, sinister, rude, awful, hostile, offensive, spoiled ...) you will find about 10 to 40 synonyms. Antonyms are included in the sense, that the words consists mostly of pairs which have the opposite meaning.
Synonyms for Bad
| bad | amiss | atrocious | coarse | contaminated |
| contemptible | corrupt | crappy | cruddy | crummy |
| defective | deficient | deplorable | depraved | disagreeable |
| dismal | dissatisfactory | evil | execrable | faulty |
| foul | ghastly | grungy | harmful | heinous |
| icky | improper | infamous | inferior | |
| injurious | junky | lousy | nasty | nefarious |
| off poor quality | putrid | rotten | scandalous | sinful |
| sinister | snide | spoiled | substandard | tainted |
| the pits | uncouth | wicked |
Synonyms for Awful
| awful | abominable | appalling | atrocious | baneful |
| blatant | crude | deleterious | despicable | destructive |
| detestable | detrimental | disastrous | disgusting | disturbing |
| dreadful | egregious | excessive | flagrant | frightening |
| glaring | gross | grotesque | gruesome | hideous |
| horrible | horrifying | hostile | injurious | jolty |
| monstrous | nauseous | noxious | obnoxious | odious |
| offensive | outlandish | outrageous | preposterous | put off |
| repellent | repulsive | rude | terrible | ugly |
| unreasonable | unwarranted | upsetting |