evil vs bad
bad vs evilevil and bad both are nouns.
evil and bad both are adjectives.
evil is not an adverb while bad is an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| evil | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| bad | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
As nouns,
bad is a hypernym of
evil; that is, bad is a
word with a broader meaning than evil:
- evil: the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice
- bad: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Other hypernyms of evil include
immorality, badness.
| evil (noun) | bad (noun) |
|---|---|
| morally objectionable behavior | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency |
| the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
| evil (adjective) | bad (adjective) |
|---|---|
| morally bad or wrong | having undesirable or negative qualities |
| having or exerting a malignant influence | feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone |
| having the nature of vice | reproduced fraudulently |
| characterized by wickedness or immorality | |
| capable of harming | |
| below average in quality or performance | |
| serious or severe | |
| not capable of being collected | |
| not working properly | |
| nonstandard | |
| (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition | |
| feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') | |
| physically unsound or diseased | |
| not financially safe or secure |
| evil (adverb) | bad (adverb) |
|---|---|
| very much; strongly | |
| with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') |
Words related to "evil"
- Four Horsemen
- atrocious
- bad
- badness
- balefulness
- black
- corruptive
- dark
- demonic
- despicable
- devilish
- devilry
- deviltry
- diabolic
- diabolical
- error
- evil
- evil-minded
- evildoing
- evilness
- fiendish
- flagitious
- foul play
- frailty
- good
- grievous
- hellish
- immoral
- immorality
- infernal
- iniquity
- irreverence
- malefic
- maleficence
- maleficent
- malevolence
- malevolency
- malevolent
- malice
- malign
- malignance
- malignancy
- malignity
- mephistophelean
- mephistophelian
- mischief
- monstrous
- nefariousness
- offensive
- perverseness
- perversity
- perversive
- pestiferous
- reprehensibility
- satanic
- sexual immorality
- sinister
- slimy
- transgression
- ugliness
- ugly
- unholy
- unrighteous
- unworthy
- vice
- vicious
- vile
- vileness
- villainousness
- villainy
- violation
- wicked
- wickedness
- worst
- worthless
- wretched
- wrong
- wrongdoing
Words related to "bad"
- abominable
- atrocious
- awful
- badly
- badness
- big
- colloquialism
- corked
- corky
- counterfeit
- crappy
- defective
- deplorable
- disobedient
- distressing
- dreadful
- evil
- evilness
- fearful
- forged
- frightful
- good
- hard
- harmful
- high-risk
- hopeless
- horrid
- icky
- ill
- imitative
- inadvisability
- incompetent
- inferior
- intense
- invalid
- lamentable
- liability
- linguistics
- lousy
- malfunctioning
- mediocre
- naughty
- negative
- no-good
- nonfunctional
- nonstandard
- painful
- penitent
- pitiful
- pretty
- quality
- regretful
- repentant
- risky
- rotten
- rubber
- sad
- severe
- shitty
- sorry
- speculative
- spoiled
- spoilt
- stale
- stinking
- stinky
- swingeing
- terrible
- tough
- uncollectible
- uncomfortable
- uncool
- undesirability
- unfavorable
- unfavourable
- unfit
- unhealthy
- unskilled
- unsound
- unsoundness
- unspeakable
- unsuitable
- unworthiness
- worse
- worst
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