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Sense: Verb: defeat
Synonyms:
beat Collocations, defeat Collocations, get the better of, overcome Collocations, win against, conquer Collocations, best Collocations, outdo, crush Collocations , thrash , whip Collocations , whup , wipe the floor with , lick Collocations , clobber , cream Collocations , own Collocations , annihilate , destroy Collocations , kill Collocations , triumph over, prevail over
Sense: Adjective: least good - sometimes preceded by 'the'
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most terrible, most awful, most harmful, most horrible, most inferior, lousiest , crappiest , harshest, nastiest, most severe, least effective, least desirable, least favorable, least favourable , least good
Sense: Noun: least good outcome - preceded by 'the'
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Sense: Noun: least good person or thing - usually preceded by 'the'
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bad
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Sense: Adjective: awful
Synonyms:
awful Collocations, terrible Collocations, horrible Collocations, atrocious, abysmal, poor Collocations, shitty , crappy , crummy , inferior, rubbish Collocations , inadequate, substandard, sub-standard, subpar, sub-par, below par, pathetic, lame Collocations , unacceptable, unsatisfactory, second-rate, lousy Collocations , crap Collocations , pants Collocations , suboptimal, sub-optimal
Sense: Adjective: evil
Synonyms:
evil Collocations, wrong Collocations, immoral, unethical, wicked Collocations, sinful, corrupt Collocations, nefarious, reprehensible, despicable Collocations, nasty Collocations, unrighteous, malevolent, maleficent, villainous, mean Collocations, lousy Collocations
Sense: Adjective: disgusting
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disgusting Collocations, foul Collocations, yucky, icky , nasty Collocations, sickening, repulsive, revolting, awful Collocations, gross Collocations , terrible Collocations, horrible Collocations, offensive Collocations, vile, repugnant, nauseating, displeasing, disagreeable, unpleasant Collocations
Sense: Adjective: naughty
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naughty Collocations, badly behaved, poorly behaved, misbehaving, mischievous Collocations, disobedient, impolite Collocations, ill-mannered, disrespectful, rude Collocations, insolent, unruly, reprehensible
Sense: Adjective: sad
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unhappy Collocations, sad Collocations, down Collocations , blue Collocations, miserable Collocations, down in the dumps , saddened, depressed Collocations, melancholy, upset Collocations, gloomy Collocations, glum, forlorn Collocations, despondent, heartbroken, downhearted, down-hearted, crestfallen, melancholic, sorry for yourself
Sense: Adjective: sorry or guilty
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sorry Collocations, regretful, remorseful, rueful, guilty Collocations, guilt-ridden, penitent, ashamed Collocations, contrite, culpable
Sense: Adjective: defective
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defective Collocations, faulty Collocations, broken Collocations, not working, flawed Collocations, DOA , shoddy, unsound, out of order, deficient, inferior
Sense: Adjective: spoiled
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spoiled Collocations, spoilt , rotten Collocations, rancid, off Collocations , gone-off , stale Collocations, sour Collocations, curdled, decayed, putrid, rank Collocations, corrupted, decomposed, past its best, moldy, mouldy , past its sell-by date , past its use-by date, past its expiration date , past its expiry date
Sense: Adjective: sick
Synonyms:
sick Collocations, ill Collocations , unwell, down Collocations, under the weather , run-down, not well, indisposed, sickish , unsound, lousy Collocations , out of sorts, in poor health, poorly Collocations, cruddy, crappy , shitty , green around the gills
Sense: Adjective: harmful
Synonyms:
harmful Collocations, damaging, detrimental Collocations, dangerous Collocations, hurtful, injurious, negative Collocations, adverse Collocations, unfavorable, unfavourable , perilous, deleterious, unhealthy Collocations, bad for you, no good, noxious Collocations, toxic
Sense: Adjective: ominous
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ominous Collocations, threatening Collocations, sinister, unlucky, baleful , menacing, dark Collocations, gloomy Collocations, pessimistic, black Collocations
badly
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Sense: Adverb: incorrectly
Synonyms:
incorrectly, wrongly, wrong Collocations, imperfectly, defectively, ineffectively, inefficiently, unsatisfactorily, negligently, incompetently, insufficiently, mistakenly, faultily, amiss, ineffectually, inadequately, erroneously, the wrong way
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Sense: Adverb: poorly
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poorly Collocations, shoddily, awfully, terribly, horribly, stupidly, carelessly, awkwardly, clumsily, disastrously, dreadfully, abominably, bunglingly, blunderingly, crudely, weakly, haphazardly, unskillfully, unskilfully , wretchedly
Sense: Adverb: severely
Synonyms:
severely, gravely, seriously Collocations, greatly Collocations, very Collocations, intensely, profoundly, grievously, atrociously, deeply Collocations, harshly, horribly, terribly, awfully, frightfully, extremely Collocations
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little Collocations, not very, not Collocations, barely Collocations, hardly Collocations, slightly Collocations, minimally
Sense: Adverb: desperately
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desperately, urgently, much Collocations, very much, seriously Collocations, in the worst way , more than anything
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Sense: Adverb: in an unacceptable way
Synonyms:
unacceptably, rudely, unkindly, unpleasantly, meanly, unfairly, reprehensibly, unforgivably, discourteously, boorishly
ill
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Sense: Adjective: sick
Synonyms:
sick Collocations, under the weather , unwell, unhealthy Collocations, ailing Collocations, faint Collocations, out of sorts, green around the gills , nauseous
Sense: Adjective: bad
Synonyms:
bad Collocations, evil Collocations, harmful Collocations, injurious, adverse Collocations, hurtful, detrimental Collocations, dangerous Collocations, hostile Collocations, damaging, wicked Collocations, noxious Collocations, malevolent, destructive, sinister, unfavorable
Sense: Noun: source of pain or distress - literary
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evil Collocations, wrong Collocations, bad Collocations, harm Collocations, sin Collocations, evilness, wickedness, badness, sinfulness, poison Collocations, trauma
Sense: Noun: misfortune - literary
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misfortune, bad luck, misadventure, mishap Collocations, adversity, tragedy, woe Collocations , hardship Collocations
Sense: Noun: problems or afflictions - plural
Synonyms:
problems, woes , issues, ailments, afflictions, difficulties, conditions, disorders
Sense: Adverb: hardly
Synonyms:
hardly Collocations, barely Collocations, by no means, scarcely Collocations, only just, with difficulty