Bad

verb

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Bad / Attack

banish - To send someone away from a country or place as an official punishment.

The man who didn’t take his hat off when the king’s carriage rode by was banished from the capital for 5 years.

noun

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gobbledygook - Language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of abstruse technical terms; nonsense

For tourists who don't speak the native language, it can seem like a bunch of gobbledygook.

noun

See verb

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doom - Death, destruction, or some other terrible fate

Bryce struggled with his depression, unable to escape the constant feeling that doom and failure was just a moment away.

verb

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Bad / Weak

deteriorate - To gradually get worse

The empty house deteriorated because there was no one to fix things that broke.

verb

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Bad / Dishonest

hoodwink - To deceive or trick someone.

The con man surveyed the crowd in order to find someone to hoodwink.

noun

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Bad / Dislike

Url

aversion - Feeling a strong dislike of something or someone, resulting in an unwillingness to do something.

Because he has an aversion to exercize of all kinds, he started gaining more weight than he wanted.

verb

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Url

tease - To laugh at somebody and make jokes about them, either in a friendly way or in order to annoy them

The bullies would tease the little kids in the schoolyard, and the school didn't do anything to stop it.

noun

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plight - A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation

The plight of the jobless is slightly improved when they receive temporary unemployment benefits.

adjective

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Bad / Unfriendly

Url

critical - Expressing disapproval or judgment about something.

The father was always critical of his son's behavior, never saying anything positive, and that did not have a good effect on their relationship.

adjective

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Bad / Afraid

Url

terrifying - Very frightening and causing extreme fear.

I don't like going on roller coasters, because even though others find them exciting, I find them terrifying.

adjective

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Bad / Stupid

Url

goofy - Foolish; harmlessly eccentric

Steve was regarded as goofy because he would make weird facial expressios to make people laugh.

noun

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hodgepodge - A confused mixture

When Betty emptied her bag after trick-or-treating on Halloween, she dumped onto the table a hodgepodge of all kinds of candies.