Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) worst (the least favorable outcome) "the worst that could happen"
S: (n) worst (the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable) "the invaders did their worst"; "so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best"
S: (n) worst (the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of) "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"
S: (adj) bad (having undesirable or negative qualities) "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
S: (adj) bad, big (very intense) "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
S: (adj) bad, tough (feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')) "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
S: (adj) bad, spoiled, spoilt ((of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition) "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
S: (adj) regretful, sorry, bad (feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone) "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
S: (adj) bad (below average in quality or performance) "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
S: (adj) bad (nonstandard) "so-called bad grammar"
S: (adj) bad, risky, high-risk, speculative (not financially safe or secure) "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
S: (adj) bad, unfit, unsound (physically unsound or diseased) "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
S: (adj) bad (capable of harming) "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
S: (adj) bad (characterized by wickedness or immorality) "led a very bad life"
S: (adj) bad, forged (reproduced fraudulently) "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
S: (adj) bad, defective (not working properly) "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
S: (adj) ill, sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function) "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
S: (adj) ill (resulting in suffering or adversity) "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good"
S: (adj) ill (indicating hostility or enmity) "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"
S: (adj) ill, inauspicious, ominous (presaging ill fortune) "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
S: (adj) worst ((superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition) "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year"
Adverb
S: (adv) badly, severely, gravely, seriously (to a severe or serious degree) "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"
S: (adv) ill, badly, poorly ((`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well) "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan"
S: (adv) badly (evilly or wickedly) "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly"
S: (adv) badly, mischievously, naughtily (in a disobedient or naughty way) "he behaved badly in school"; "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister"; "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room"
S: (adv) badly, bad (with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')) "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
S: (adv) badly, bad (very much; strongly) "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
S: (adv) badly (without skill or in a displeasing manner) "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly"
S: (adv) badly, disadvantageously (in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage) "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them"
S: (adv) ill, badly (unfavorably or with disapproval) "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
S: (adv) badly (with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display) "they took their defeat badly"; "took her father's death badly"; "conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake"
S: (adv) worst (to the highest degree of inferiority or badness) "She suffered worst of all"; "schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts"; "the worst dressed person present"