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bad-natured

ADJECTIVE
malevolent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
malicious malignant murderous sinister vengeful vicious wicked
WEAK
baleful catty despiteful dirty evil evil-minded hellish hostile lousy malign murder pernicious poison rancorous rough spiteful tough vindictive waspish
Antonyms
STRONGEST
benevolent friendly good kind nice pleasant
WEAK
amiable harmless liking loving
ADJECTIVE
malicious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
malevolent malignant mischievous nasty pernicious petty spiteful vengeful venomous vicious virulent wicked
WEAK
awful baleful beastly bitter catty cussed deleterious despiteful detrimental envious evil evil-minded green green-eyed gross ill-disposed injurious jealous low malign mean noxious ornery poisonous rancorous resentful uncool
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aiding assisting decent forgiving friendly gentle good harmless helpful kind liking loving moral nice pleasant pleasing useful
WEAK
benevolent likeable sympathetic thoughtful
ADJECTIVE
viperous
Synonyms
WEAK
baleful bitter evil evil-minded green-eyed jealous malevolent mean nasty ornery poisonous rancorous resentful spiteful vengeful vicious vindictive wicked

Example Sentences

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I don’t want it to be seem bad-natured.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2023

Programmers are relying more and more on the “second screen experience” to get ratings, but that doesn’t mean our tweets have to be bad-natured.

From Time • Dec. 4, 2014

Stay for Jeremy Piven as Vince's quotably bad-natured agent Ari.

From Time Magazine Archive

Department of Agriculture, he and his wife actually settled in the Virginia suburbs--a choice that now generates bad-natured ribbing from opponents.

From Time Magazine Archive

I'd give a penny to hear you," replied the other angrily, "for a more bad-natured, cross-grained, cantankerous person than yourself I never met among womankind.

From The Crock of Gold by Stephens, James