Thesaurus / go bad
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I was surprised to find it kept good so long: it is seldom known to go bad.
The year has turned, though I hope that doesn't mean it will go bad.
DODO'S DAUGHTERE. F. BENSON
It may be said of the decadents of the eighteen nineties, that if their motto wasn't "Let's all go bad," it should have been.
G. K. CHESTERTON, A CRITICAL STUDYJULIUS WEST
Those that have been wakened from a trance on a sudden are apt to go bad and light in the head.
THE UNICORN FROM THE STARS AND OTHER PLAYSWILLIAM B. YEATS
But if any thing should go bad afterwards, I should never forgive myself, for not taking this opportunity.
PAMELA, OR VIRTUE REWARDEDSAMUEL RICHARDSON
There is a lot left over, and without a trough it will go bad, and not be fit for anything.
OLD PETER'S RUSSIAN TALESARTHUR RANSOME
The Erentz motors would overheat; some might go bad from the strain.
They must convert it into money, since it would otherwise just go bad.
THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITALROSA LUXEMBURG
Then, to our grief and consternation, they began suddenly to go bad.
He war a-tryin' to get your name out'n my heart, that's what he war tryin', fer he knowed I'd go bad right quick ef he could.
THE MOUNTAIN GIRLPAYNE ERSKINE
WORDS RELATED TO GO BAD
- atrophy
- be impaired
- become contaminated
- blight
- break up
- collapse
- corrode
- curdle
- decline
- decompose
- defile
- degenerate
- depreciate
- discolor
- disintegrate
- dissolve
- dry-rot
- dwindle
- fade
- fail
- get worse
- go bad
- go to seed
- go to the dogs
- hit rock bottom
- hit the skids
- lessen
- mildew
- mold
- molder
- mortify
- pejorate
- perish
- pollute
- putrefy
- putresce
- reach depths
- rot
- sap
- shrivel
- sicken
- sink
- slump
- spoil
- suppurate
- turn
- wane
- waste away
- weaken
- wear away
- wither
- abate
- bate
- break down
- crumble
- decay
- decline
- degenerate
- deteriorate
- dilapidate
- diminish
- disappear
- droop
- ease off
- ebb
- end
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- fall
- fizzle out
- go bad
- go downhill
- halt
- lapse
- let up
- lose power
- melt away
- moderate
- molder
- pass
- peter out
- rankle
- recede
- retrograde
- rot
- run down
- run low
- run out
- sink
- slacken
- stop
- subside
- vanish
- wane
- weaken
- wear away
- wilt
- abate
- bate
- break down
- crumble
- decay
- decline
- degenerate
- deteriorate
- dilapidate
- diminish
- disappear
- droop
- ease off
- ebb
- end
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- fall
- fizzle out
- go bad
- go downhill
- halt
- lapse
- let up
- lose power
- melt away
- moderate
- molder
- pass
- peter out
- rankle
- recede
- retrograde
- rot
- run down
- run low
- run out
- sink
- slacken
- stop
- subside
- vanish
- wane
- weaken
- wear away
- wilt
- abate
- bate
- break down
- crumble
- decay
- decline
- degenerate
- deteriorate
- dilapidate
- diminish
- disappear
- droop
- ease off
- ebb
- end
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- fall
- fizzle out
- go bad
- go downhill
- halt
- lapse
- let up
- lose power
- melt away
- moderate
- molder
- pass
- peter out
- rankle
- recede
- retrograde
- rot
- run down
- run low
- run out
- sink
- slacken
- stop
- subside
- vanish
- wane
- weaken
- wear away
- wilt
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.