1. Characterized by wickedness or immorality; SYN. immoral.
2. Having undesirable or negative qualities
3. Capable of harming
4. Feeling physical discomfort or pain; ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for 'bad' as in); SYN. tough.
5. Below average in quality or performance
6. Keenly sorry or regretful; SYN. sorry.
7. Very intense; SYN. big.
8. Reproduced fraudulently; SYN. forged.
9. Physically unsound or diseased; SYN. unfit, unsound.
10. Not working properly; SYN. defective.
11. Not financially safe or secure; SYN. insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative.
12. Not capable of being collected; SYN. uncollectible.
13. (Of foodstuffs) Not in an edible or usable condition; SYN. spoiled, spoilt.
14. (Linguistics; informal) Incorrect; not conforming to standard usage
ETYM Latin corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. Related to Rupture.
1. Containing errors or alterations; SYN. corrupted.
2. Lacking in integrity.
3. Touched by rot or decay; SYN. tainted.
Unrestrained by convention or morality; SYN. degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast.
1. Having the nature of vice; SYN. evil, vicious.
2. Hopelessly bad; SYN. unreformable, unregenerate.
3. Marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; SYN. immoral, perverse, perverted, reprobate.
ETYM Latin putridus, fr. putrere to be rotten, from puter, or putris, rotten, fr. putere to stink, to be rotten: cf. French putride. Related to Pus, Foul.
1. Morally corrupt or evil.
2. Of or relating to or attended by putrefaction.
Having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention; SYN. spoilt.