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 French, from Latin profanus, properly, before the temple, i. e., without the temple, unholy; pro before + fanum temple. Related to Fane.
1. Not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled; SYN. unconsecrated, unsanctified.
2. Not sacred or concerned with religion.
ETYM Old Fren. vicious, French vicieux, from Latin vitiosus, from vitium vice. Related to Vice a fault.
1. Bitter; spiteful; malignant.
2. Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked.
3. Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
4. Not correct or pure; corrupt or heinous.
ETYM Old Eng. wicked, from wicke wicked; probably originally the same word as wicche wizard, witch. Related to Witch.
Morally bad in principle or practice.