Bad vs. Wicked — What's the Difference?

Not achieving an adequate standard; poor

Evil or immoral

Immoral or evil.

Playfully malicious or mischievous

Vulgar or obscene

Severe and distressing

Disobedient or naughty

Highly offensive; obnoxious

Disagreeable, unpleasant, or disturbing

(Slang) Strikingly good, effective, or skillful

Unfavorable

Used as an intensive

Not fresh; rotten or spoiled

Evil or mischievous by nature.

Injurious in effect; detrimental

(slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful.

Not working properly; defective

Having a wick.

Full of or exhibiting faults or errors

Active; brisk.

Having no validity; void

Infested with maggots.

Being so far behind in repayment as to be considered a loss

Alternative form of wick, as applying to inanimate objects only.

Severe; intense

Very, extremely.

Being in poor health or in pain

Simple past tense and past participle of wick

Being in poor condition; diseased

Having a wick; - used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.

Sorry; regretful

Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; - said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.

Bad·der, bad·dest Slang Very good; great.

Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.

Something that is below standard or expectations, as of ethics or decency

Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.

Badly.

Morally bad in principle or practice

A past tense of bid.

Having committed unrighteous acts;

Unfavorable; negative; not good.

Intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality;

Not suitable or fitting.

Morally bad or wrong;

Not appropriate, of manners etc.

Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust;

Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.

(chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.

Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.

Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

Evil; wicked.

Faulty; not functional.

(of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.

(of breath) Malodorous; foul.

False; counterfeit; illegitimate.

Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.

Of poor physical appearance.

(informal) Bold and daring.

(slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

Severe, urgent.

Overly promiscuous, licentious.

Very attractive; hot, sexy.

Not covered by funds on account.

Badly.

Something that is bad; a harm or evil.

Error; mistake.

An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good. Bad (economics)

Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet.

(archaic) bid.

To shell (a walnut).

Bade.

Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; - the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad crop; bad news.

That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency;

Having undesirable or negative qualities;

Very intense;

Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad');

(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition;

Not capable of being collected;

Below average in quality or performance;

Nonstandard;

Not financially safe or secure;

Physically unsound or diseased;

Capable of harming;

Keenly sorry or regretful;

Characterized by wickedness or immorality;

Reproduced fraudulently;

Not working properly;

With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly');

Very much; strongly;