Bad and Corrupting

Bad

Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Corrupting and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Corrupting" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Corrupting

Corrupting adjective - That infects or taints.
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Synonyms for Corrupting

Bad and corrupting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Corrupting".

Both words in one sentence

  • This cover also changes the meaning of the song somewhat as well, it goes from about how a nice girl loves a bad guy to how a nice guy is being corrupted by his love of a bad girl (and she knows she is corrupting him as well.)
  • Said hidden ending... was Kill 'em All from Space Runaway Ideon and involved the Big Bad eventually corrupting Messiah.
  • Even when the bad guys start corrupting the government with spies and astro-turfed "popular revolts," no one suggests democracy itself is the problem.
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