Bad
Culpable
Culpable adjective - Deserving reproach or blame.
Usage example: are you any less culpable for murder if you acted in the heat of passion?
Bad and culpable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Culpable".
Nearby Words: culpability, culpably
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Society is a very culpable entity, and has to answer for the manufacture of many unwholesome commodities, from bad pickles to bad poetry.
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At the end of season 1, Marnie tells Hannah she's the bad friend — even though Marnie was equally culpable in the breakdown of Marnie and Hannah's friendship.
Source: Series / Girls
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Culpable and Bad. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/culpable
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