Bad and Cursed

Bad

Bad adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: stealing is just plain bad

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

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Cursed

Cursed adjective - Deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure.

Bad and cursed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Cursed".

Nearby Words: curse, cursing, curst

Both words in one sentence

  • Evil Smells Bad Frequently, when a character enters an evil or cursed area, they'll find that it smells really, overpoweringly bad.
  • The gem was cursed to give whoever owns it alternating extremely good and extremely bad luck.
  • In an episode of Frasier, after a run of bad luck that's been bad even by Frasier's standards, he's come to view himself as being cursed.
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