Bad
Bad adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: stealing is just plain bad
Dark
Dark adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: dark deeds that resulted in the Russian czar being known to history as Ivan the Terrible
Bad is a synonym for dark in evil topic. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Dark", if it concerns topics such as character trait.
Both words in one sentence
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Evil Counterpart: The Antitoons to the Electoons, and possibly the Bad/Dark Rayman (which was added to disc-based releases) to Rayman himself.
Source: Video Game / Rayman (1995) -
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Just like the films, blue is good (or at least neutral), while red is bad and dark yellow/orange is independent.
Source: Video Game / TRON: Evolution - From the original, Bad/Dark Rayman, popular enough to later appear as an unlockable character in Rayman M.
Source: Ensemble Darkhorse / Video Games
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