Bad and Innocent

Bad

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

Innocent is an antonym for bad.

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Innocent

Innocent adjective - Not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt.
Usage example: good-natured teasing that is just innocent fun

Bad is an antonym for innocent in topics: harmless, blameless.

Nearby Words: innocuous, innocence, innocently

Both words in one sentence

  • At the end of Shooter, the Attorney General knows that the hero is innocent and the bad guys are guilty as sin, but he doesn't have enough hard evidence to charge them with anything.
  • Subverted in that he apparently fails to get any bad feelings about the guy who actually committed the murder, and almost pins it on an innocent man instead.
    Source: Gut Feeling
  • In Gossip Girl Jenny Humphrey, possibly the most innocent character of them all, is nearly raped and gradually transforms first into a bad girl and by season four is even something of a villain.
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