Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Knockout
Knockout adjective - Very pleasing to look at.
Usage example: a knockout sports car that's the talk of the neighborhood
Both words in one sentence
- When watching the dailies, director Steve Sommers realized how bad this looked, and reshot the scene so that Van Helsing used a spray of knockout gas instead.
Source: Percussive Prevention -
The bad guys employ knockout gas that renders the crew unconscious, leaving Abbey on a runaway train.
Source: Comic Book / Danger Girl -
In Fear Cay, one of the Doc Savage novels, the bad guys try to capture Doc with Knockout Gas dispensed from a rigged wallet left on the sidewalk where he would find it.
Source: Knockout Gas
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Knockout and Bad. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/knockout
Bad & Knockout. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/knockout>.
Knockout or Bad. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/knockout.
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