Bad and Loose

Bad

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

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

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Loose

Loose adjective - Having or showing lowered moral character or standards.
Usage example: the loose life that he led in the years before his death by a drug overdose

Bad and loose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Loose".

Nearby Words: loosen, looseness, loosed, loosely

Both words in one sentence

  • When Hebiko appears on Matt's hambuger one day, all sort of chaos breaks loose and bad guys are causing a ruckus.
  • He may be a bad, bad guy who set monsters loose on the world, but he still reads bedtime stories to his developmentally damaged son.
  • Justified season two, bad guy Boyd Crowder, while in pursuit of another bad guy Dickie Bennett, finds Raylan Givens tied up by Dickie and, at gun point, orders Dickie to cut Raylan loose.
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