Bad and Wild

Bad

Bad adjective - Engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior.
Usage example: the children were bad, so they didn't get dessert

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

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Wild

Wild adjective - Living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans.

Bad and wild are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Wild".

Nearby Words: wildly, wilding, wilde

Both words in one sentence

  • These individuals are not just bad at social interaction; they are so limited that they are effectively wild animals who happen to have human form.
    Source: Wild Child
  • Power Degeneration In the next book Destiny's Star, Ezren releases all of the wild magic to deal with the bad guy, and it turns out the wild magic was sentient and just wanted to be free.
  • Leliana from Dragon Age: Origins is a "repentant bad girl", meaning that she is a former Femme Fatale who got religion and is now struggling between her wild nature and her newfound beliefs.
    Source: Good Bad Girl
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