Bad
Bad adjective - Engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior.
Usage example: the children were bad, so they didn't get dessert
Wild
Wild adjective - Living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans.
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 -
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.
Source: Power Degeneration - 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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Wild and Bad. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/wild
Bad & Wild. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/wild>.
Wild or Bad. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/wild.
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