Bad

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Bad / Dirty

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tawdry - Showy but cheap and of poor quality

The highly visible set of jewelry was too tawdry to be taken seriously.

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Bad / Stupid

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flakey - Unreliable or inconsistent in behavior, especially in keeping commitments.

He’s kind of flakey—he said he’d meet us, but we waited and waited, and he never showed up.

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Bad / Disgusting

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puke - Vomit

The pizza that Jessica ate too quickly was going to come out as puke.

noun

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Bad / Dangerous

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dilemma - A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones

Life is filed with dilemmas, often leading to no good outcome.

adjective

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Bad / Uncomfortable

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squeamish - (of a person) easily made to feel sick, faint, or disgusted, especially by unpleasant images, such as the sight of blood

Nico was so squeamish about receiving a flu shot that he broke out into a sweat.

noun

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Bad / Stupid

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imbecile - A person who behaves foolishly or lacks good judgment.

When he fell asleep on the bus, and he ended up in a dangerous part of town at night, he felt like an imbecile.

noun

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knucklehead - A foolish or unintelligent person; someone who makes silly mistakes.

When he forgot his keys on the kitchen table for the third time this week, he felt like such a knucklehead!

adjective

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Bad / Disorganized

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promiscuous - Lacking discretion or selectivity, especially in choosing relationships or associates; mixing or combining things randomly.

The character in the novel was portrayed as promiscuous, frequently engaging in relationships without commitment or emotional attachment.

verb

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Bad / Mistake

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flop - To fail

Sam put his product on Amazon, but when no one bought it, he saw that after all his effort and investment that it was going to flop.

verb

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Bad / Attack

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exile - To remove someone from a position or place and prevent their return.

He was exiled from his homeland for speaking out against the government.

noun

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Bad / Unfriendly

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hassle - Irritating inconvenience

Long lines at the airport were always an annoying hassle.

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Bad / Strange

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outcast - A person who has been rejected by society or a social group

Brent felt like an outcast when his friends refused to speak to him anymore, as a result of his being outspoken about his political opinions that were so different from theirs.