mindmap root((坏的)) bad may apply to any degree or kind of reprehensibility: the ~ guys in a Western. evil is a stronger term than bad and usually carries a baleful or sinister connotation: ~ men who would even commit murder. ill may imply malevolence or vice: paid dearly for his ~ deeds. wicked usually connotes malice and malevolence: a ~ person who delighted in the suffering of others. naughty applies either to trivial misdeeds or to matters impolite or amusingly risque: looked up all the ~ words in the dictionary.