Synonyms of the word

bad

• adj. Not good; unfavorable; negative.
• adj. Not suitable or fitting.
• adj. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
• adj. Unhealthy.
• adj. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
• adj. Evil; wicked.
• adj. Faulty; not functional.
• adj. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
• adj. (of breath) Malodorous, foul.
• adj. (informal) Bold and daring.
• adj. (hip-hop slang) good, superlative.
• adj. (of a need or want) Severe, urgent.
• adv. (now colloquial) Badly.
• n. (slang) Error, mistake.
• n. (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted…
• adj. (slang) Fantastic.
• v. (archaic) Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
• v. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).

abominable

• adj. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful;…
• adj. (obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
• adj. Very bad or inferior.
• adj. Disagreeable or unpleasant.

atrocious

• adj. Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
• adj. Offensive or heinous.
• adj. Very bad; abominable, disgusting.

awful

• adj. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
• adj. (now rare) Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
• adj. Struck or filled with awe.
• adj. (obsolete) Terror-stricken.
• adj. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
• adj. Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
• adj. Very bad.
• adv. (colloquial, US, Canada) Very, extremely.

badly

• adj. (Northern England) Ill, unwell.
• adv. In a bad manner.
• adv. Very much; to a great degree.

badness

• n. The quality of being bad.

big

• adj. Of great size, large.
• adj. (of an industry or other field) Thought to have undue influence.
• adj. Popular.
• adj. (informal) Adult.
• adj. (informal) Fat.
• adj. (informal) Important or significant.
• adj. (informal, with on) Enthusiastic (about).
• adj. (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled.
• adj. (informal) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case…
• adj. (sometimes figuratively) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
• adj. (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns.
• adj. (of a city) populous.
• adv. In a loud manner.
• adv. In a boasting manner.
• adv. In a large amount or to a large extent.
• adv. On a large scale, expansively.
• adv. Hard.
• n. Someone or something that is large in stature.
• n. An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
• n. (as plural) The big leagues, big time.
• v. (transitive) To praise or recommend.
• v. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to inhabit; occupy.
• v. (reflexive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to locate oneself.
• v. (transitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to build; erect; fashion.
• v. (intransitive, archaic or Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) to dwell; have a dwelling.
• n. One or more kinds of barley, especially six-rowed barley.

corked

• v. simple past tense and past participle of cork.
• adj. Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.
• adj. Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.

corky

• adj. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
• adj. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
• n. (Australia, slang) An injury caused by a blow ("corking").

counterfeit

• adj. False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
• adj. Inauthentic.
• adj. Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
• n. A non-genuine article; a fake.
• n. One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
• n. (obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
• n. (obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
• v. (transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
• v. (transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand…

crappy

• adj. (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
• adj. (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, especially with "feel") Bad, sick, or depressed.
• adj. (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).

defective

• adj. Having one or more defects.
• adj. (grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable…
• n. A person or thing considered to be defective.

deplorable

• adj. Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched.
• adj. Lamentable, to be felt sorrow for, worthy of compassion.
• n. A person or thing that is to be deplored.

disobedient

• adj. Not obedient.

distressing

• adj. Causing distress; upsetting.
• v. present participle of distress.

dreadful

• adj. (obsolete) Full of dread, whether.
• adj. Full of something causing dread, whether.
• n. A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
• n. A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
• n. A shocking or sensational crime.

evil

• adj. Intending to harm; malevolent.
• adj. Morally corrupt.
• adj. Unpleasant, as in 'an evil smell'.
• adj. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
• adj. (obsolete) Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
• adj. (computing, programming, slang) undesirable; harmful; bad practice.
• n. Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
• n. Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes…
• n. (obsolete) A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).

fearful

• adj. Frightening.
• adj. (now rare) Frightened, filled with terror.
• adj. Tending to fear.
• adj. (dated) Terrible; shockingly bad.

forged

• adj. Fake (as documents).
• adj. Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal.
• v. past participle of forge. To force forward against opposition.

frightful

• adj. (obsolete) Full of fright, whether.
• adj. Full of something causing fright, whether.

hard

• adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
• adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
• adj. Unquestionable.
• adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
• adj. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
• adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
• adj. (phonetics, not comparable).
• adj. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
• adj. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
• adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
• adv. (manner) With difficulty.
• adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
• adv. (manner) Compactly.
• adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
• n. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
• n. (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.

harmful

• adj. of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious.

high-risk

• adj. Having a great risk.

hopeless

• adj. Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
• adj. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
• adj. Without talent, not skilled.

horrid

• adj. (archaic) Bristling, rough, rugged.
• adj. Causing horror or dread.
• adj. Offensive, disagreeable, abominable, execrable.

icky

• adj. (informal) unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.
• adj. (informal) excessively sentimental.
• adj. (informal) unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health.

ill

• adj. (obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people).
• adj. (archaic) Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
• adj. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
• adj. Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
• adj. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
• adj. Having an urge to vomit.
• adj. (hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
• adj. (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
• adv. Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
• n. (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
• n. Harm or injury.
• n. Evil; moral wrongfulness.
• n. A physical ailment; an illness.
• n. (US, slang) PCP, phencyclidine.

imitative

• adj. Imitating; copying; not original.
• adj. Modelled after another thing.

immoral

• adj. Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.

incompetent

• adj. Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
• adj. Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
• adj. (medicine) an incompetent cervix is one that opens too early in pregnancy, provoking the baby to be born.
• n. A person who is incompetent.

inferior

• adj. of lower quality.
• adj. of lower rank.
• adj. located below.
• adj. (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below…
• adj. (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
• adj. (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
• adj. (astronomy) Below the horizon.
• n. a person of lower stature to another.

intense

• adj. Strained; tightly drawn.
• adj. Strict, very close or earnest.
• adj. Extreme in degree; excessive.
• adj. Extreme in size or strength.
• adj. Stressful and tiring.
• adj. Very severe.

invalid

• adj. Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable or appropriate.
• n. (dated, sometimes offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
• n. (dated, sometimes offensive) A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or…
• n. (archaic) A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury.
• adj. Intended for use by an invalid.
• v. (Britain) To exempt from duty because of injury or ill health.

lamentable

• adj. Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.

lousy

• adj. Remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded; mean, contemptible.
• adj. Infested with lice.
• adj. (colloquial, usually with with) Filled or packed (with something, usually bad).

malfunctioning

• v. present participle of malfunction.
• n. A malfunction.

mediocre

• adj. Having no peculiar or outstanding features; not extraordinary, special, exceptional, or great; of medium…
• n. A person of minor significance, accomplishment or acclaim. Common and undistinguished person.
• n. (historical) A member of a socioeconomic class between the upper ranks of society and the agricultural…

mischievous

• adj. Causing mischief; injurious.
• adj. Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.

naughty

• adj. Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).
• adj. Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.
• adj. (now rare, archaic) Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.
• adj. (obsolete) Bad, worthless, substandard.

negative

• adj. not positive or neutral.
• adj. (physics) of electrical charge of an electron and related particles.
• adj. (mathematics) of number, less than zero.
• adj. (linguistics, logic) denying a proposition.
• adj. damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
• adj. pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things. (Often used pejoratively.).
• adj. Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of right…
• adj. (chemistry) metalloidal; nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
• adj. (New Age jargon) (pejorative) bad, unwanted, disagreeable, potentially damaging, to be avoided, unpleasant,…
• adj. Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
• n. refusal or withholding of assents; veto, prohibition.
• n. (law) a right of veto.
• n. (photography) an image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
• n. (grammar) a word that indicates negation.
• n. (mathematics) a negative quantity.
• n. (weightlifting): A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is…
• n. The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
• v. To veto; to refuse.
• v. To contradict.
• v. To disprove.
• v. To make ineffective, neutralize.
• interj. (signalling, law) An elaborate synonym for the word No.

no-good

• adj. Having no value, use or merit.
• n. A worthless or useless person.

nonfunctional

• adj. Not functional; useless; broken.

nonstandard

• adj. Not standard.
• adj. (linguistics) Not conforming to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.
• n. Something that is not standard.

painful

• adj. Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
• adj. Afflicted or suffering with pain (of a body part or, formerly, of a person).
• adj. Requiring effort or labor; difficult, laborious.
• adj. (now rare) Painstaking; careful; industrious.
• adj. (informal) Very bad, poor.

penitent

• adj. Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense…
• adj. Doing penance.
• n. One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions.
• n. One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.
• n. One under the direction of a confessor.

pitiful

• adj. (now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
• adj. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
• adj. Very small (of an amount or number).

poor

• adj. With little or no possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
• adj. Of low quality.
• adj. Used to express pity.
• adj. Deficient in a specified way.
• adj. Inadequate, insufficient.
• adj. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
• n. (with "the") Those who have little or no possessions or money, taken as a group.

pretty

• adj. Cunning; clever, skilful.
• adj. Pleasant in sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
• adj. Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.
• adj. (often pejorative) Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little…
• adj. (dated) Moderately large; considerable.
• adj. (dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).
• adj. (ironic) Awkward, unpleasant.
• adv. Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
• adv. (dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.
• n. A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.
• n. Something that is pretty.
• v. To make pretty; to beautify.

quality

• n. (uncountable) Level of excellence.
• n. (countable) A property or an attribute that differentiates a thing or person.
• n. (archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.).
• n. (uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed…
• n. (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total…
• n. (emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI…
• adj. Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose.

regretful

• adj. Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.
• adj. Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.

repentant

• adj. Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
• n. One who repents; a penitent.

risky

• adj. Dangerous, involving risks.

rotten

• adj. Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
• adj. In a state of decay.
• adj. Cruel, mean or immoral.
• adj. Bad or terrible.
• adv. To an extreme degree.

rubber

• n. (uncountable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.
• n. (uncountable, countable) Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.
• n. (countable, Britain, New Zealand) An eraser.
• n. (countable, Canada, US, slang) A condom.
• n. (countable) Someone or something which rubs.
• n. (countable, baseball) The rectangular pad on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher must pitch.
• n. (Canada, US, in the plural) Water resistant shoe covers, galoshes, overshoes.
• n. (uncountable, slang) Tires, particularly racing tires.
• adj. (slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
• n. (sports) In relation to a series of games or matches between two competitors where the overall winner…
• n. (sports, Canada, US) a rubber match; a game or match played to break a tie.
• n. The game of rubber bridge.
• v. To eavesdrop on a telephone call.

sad

• adj. (heading) Emotionally negative.
• adj. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
• adj. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
• adj. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
• adj. (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
• adj. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
• adj. (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
• adj. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.

severe

• adj. Very bad or intense.
• adj. Strict or harsh.
• adj. Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

shitty

• adj. (vulgar, colloquial) Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.
• adj. (US, vulgar, slang, not comparable) Under the influence of illicit drugs or alcohol; drunk; high.
• adj. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) Annoyed.
• adj. (vulgar) Covered in crap (faeces/feces).
• adj. (informal, vulgar) Of low quality or standard; inferior; not up to par, or failing one's expectations.

sorry

• adj. (of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
• adj. Poor, sad or regrettable.
• interj. Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.
• interj. Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.
• interj. Used to correct oneself in speech.
• n. The act of saying sorry; an apology.

speculative

• adj. Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
• adj. Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.
• adj. Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.

spoiled

• v. simple past tense and past participle of spoil.
• adj. Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
• adj. (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

spoilt

• adj. (Britain) Having lost its original value.
• adj. Of food, that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being usable or edible.
• adj. (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of spoil.

stale

• adj. (alcohol, obsolete) Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
• adj. No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
• adj. No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; cliche, hackneyed,…
• adj. No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
• adj. (agriculture, obsolete) Fallow, in reference to land.
• adj. (law) Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
• adj. Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
• adj. (finance) Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
• n. (colloquial) Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
• v. (of alcohol, obsolete, transitive) To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially…
• v. (transitive) To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest…
• v. (intransitive) To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
• v. (alcohol, intransitive) To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
• n. A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.).
• n. (dialectal) The posts and rungs composing a ladder.
• n. (botany, obsolete) The stem of a plant.
• n. The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
• n. (military, obsolete) A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
• n. (chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game.
• n. (military, obsolete) An ambush.
• n. (obsolete) A band of armed men or hunters.
• n. (Scotland, military, obsolete) The main force of an army.
• adj. (chess, obsolete) At a standstill; stalemated.
• v. (chess, uncommon, transitive) To stalemate.
• v. (chess, obsolete, intransitive) To be stalemated.
• n. (livestock, obsolete) Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
• v. (livestock, obsolete, intransitive) To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
• n. (falconry, hunting, obsolete) A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
• n. (obsolete) Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
• n. (crime, obsolete) An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
• n. (obsolete) a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
• n. (obsolete) A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. …
• n. (crime, obsolete) A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
• n. (hunting, obsolete) Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
• v. (rare, obsolete, transitive) To serve as a decoy, to lure.

stinking

• adj. Having a pungent smell.
• adj. Very bad and undesirable.
• adj. (euphemistic) An intensifier, a minced oath.
• v. present participle of stink.
• n. The emission of a foul smell.

stinky

• adj. Having a strong, unpleasant smell; stinking.
• adj. (informal) Bad, undesirable.

swingeing

• v. (archaic) present participle of swinge.
• adj. (Britain) large, immense.
• adj. powerful, scathing (a swingeing verbal attack).

terrible

• adj. Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
• adj. Formidable, powerful.
• adj. Intense; extreme in degree or extent.
• adj. Unpleasant; disagreeable.
• adj. Very bad; lousy.

tough

• adj. Strong and resilient; sturdy.
• adj. (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
• adj. Rugged or physically hardy.
• adj. Stubborn.
• adj. (of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
• adj. Rowdy or rough.
• adj. (of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
• adj. (material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
• interj. (slang) Used to indicate lack of sympathy.
• n. A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
• v. To endure.
• v. To toughen.

uncollectible

• adj. That cannot be collected.
• n. (usually in the plural) Something, such as a bad debt, that cannot be collected.

uncomfortable

• adj. Not comfortable.
• adj. Experiencing discomfort.
• adj. Uneasy or anxious.
• adj. Put off or disgusted.

uncool

• adj. (slang) not in accord with the current fashion, standards or mores of a particular group; not cool.

unfavorable

• adj. Disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose.
• adj. (of a belief, state of mind, etc) Not favorable, disapproving.
• adj. (of wind or weather) Causing obstacles or delay; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.
• adj. Not auspicious; ill-boding.

unfavourable

• adj. not approved of.
• adj. (of wind or weather) opposing or hindering.

unfit

• adj. Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
• adj. Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.
• v. To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.

unhealthy

• adj. characterized by, or conducive to poor health.
• adj. sick or ill.
• adj. tending to corrupt.
• adj. characterized by disturbed mental health.

unskilled

• adj. Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
• adj. Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
• adj. Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.

unsound

• adj. Not sound, particularly.

unspeakable

• adj. Incapable of being spoken or uttered; unutterable; ineffable; inexpressible.
• adj. Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
• adj. Extremely bad or objectionable.

unsuitable

• adj. Not suitable; unfit; inappropriate.

worse

• adj. comparative form of bad: more bad.
• adj. More ill.
• adv. comparative form of badly: more badly.
• adv. comparative form of ill: more ill.
• adv. Less skillfully.
• adv. More severely or seriously.
• adv. (sentence adverb) Used to start a sentence describing something that is worse.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make worse; to put at disadvantage; to discomfit.
• n. (obsolete) Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
• n. That which is worse; something less good.

worst

• adj. superlative form of bad: most bad.
• n. something or someone that is the worst.
• adv. In the worst way: most badly, most ill.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To make worse.
• v. (dated, intransitive) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
• v. (rare) To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.