Antonyms for badnessbad·ness

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1. bad, badnessnoun

   that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

   "take the bad with the good"

   Antonyms:
   goodness, good

   Synonyms:
   severity, mischievousness, severeness, naughtiness, bad

2. badness, severity, severenessnoun

   used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

   Antonyms:
   goodness, good

   Synonyms:
   hardship, severeness, rigor, naughtiness, austereness, harshness, hardness, asperity, stiffness, bad, inclemency, rigorousness, mischievousness, grimness, severity, rigourousness, rigour

3. naughtiness, mischievousness, badnessnoun

   an attribute of mischievous children

   Antonyms:
   good, goodness

   Synonyms:
   naughtiness, severeness, devilment, bad, rascality, mischievousness, roguery, devilry, mischief-making, impishness, mischief, whimsicality, deviltry, roguishness, severity, puckishness, shenanigan

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1. badnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   depravity, improbity, unscrupulousness, iniquity, immorality, turpitude, knavishness, villainy, peccancy, baseness, profligacy, venality, licentiousness, obliquity, pravity, degeneracy, viciousness, wantonness, criminality, libertinism, malevolence, incorrigibility, rascality, malignity, noxiousness, infamy, mischief

How to use badness in a sentence?

1. Hesiod:

   Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steer is the way to it.

2. C. S. Lewis, The Case for Christianity:

   Badness is only spoiled goodness.

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