► bad not good or not nice: The plane was delayed because of bad weather. I’d better clean out the refrigerator – it has a bad smell.
► unpleasant not nice or enjoyable: My sleeping bag was cold and damp and it was unpleasant getting into it.
► poor not as good as something could or should be: A poor diet can lead to health problems.
► disappointing not as good as you hoped or expected: The test scores have been disappointing.
► awful very bad or unpleasant: The traffic was awful.
► terrible extremely bad: The hotel food was terrible.
► horrible very bad or upsetting: The weather was horrible all day.
► appalling formal very bad and very shocking: The country has an appalling human rights record.
► atrocious extremely bad: Living conditions in the refugee camps were atrocious. My spelling is atrocious.
► horrendous formal very bad or very frightening or shocking: Police are looking for the man responsible for such a horrendous crime.
► abysmal formal very bad in quality and of a very low standard: The quality of care at the hospital was abysmal.
► lousy informal very bad in quality: We had lousy seats and I couldn’t see the game at all.