The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EVIL which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2018.
Bad crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVIL | 35 % | 4 |
| ILL | 19 % | 3 |
| TSK | 7 % | 3 |
| RANCID | 5 % | 6 |
| ROTTEN | 5 % | 6 |
| SINISTER | 5 % | 8 |
| SPOILED | 5 % | 7 |
| GRIM | 2 % | 4 |
| INEDIBLE | 2 % | 8 |
| ADVERSE | 2 % | 7 |
| FORSHAME | 2 % | 8 |
| IMMORAL | 2 % | 7 |
| MEAN | 2 % | 4 |
| MISCHIEVOUS | 2 % | 11 |
| DETRIMENTAL | 2 % | 11 |
| AWFUL | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bad
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unfavorable
- unfit
- unsatisfactory
- unsound
- unsuitable
- incompetent
- defective
- no-good
- unhappy
- malfunctioning
- immoral
- unskilled
Crossword Answer definitions
EVIL noun- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- Morally corrupt.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
- Undesirable; harmful; bad practice
- Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
- Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
- Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked
More clues leading to the result ILL
- "__ Never Smile Again"
- Laid up
- Out of sorts
- Under the weather
- Feeling poorly
- Not healthy
- Not well
- Sick
- Ailing
- Hardly healthy
More clues leading to the result TSK
- "Shame!"
- "That's a pity"
- Sound of disapproval
- "Naughty, naughty!"ยท
- "Shame on you!"
- Expression of disapproval
- "Naughty, naughty!"
- Disdainful interjection
- Condescending cluck
- "For shame!"
More clues leading to the result RANCID
- Bad-tasting
- Foul-smelling
- Putrid
- Not palatable
- Like old butter
- Like bad butter
- Like bad milk
- Sour
- Stale-smelling
- Causing serious nose-wrinkling
More clues leading to the result ROTTEN
- Worm-eaten
- Decomposed
- Sex Pistol's singer
- Decayed
- Suspicious, as in Hamlet's Denmark
- Wretchedly bad
- Despicable
- Wretchedly bad
- Front man Johnny of the Sex Pistols
- Spoiled
More clues leading to the result SINISTER
More clues leading to the result SPOILED
- Bratty
- Became inedible
- Caddy Jellyby's temper in "Bleak House."
- Marred the enjoyment of.
- Like some children
- Damaged
- Rotten
- Having turned
- Bratty, say
- Bad
More clues leading to the result GRIM
- Like the 'Reaper'
- Sinister
- Not at all rosy
- Long-faced
- Like the `Reaper'
- Really dark
- Not looking so good
- Morbid
- Not looking rosy
- Bleak in outlook
More clues leading to the result INEDIBLE
- Spoiled
- Not fit for consumption
- Like poisonous mushrooms
- Like wax fruit
- Unfit to eat
- Hardly tasty
- Like Osage oranges
- Not fit to gobble
- Not fit for food.
- Not fit to eat.
More clues leading to the result ADVERSE
- Detrimental
- Hostile
- Far from propitious
- Inauspicious
- Unfavorable
- Negative
- Antagonistic
- Bad
- Ill-omened
- Madison Avenue jingle?
More clues leading to the result FORSHAME
More clues leading to the result IMMORAL
- Licentious
- Not good at all
- Depraved
- Base
- Wicked
- Unethical
- Lacking principles
- Not principled at all
- Not right
- Wrong
More clues leading to the result MEAN
- Average
- Cruel
- Intend
- Like football's Joe Greene
- Low-down and nasty
- Greenwich __ time
- Nasty
- __-spirited
- Low-down
- Downright nasty