badly

The word “badly” has 2 syllables: bad-ly

It's pronounced as /ˈbædli/


What is synonym and antonym for badly?

In the thesaurus, “badly” has 211 synonyms and 49 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for badly along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for badly

Antonyms for badly

Meanings of badly

  • adjective
    1. Ill, unwell.
  • adverb
    1. In a bad manner.
    2. Very much; to a great degree.

Example Sentences

  • She badly needed a break after working non-stop for weeks.
  • The team performed badly in the championship game, losing by a wide margin.
  • He badly injured his ankle while playing basketball and had to sit out for the rest of the season.
  • The storm badly damaged several homes in the neighborhood.
  • The actor badly wanted to win the prestigious award for his performance in the film.

On this page you'll find 260 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to badly, such as: OK, a lot, abominably, absolutely, abundantly, abysmally, acceptably.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • a lot
  • abhor
  • abominate
  • absolute
  • absolutely
  • abundantly
  • abuse
  • ace
  • achingly
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  • all-out
  • almighty
  • altogether
  • amazingly
  • anathematize
  • appreciably
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  • cast out
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  • classic
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  • colossally
  • complain of
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  • dab
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  • decide
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  • diddly
  • diddly-squat
  • dis
  • discernibly
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  • disparage
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  • doodley-squat
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  • doom
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  • drat
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  • fig
  • filthy
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  • markedly
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  • modicum
  • monstrous
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  • most
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  • obscenely
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  • ounce
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  • penalize
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  • semblance
  • sentence
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  • specially
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  • supreme
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  • suspicion
  • swear
  • syllable
  • terrible
  • terribly
  • terrific
  • that
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  • thumping
  • thunder against
  • tittle
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  • unadulterated
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  • utter
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  • vastly
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  • way
  • whacking
  • whit
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  • wicked
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damnably

damned

fabulously

abominably

  • alack
  • alarmingly
  • alas
  • annoyingly
  • appallingly
  • awfully
  • awkwardly
  • ay
  • badly
  • blunderingly
  • carelessly
  • clumsily
  • crudely
  • defectively
  • disagreeably
  • disgustingly
  • distressingly
  • disturbingly
  • dreadfully
  • erroneously
  • faultily
  • feebly
  • haphazardly
  • horrendously
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  • ill
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  • incompetently
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  • negligently
  • perturbingly
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  • sadly
  • shockingly
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  • stupidly
  • terribly
  • tragically
  • traumatically
  • unfavorably
  • unfortunately
  • unhappily
  • unluckily
  • unpleasantly
  • unsatisfactorily
  • unsettlingly
  • unskillfully
  • unsuccessfully
  • vexingly
  • vilely
  • weakly
  • wirra
  • woe
  • wrong
  • wrongly

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