Oh no! Don’t panic, this alphabetical word list is filled with negative words (including everything from ‘abysmal’ to ‘zero’). This can be used if you’re struggling to find the right word, or for help with essays and creative writing.
A
abysmal
adverse
alarming
angry
annoy
anxious
apathy
appalling
atrocious
awful
B
bad
banal
barbed
belligerent
bemoan
beneath
boring
broken
C
callous
can't
clumsy
coarse
cold
cold-hearted
collapse
confused
contradictory
contrary
corrosive
corrupt
crazy
creepy
criminal
cruel
cry
cutting
D
damage
damaging
dastardly
dead
decaying
deformed
deny
deplorable
depressed
deprived
despicable
detrimental
dirty
disease
disgusting
disheveled
dishonest
dishonorable
dismal
distress
don't
dreadful
dreary
E
enraged
eroding
evil
F
fail
faulty
fear
feeble
fight
filthy
foul
frighten
frightful
G
gawky
ghastly
grave
greed
grim
grimace
gross
grotesque
gruesome
guilty
H
haggard
hard
hard-hearted
harmful
hate
hideous
homely
horrendous
horrible
hostile
hurt
hurtful
I
icky
ignorant
ignore
ill
immature
imperfect
impossible
inane
inelegant
infernal
injure
injurious
insane
insidious
insipid
J
jealous
junky
L
lose
lousy
lumpy
M
malicious
mean
menacing
messy
misshapen
missing
misunderstood
moan
moldy
monstrous
N
naive
nasty
naughty
negate
negative
never
no
nobody
nondescript
nonsense
not
noxious
O
objectionable
odious
offensive
old
oppressive
P
pain
perturb
pessimistic
petty
plain
poisonous
poor
prejudice
Q
questionable
quirky
quit
R
reject
renege
repellant
reptilian
repugnant
repulsive
revenge
revolting
rocky
rotten
rude
ruthless
S
sad
savage
scare
scary
scream
severe
shocking
shoddy
sick
sickening
sinister
slimy
smelly
sobbing
sorry
spiteful
sticky
stinky
stormy
stressful
stuck
stupid
substandard
suspect
suspicious
T
tense
terrible
terrifying
threatening
U
ugly
undermine
unfair
unfavorable
unhappy
unhealthy
unjust
unlucky
unpleasant
unsatisfactory
unsightly
untoward
unwanted
unwelcome
unwholesome
unwieldy
unwise
upset
V
vice
vicious
vile
villainous
vindictive
W
wary
weary
wicked
woeful
worthless
wound
Y
yell
yucky
Z
zero