What are the opposite words for goodness?
Antonyms for the word "goodness" include words such as wickedness, evil, malevolence, cruelty, and malice. These words represent the opposite of the positive traits associated with "goodness," such as kindness, compassion, and generosity. Where "goodness" suggests virtue and morality, antonyms such as "wickedness" denote immorality and evil intent. The stark contrast between these opposing concepts highlights the importance of distinguishing between good and bad behavior, attitudes, and intentions. Antonyms for "goodness" carry a powerful negative connotation that reminds us of the consequences of immoral and malevolent behavior on individuals and society as a whole.
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- wrong
- evil
- attribute
- deformity
- crime
- vice
- guilt
- dishonesty
- damage
- atrocity
- decadence
- depravity
- depredation
- deviltry
- enormity
- ignominiousness
- impishness
- infamy
- iniquity
- injustice
- lewdness
- misapplication
- misappropriation
- mischief
- misconduct
- obscenity
- shadiness
- unfairness
- wickedness
- abuse
- blight
- corruption
- disgrace
- evildoing
- harm
- injury
- meanness
- scandal
- sin
- transgression
- trespass
- wrong use
- cruelness, offensiveness; widely condemned action
- disease; plague
- misdeed/misdemeanor
- indirection
- offense against the law
- indecency
- injury, loss
- perversion; deterioration of morality
- disfigurement, distortion
- corruption, immorality
- devastation, destruction
- state of shame; bad reputation
- horribleness
- badness, immorality; disaster
- decency, excellence
- blame; bad conscience over responsibility
- injury, evil
- mishandling
- an impious act
- sin, evil
- hurt, harm
- the quality of being mean
- mistreatment
- public embarrassment
- illegal or immoral action
- violation, misbehavior
- invasion, offense
- unjustness
- bad habit; sin
- sinfulness
- offense, sin
- Other relevant words
- wrong
- evil
- attribute
-
deformity
- misshapenness,
- Misproportion,
- malconformations,
- mis proportion,
- mis proportions,
- mis shape,
- mis shapes,
- mis-proportion,
- mis-shape,
- mis-shapes,
- misproportions,
- misshapennesses,
- repulsivenesses,
- un attractiveness,
- un naturalness,
- un naturalnesses,
- un sightliness,
- un sightlinesses,
- un-attractiveness,
- un-attractivenesses,
- un-naturalness,
- un-naturalnesses,
- un-sightliness,
- un-sightlinesses,
- unattractivenesses.
-
crime
- criminality,
- fast one,
- illegality,
- immorality,
- tort,
- Delict,
- Malefaction,
- Torts,
- antisocial behavior,
- antisocial behaviors,
- criminalities,
- delicts,
- delictum,
- delictums,
- evil behaviors,
- fast ones,
- in fractions,
- in-fraction,
- in-fractions,
- male faction,
- male factions,
- male-faction,
- male-factions,
- malefactions,
- unlawful act,
- unlawful acts.
- vice
-
guilt
- answerability,
- blameworthiness,
- self-reproach,
- answerabilities,
- blameworthinesses,
- in discretion,
- in discretions,
- in-discretion,
- mis behavior,
- mis behaviors,
- mis steps,
- mis-behavior,
- peccabilities,
- re morse,
- re morses,
- re-morse,
- re-morses,
- self condemnation,
- self condemnations,
- self reproach,
- self reproaches,
- self-condemnations,
- selfcondemnation,
- selfcondemnations,
- selfreproach,
- selfreproaches.
- dishonesty
- damage
- atrocity
-
decadence
- devolution,
- gluttony,
- Gluttonies,
- Sybaritism,
- de cadence,
- de cadences,
- de cline,
- de clines,
- de volution,
- de volutions,
- de-cadence,
- de-cadences,
- de-cline,
- de-clines,
- de-volution,
- de-volutions,
- devolutions,
- dis solution,
- dis solutions,
- dis-solution,
- dis-solutions,
- ex cess,
- ex-cess,
- ex-cesses,
- in continence,
- in temperance,
- in temperances,
- in-continence,
- in-continences,
- in-temperances.
- depravity
- depredation
- deviltry
- enormity
-
ignominiousness
- dis gracefulness,
- dis gracefulnesses,
- dis honorableness,
- dis honorablenesses,
- dis reputabilities,
- dis reputability,
- dis reputableness,
- dis reputablenesses,
- dis-gracefulness,
- dis-gracefulnesses,
- dis-honorableness,
- dis-honorablenesses,
- dis-reputabilities,
- dis-reputability,
- dis-reputableness,
- dis-reputablenesses.
- impishness
- infamy
- iniquity
- injustice
-
lewdness
- boorishness,
- incontinency,
- lecherousness,
- pederasty,
- Unchastity,
- brutishness,
- Ruttishness,
- boorishnesses,
- brutishnesses,
- in continencies,
- in continency,
- in-continencies,
- in-continency,
- lecherousnesses,
- pederasties,
- ruttishnesses,
- salaciousnesses,
- satyriasises,
- un chastities,
- un chastity,
- un-chastities,
- un-chastity,
- unchastities.
- misapplication
- misappropriation
- mischief
- misconduct
-
obscenity
- blueness,
- immodesty,
- profaneness,
- ribaldry,
- salacity,
- scatology,
- scurrility,
- sleaze,
- smuttiness,
- swearword,
- Raunch,
- sleazes,
- porn,
- bluenesses,
- dirty name,
- dirty names,
- four letter word,
- fourletter word,
- immodesties,
- in delicacies,
- in delicacy,
- in-delicacies,
- in-delicacy,
- x rating,
- x ratings,
- x-ratings,
- xrating.
- shadiness
- unfairness
- wickedness
- abuse
- blight
-
corruption
- breach of trust,
- bribery,
- falsification,
- jobbery,
- looseness,
- rottenness,
- sinfulness,
- unscrupulousness,
- Briberies,
- Lubricity,
- falsifications,
- lubricities,
- profiteering,
- breach trust,
- bribings,
- de generation,
- de generations,
- de gradation,
- de gradations,
- de moralization,
- de moralizations,
- de-generation,
- de-generations,
- de-gradation,
- de-gradations,
- de-moralization,
- de-moralizations,
- doctorings,
- fiddlings,
- fraudulencies,
- jobberies,
- loosenesses,
- mis representation,
- mis representations,
- mis-representation,
- noxiousnesses,
- on take,
- profiteerings,
- rottennesses,
- shady deal,
- shady deals,
- sinfulnesses,
- un scrupulousnesses,
- un-scrupulousness,
- un-scrupulousnesses,
- unscrupulousnesses.
-
disgrace
- disbarment,
- Ingloriousness,
- putdown,
- de basing,
- de-basing,
- debasings,
- dis credit,
- dis credits,
- dis esteem,
- dis esteems,
- dis favor,
- dis favors,
- dis grace,
- dis graces,
- dis honor,
- dis honors,
- dis repute,
- dis reputes,
- dis respect,
- dis respects,
- dis-credit,
- dis-credits,
- dis-esteem,
- dis-esteems,
- dis-favor,
- dis-favors,
- dis-grace,
- dis-graces,
- dis-honor,
- dis-honors,
- dis-repute,
- dis-reputes,
- dis-respect,
- dis-respects,
- disbarments,
- humblings,
- in gloriousness,
- in gloriousnesses,
- in-gloriousness,
- in-gloriousnesses,
- ingloriousnesses.
- evildoing
- harm
- injury
-
meanness
- abjection,
- baseness,
- beastliness,
- ill temper,
- lowness,
- miserliness,
- shamelessness,
- sordidness,
- stinginess,
- unkindness,
- unworthiness,
- Churlishness,
- KNavishness,
- Contemptibleness,
- abjections,
- beastlinesses,
- churlishnesses,
- contemptiblenesses,
- ill tempers,
- ill-temper,
- ill-tempers,
- illtemper,
- illtempers,
- lownesses,
- miserlinesses,
- shamelessnesses,
- smallmindedness,
- smallmindednesses,
- sordidnesses,
- stinginesses,
- un kindness,
- un kindnesses,
- un worthiness,
- un worthinesses,
- un-kindness,
- un-kindnesses,
- un-worthiness,
- un-worthinesses,
- unworthinesses.
- scandal
-
sin
- ungodliness,
- wrongness,
- Peccability,
- Veniality,
- evil-doing,
- de merit,
- de merits,
- de-merit,
- de-merits,
- dis obedience,
- dis obediences,
- dis-obedience,
- dis-obediences,
- evil doing,
- evil doings,
- evil-doings,
- un godliness,
- un godlinesses,
- un-godliness,
- un-godlinesses,
- ungodlinesses,
- venialities,
- wrongnesses.
- transgression
- trespass
- wrong use
- cruelness, offensiveness; widely condemned action
- disease; plague
- misdeed/misdemeanor
-
indirection
- chicane,
- fraudulence,
- insidiousness,
- shadiness,
- shiftiness,
- slyness,
- sneakiness,
- trickiness,
- wiliness,
- Double dealing,
- Hocuspocus,
- cunnings,
- chicanes,
- fraudulences,
- sharp practice,
- doubledealing,
- fourberie,
- fourberies,
- hocus pocus,
- in direction,
- in directions,
- in fidelities,
- in fidelity,
- in-direction,
- in-directions,
- in-fidelities,
- in-fidelity,
- insidiousnesses,
- sharp practices,
- under handednesses,
- under-handedness,
- under-handednesses,
- wilinesses.
- offense against the law
- indecency
- injury, loss
- perversion; deterioration of morality
- disfigurement, distortion
- corruption, immorality
- devastation, destruction
- state of shame; bad reputation
- horribleness
-
badness, immorality; disaster
- evil.
- decency, excellence
- blame; bad conscience over responsibility
-
injury, evil
- harm.
- mishandling
- an impious act
- sin, evil
- hurt, harm
- the quality of being mean
- mistreatment
- public embarrassment
-
illegal or immoral action
- sin.
- violation, misbehavior
- invasion, offense
- unjustness
-
bad habit; sin
- vice.
- sinfulness
- offense, sin
- Other relevant words
Antonym of the day
most knee-slapper
- Antonyms:
- boring, common, dramatic.