Synonyms for Seventh Grade Students: Adverse, List 2

Latin for "rejected," reprobate refers to someone too immoral, depraved, or wicked to live in civilized society.

From the Latin despicabilis, "looked down upon," despicable refers to a person or an action that is beneath contempt: evil.

In Latin, male "evil" plus volentem "wishing" equals someone who wants bad things to happen to others, and acts accordingly.

Villain is more often used to describe the bad guy in a movie than a real person, though it can be used in that sense.

Execrat- is a Latin root meaning "to curse," the opposite of "sacred." To call something execrable is to say that it's hateful, unforgivable, evil.

Dastard is an obsolete English word meaning "a coward" or "an idiot." Dastardly survives, though it has an old-fashioned flavor. It's most often seen modifying words like "deed," "plan," or "scheme."

Putridus means "rotten," "foul," or "decaying" in Latin. Putrid can refer to anything disgusting, often with a particular focus on smell.

Similar to putrid, above, rancid describes spoiled food and foul smells.

Down at the heels is an expression that means "broke," "impoverished," or "unfortunate." It describes a person wearing beaten-up old shoes with the heels pressed flat under their feet, making slippers out of them. Shod is the past participle of shoe, as in to shoe a horse. Something slipshod is lazy, sloppy, or otherwise badly executed.

Latin for "doing evil," maleficent originally referred to an evil deed or spell.