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Negative Words: List of 235+ Negative Words to Enhance Your Vocabulary

Negative words are often used to describe someone or something that is unpleasant. They can also
be used to express frustration or dissatisfaction with a situation. While negative words can
sometimes upset or hurt someone, they are often needed in order to fully express or explain how
one is feeling. Negative words can also be used as a warning, and can actually prevent others from
being hurt or getting into trouble.

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Negative Words

What Is a Negative Word?

Negative Words With Examples

List of Negative Words

List of Common Negative Words

Negative Personality Adjectives

Negative Feeling Adjectives

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Negative Words

What Is a Negative Word?

Negative words include any word that has a negative connotation attached to it. While it is very easy
to distinguish negative words from positive words, it can be more difficult when dealing with neutral
words. These words, while they may seem to be negative words in some cases, do not actually imply
anything wrong. Negative words themselves are more direct and are often used when positive or
neutral language will not suffice.

Negative Words With Examples

“My coworker is so abrasive! I can never get him to agree to anything.”

“I wish my son cared about something, but he seems apathetic towards everything.”

“Mom must think I can’t do anything right; she’s very controlling.”

“You need to stop lying. Being dishonest hurts everyone involved.”

“Don’t be impatient. Good things come to those who wait.”

“I just feel so anxious! What if this interview goes horribly wrong?”

“He promised not to tell. I’ve never felt more betrayed.”

“Sorry, we thought this cake was going to be much bigger. You must be disappointed.”

“His pants fell down on stage, in front of everyone. Of course, he was embarrassed!”

“You don’t need to be jealous. If you work hard, you can afford that new gaming console, too.”

List of Negative Words

List of Common Negative Words

Abrasive

Apathetic

Controlling

Dishonest

Impatient

Anxious

Betrayed

Disappointed

Embarrassed

Jealous

Abysmal

Bad

Callous

Corrosive

Damage

Despicable

Don’t

Enraged

Fail

Gawky

Haggard

Hurt
Icky

Insane

Jealous

Lose

Malicious

Naive

Not

Objectionable

Pain

Questionable

Reject

Rude

Sad

Sinister

Stuck

Tense

Ugly

Unsightly

Vice

Wary

Yell

Zero

Adverse

Banal

Can’t

Corrupt

Damaging

Detrimental

Dreadful

Eroding

Faulty
Ghastly

Hard

Hurtful

Ignorant

Insidious

Junky

Lousy

Mean

Nasty

Noxious

Odious

Perturb

Quirky

Renege

Ruthless

Savage

Slimy

Stupid

Terrible

Undermine

Untoward

Vicious

Weary

Yucky

Alarming

Barbed

Clumsy

Dastardly

Dirty

Dreary

Evil
Fear

Grave

Hard-hearted

Ignore

Injure

Insipid

Lumpy

Menacing

Naughty

None

Offensive

Pessimistic

Quit

Repellant

Scare

Smelly

Substandard

Terrifying

Unfair

Unwanted

Vile

Wicked

Angry

Belligerent

Coarse

Crazy

Dead

Disease

Feeble

Greed

Harmful
Ill

Injurious

Messy

Negate

No one

Old

Petty

Reptilian

Scary

Sobbing

Suspect

Threatening

Unfavorable

Unwelcome

Villainous

Woeful

Annoy

Bemoan

Cold

Creepy

Decaying

Disgusting

Fight

Grim

Hate

Immature

Misshapen

Negative

Nothing

Oppressive

Plain
Repugnant

Scream

Sorry

Suspicious

Unhappy

Unwholesome

Vindictive

Worthless

Anxious

Beneath

Cold-hearted

Criminal

Deformed

Disheveled

Filthy

Grimace

Hideous

Imperfect

Missing

Never

Neither

Poisonous

Repulsive

Severe

Spiteful

Unhealthy

Unwieldy

Wound

Apathy

Boring

Collapse
Cruel

Deny

Dishonest

Foul

Gross

Homely

Impossible

Misunderstood

No

Nowhere

Poor

Revenge

Shocking

Sticky

Unjust

Unwise

Appalling

Broken

Confused

Cry

Deplorable

Dishonorable

Frighten

Grotesque

Horrendous

Inane

Moan

Nobody

Prejudice

Revolting

Shoddy
Stinky

Unlucky

Upset

Atrocious

Contrary

Cutting

Depressed

Dismal

Frightful

Gruesome

Horrible

Inelegant

Moldy

Nondescript

Rocky

Sick

Stormy

Unpleasant

Awful

Contradictory

Deprived

Distress

Guilty

Hostile

Infernal

Monstrous

Nonsense

Rotten

Sickening

Stressful

Unsatisfactory
Negative Personality Adjectives

Abrasive

Abrasive people are often difficult on purpose and will disagree with others. They can be hurtful to
others as well, and often will not care they are doing so.

Apathetic

People who are apathetic lack the average amount of care for someone or something. While they
are not outright hurtful or difficult, this can lead to a dip in the quality of their work or relationships.

Controlling

Someone who is controlling will often try to ensure things go their way, to the point that it is
troubling for others.

Dishonest

Dishonest people will often lie, either outright or by omission. They may avoid the truth because
they do not want to get into trouble or to cause confrontation.

Impatient

People who cannot wait for an outcome or result are impatient. They may rush their work, affecting
the quality. They may rush others as well, which can impair their relationships.

Negative Feeling Adjectives

Anxious

If someone is feeling anxious, they are worried about something. This can affect their mood
negatively and lead to problems with focus.

Betrayed

Someone who feels betrayed feels as though their trust has been violated, often by a friend or loved
one.

Disappointed
Disappointment is felt when someone’s expectations are not met. These expectations can be for a
person, situation, or item.

Embarrassed

People most often feel embarrassed when they feel that they have done something wrong or
unappealing. This feeling is usually magnified if someone is caught doing something wrong.

Jealous

Someone is jealous when they see something they want in the possession of someone else. Jealousy
is most often thought of as being over a partner or money but can be over an item or over social
status as well.

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