feel-bad

adjective

Creating a feeling of anxiety or despair.

Opposite
feel-good
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Meanings

adjectivefeel-bad (not comparable)

alternative feelbad

  1. not comparableCreating a feeling of anxiety or despair.

    Yes, you get to see Cruise having a fight in his underpants, and doing another of his hanging-off-a-plane routines, but even so, it could be the feel-bad film of the summer.

    2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC

    Antonyms: feel-good

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCreating a feeling of anxiety or despair.

Opposite
feel-good
Cite this entry
APA

feel-bad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feel-bad

MLA

“feel-bad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feel-bad. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feel-bad,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feel-bad.

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