backset, n. [discouragement], [setback], [check], [repulse], [rebuff].
backslide, v. break [faith], apostatize, [retrograde], relapse, [desert], fall [away].
backslider, n. [apostate], [renegade], [deserter], [recreant], [pervert].
backsliding, n. [apostasy], defection, relapse, recidivism, [recreancy], retrogradation.
backsliding, a. [apostate], [renegade], retrogressive, recidivous, [recreant], [unfaithful].
backward, a. [retrograde], retrogressive, [reverse], regressive; retrospective; [reluctant], [averse], loath, disinclined, [unwilling]; [dull], [inapt]; [late], [tardy], delayed; [undeveloped].
backwardness, n. [reluctance], averseness, unwillingness, disinclination, [hesitancy]; inaptness, dullness; lateness, tardiness; [undevelopment].
bacon, n. Associated words: lardoon, bard, flitch, gammon, [lard].
bad, a. [evil], [wicked], [immoral], iniquitous, arrant, [corrupt], depraved, [sinful], [base], demoralized, [sinister], [licentious], [unprincipled], [abandoned], [graceless], [vicious], incorrigible, [unscrupulous], miscreant, [reprobate], disreputable, [rascal], [scoundrel], profligate, [knavish], [naughty], malevolent, [malicious], [unrighteous], degrading, [dissolute], [libertine], [hardened], [wanton]; [injurious], prejudicial, [pernicious], detrimental, baneful, [unwholesome], baleful, [deleterious], mischievous, [noisome], malign, malignant, [noxious], unpropitious, [disadvantageous]; [offensive], [serious], [grave], [severe], mortal; defective, [imperfect], [incompetent], [inferior]; untoward, depressing, unwelcome, adverse, [grievous], [unfavorable], inauspicious; infertile, inarable; [barren], [unproductive], [worthless]; [hard], [heavy], [serious], irreparable, egregious; [nefarious], [felonious], [infamous], [villainous], [heinous], [flagrant], [atrocious], flagitious.
badge, n. [device], cognizance, emblem, ensign, brassard, cordon, [star], insignia.