| abuse | misuse, maltreat, treat badly, wrong |
| abuse | misapply, employ badly |
| backbite | slander, revile, speak badly [of someone] |
| hard | badly, poorly, ill |
| hardly | severely, harshly, badly |
| ignobly | dishonourably, shamefully, badly |
| ill | badly, adversely, unfavourably |
| ill-annexed | badly added, adversely attached |
| ill-disposed | badly arranged, poorly presented |
| ill-favouredly | badly, unpleasingly, offensively |
| ill-inhabited | badly housed, poorly accommodated |
| ill-left | badly equipped; or: left in disorder |
| ill-nurtured | ill-bred, badly brought up |
| ill-roasted | badly cooked |
| ill-sheathed | badly sheathed |
| ill-sorted | badly matched, in bad company |
| ill-ta'en | [ill-taken] unfounded, unwarranted, badly grounded |
| ill-tempered | unbalanced, with elements of mood [humours] badly mixed |
| lack-linen | badly dressed, disreputable |
| misgraffed | badly grafted, ill-matched, unsuited |
| mishaved | badly behaved |
| misreport | speak badly of, slander |
| misshapen | gone awry, badly directed |
| misspeak | speak inaccurately, express badly |
| overgalled | badly swollen, heavily inflamed |
| spoil | badly injure, seriously hurt |
| unseasoned | unseasonable, inopportune, badly timed |
| unsorted | unsuitable, unfit, badly chosen |
| unsquared | badly fitting, unsuitable, unbecoming |
| untutored | badly brought up, untaught, inexperienced |
| wanton | cruelly irresponsible, badly behaved |