| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abject | extremely bad or miserable |
| 2. | abysmal | extremely bad; hopelessly poor |
| 3. | accursed | under a curse; miserable |
| 4. | agonizing | causing severe pain or distress |
| 5. | anguished | showing severe mental pain |
| 6. | appalling | shockingly bad |
| 7. | atrocious | extremely bad or unpleasant |
| 8. | awful | very bad or unpleasant |
| 9. | bad | of poor quality; unpleasant |
| 10. | battered | damaged by repeated blows |
| 11. | beastly | very unpleasant or cruel |
| 12. | beggarly | very poor; inadequate |
| 13. | bleak | without hope; miserable |
| 14. | blue | sad or depressed |
| 15. | broken | damaged; emotionally crushed |
| 16. | crestfallen | sad and disappointed |
| 17. | cruddy | poor-quality or unpleasant |
| 18. | crummy | very bad or unpleasant |
| 19. | cursed | damned or miserable |
| 20. | damned | very bad or cursed |
| 21. | dejected | sad and disappointed |
| 22. | desolate | empty, bleak, and miserable |
| 23. | dire | extremely serious or bad |
| 24. | distressing | causing anxiety or sorrow |
| 25. | downcast | sad and discouraged |
| 26. | downhearted | low in spirits |
| 27. | dreadful | very bad or upsetting |
| 28. | execrable | extremely bad |
| 29. | filthy | very dirty or obscene |
| 30. | forlorn | pitifully sad and abandoned |
| 31. | foul | offensive, nasty, or dirty |
| 32. | ghastly | very bad; dreadful |
| 33. | gloomy | dark, sad, or depressing |
| 34. | glum | gloomy and unhappy |
| 35. | godawful | extremely bad |
| 36. | grim | bleak and depressing |
| 37. | grotty | dirty, unpleasant, or poor |
| 38. | hard-up | short of money |
| 39. | harrowing | extremely distressing |
| 40. | hellish | extremely unpleasant or cruel |
| 41. | hopeless | having no hope |
| 42. | horrible | very unpleasant or bad |
| 43. | horrid | very unpleasant; nasty |
| 44. | ill-fated | marked by bad luck |
| 45. | impoverished | made poor; lacking resources |
| 46. | inferior | lower in quality |
| 47. | insufferable | too unpleasant to bear |
| 48. | intolerable | too bad to endure |
| 49. | joyless | without happiness or pleasure |
| 50. | lamentable | very disappointing or regrettable |
| 51. | loathsome | causing disgust or hatred |
| 52. | lousy | very poor or bad |
| 53. | low | feeling depressed |
| 54. | mangy | shabby, dirty, and poor |
| 55. | meager | lacking in amount or quality |
| 56. | measly | contemptibly small or poor |
| 57. | miserable | very unhappy or uncomfortable |
| 58. | morose | sullen and gloomy |
| 59. | mournful | feeling or expressing sorrow |
| 60. | nasty | very unpleasant or offensive |
| 61. | needy | lacking basic necessities |
| 62. | nightmarish | frighteningly bad or chaotic |
| 63. | objectionable | unpleasant or unacceptable |
| 64. | odious | extremely unpleasant or hateful |
| 65. | offensive | causing resentment or disgust |
| 66. | painful | causing suffering or discomfort |
| 67. | paltry | small and inadequate |
| 68. | pathetic | sadly inadequate or weak |
| 69. | penniless | having no money |
| 70. | pitiful | deserving pity; very poor |
| 71. | poor | inferior or pitiable |
| 72. | ragged | torn and shabby |
| 73. | ramshackle | badly built or kept |
| 74. | repellent | causing disgust or dislike |
| 75. | repulsive | causing strong disgust |
| 76. | revolting | extremely unpleasant or disgusting |
| 77. | rotten | very bad; unpleasant |
| 78. | ruined | badly damaged or destroyed |
| 79. | run-down | in poor condition |
| 80. | second-rate | not of the best quality |
| 81. | seedy | run-down and disreputable |
| 82. | shabby | poor in quality or condition |
| 83. | sleazy | dirty, shabby, or corrupt |
| 84. | sorrowful | feeling deep sadness |
| 85. | sorry | poor, shabby, or inadequate |
| 86. | squalid | filthy and miserable |
| 87. | substandard | below the usual standard |
| 88. | tattered | old and torn |
| 89. | terrible | extremely bad |
| 90. | third-rate | very poor in quality |
| 91. | threadbare | worn thin from use |
| 92. | tormented | suffering great pain or anguish |
| 93. | trashy | low-quality and tasteless |
| 94. | unhappy | not happy; miserable |
| 95. | unkempt | messy and not cared for |
| 96. | unsatisfactory | not good enough |
| 97. | vicious | cruel or violent |
| 98. | villainous | wicked or disgraceful |
| 99. | woeful | full of misery; very bad |
| 100. | wrecked | badly damaged or exhausted |