English Explanatory Dictionary

ungood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not good; bad.
  2. Those who are not good; the wicked, evil, or bad.
noun
  1. Lack or absence of good; goodlessness; bad

Pronunciation

/ˌʌnˈɡʊd/ /ˈʌnˌɡʊd/

Word forms

ungood ungooder more ungood ungoodest most ungood

Etymology

From Middle English ungod, from Old English ungōd, equivalent to un- (“not”) + good (adjective). Popularised by its appearance in Newspeak, a fictional language coined in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel by George Orwell.

Synonyms

bad

Antonyms

good double-plus-good

Derived words

double-plus-ungood
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