mauvais

Meaning

1. bad
2. wrong, incorrect

Concepts

bad

evil

wrong

nasty

poor

miserable

ugly

mean

badly

rotten

foul

ill

wicked

malignancy

malignant

vicious

badness

no good

be bad

make bad

spoilt

inclement

rainy

mediocre

unpalatable

naughty

misuse

inferior

bad quality

pernicious

virulence

base

greedy

humble

shabby

vile

vulgar

improper

inadvisable

unjustifiable

delinquent

failure

inferiority

awful

cruel

heavy

serious

severe

terrible

very bad

violent

black

faulty

filthy

nauseating

rude

stink

stinking

unusable

fiendish

disagreeable

hypocritical

sick

incorrectly

wrongly

tough

spoiled

defective

forged

regretful

sorry

unfit

unsound

high-risk

risky

speculative

uncollectible

wrongfulness

malicious

worst

worthless

immoral

𐐺𐐰𐐼

don’t

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mo.vɛ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French maulvais, from Old French malvais, malveis (“evil, wicked, bad, of poor or inferior quality", later also "unlucky”), from Late Latin malifātius (“unfortunate”, 4th c.), from Latin malus (“bad”) + fātum (“fate”). According to some sources, influenced in meaning by Frankish *balwīg (“evil, wicked, of poor quality”), which was suspected to have become altered to *malwīg under influence of Latin malus (“bad”).

Sentences

Excusez-moi , je pense que j’ai le mauvais numéro .

Excuse me, I think I have the wrong number.

En revanche , c’était un mari notoirement mauvais , négligeant Henrietta et l’insultant en public .

On the other hand, he was a notoriously bad husband, neglecting Henrietta and insulting her in public.