ungoodadj.
Now rare.
a.
(a) Not good; evil, bad; wicked.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective]
woughc888
litherc893
frakeda900
sinnyc950
unrighteouseOE
baleOE
manOE
unfeleOE
ungoodc1000
unwrasta1122
illc1175
nithec1175
wickc1175
hinderfulc1200
quedec1275
wickedc1275
wondlichc1275
unkindc1325
badc1330
divers1340
wrakefula1350
felonousc1374
flagitiousc1384
lewdc1386
noughta1387
ungoodly1390
unquertc1390
diverse1393
felona1400
imperfectc1400
unfairc1400
unfinec1400
unblesseda1425
meschant?c1450
naughtyc1460
feculent1471
sinister1474
noughty?1490
ill-deedya1500
pernicious?1533
scelerous1534
naught1536
goodlyc1560
nefarious1567
iron1574
felly1583
paganish1587
improbate1596
malefactious1607
villain1607
infand1608
scelestious1609
illful1613
scelestic1628
inimicitious1641
infandous1645
iniquous1655
improbous1657
malefactory1667
perta1704
iniquitous1726
unracy1782
unredeemed1799
demoralized1800
fetid1805
scarlet1820
gammy1832
nefast1849
disvaluable1942
badass1955
bad-assed1962
society > morality > moral evil > [adjective]
unfairc888
missOE
ungoodc1000
quedec1275
wondlichc1275
badc1330
divers1340
quedeful1340
shrewdc1384
lewdc1386
ungoodly1390
diverse1393
noughta1400
imperfectc1400
noughtyc1400
unblesseda1425
sinister1474
naughty?a1500
podea1522
naught1536
pelsy1785
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 184 Seldan he bið eald, ungodan deaðe he swylt.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 188.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17057 Forr þi þatt teȝȝre werre iss all. Vnngod. & all unnclene.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16739 Forr þi þatt teȝȝre dede iss all. Vnngod. & all unnclene.
a1300 E.E. Psalter i. 1 In strete of sinfulle noght he stode, Ne sat in setel of storme un-gode.
c1305 Judas Iscariot 22 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 107 Loþ hem was..a bern to norischie, so liþer and vngod.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 20 The vice of hem that ben ungoode Is no reproef unto the goode.
c1445 R. Pecock Donet 37 Þat þing whiche resoun knowiþ..to be bad, or vngood.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 675 His synows..Are brokyn sonder by payns vngude!
(b) In modern use.
ΚΠ
1904 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson Princess Passes xii You have been so good to us; don't be ungood now.
1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four i. 53 If you have a word like ‘good’, what need is there for a word like ‘bad’? ‘Ungood’ will do just as well—better, because it's an exact opposite, which the other is not.
1964 W. Golding Spire viii. 150 Jocelin found the capstone ungood to look at.
b. absol. or as n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [noun] > instance
ungooda1250
wickednessa1325
villainy1377
turpitude1597
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed
misdeedeOE
murderOE
harmOE
un-i-selthlOE
ungooda1250
wickednessa1325
illa1340
untetchea1375
villainy1377
wretchednessc1380
misdoingc1460
malefice1591
turpitude1597
meschantery1634
misactiona1667
naughtiness1789
wrongdoing1874
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 129 Al so hit is þi þan vngode Þat is icumen of fule brode.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1364 Vor nys a worlde þing so god Þat ne may do sum vngod.
a1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) IV. 203/86 Vngud and gud sall fair,..Bot richteous gud..lestis for euir mair.
1885 L. Oliphant Sympneumata 248 For universal good, and for suppression of the ungood.
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