bad faith
noun
: lack of honesty in dealing with other people
She accused her landlord of bad faith because he had promised to paint the apartment but never did it.
Legal Definition
bad faith
noun
: intentional deception, dishonesty, or failure to meet an obligation or duty
no evidence of bad faith
compare good faith bad faith
noun
as in lying
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- lying
- dupery
- untruthfulness
- dishonesty
- fraudulentness
- hypocrisy
- mendaciousness
- duplicity
- deceit
- deception
- mendacity
- insincerity
- deceitfulness
- crookedness
- treacherousness
- smoothness
- fakery
- insidiousness
- underhandedness
- dissembling
- furtiveness
- slyness
- trickery
- slipperiness
- perfidy
- unscrupulousness
- dissimulation
- two-facedness
- falseness
- cozenage
- oiliness
- slickness
- indirection
- double-dealing
- cunningness
- cunning
- craftiness
- beguilement
- prevarication
- wiliness
- guile
- falsity
- inaccuracy
- exaggeration
- artifice
- equivocation
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sincerity
- frankness
- good faith
- artlessness
- guilelessness
- forthrightness
- ingenuousness
- candor
- straightforwardness
- plainspokenness
- candidness
- integrity
- truthfulness
- honesty
- verity
- veracity
- probity
- righteousness
- honor
- honorableness
- scrupulousness
- uprightness
- scrupulosity
- incorruptibility
- rectitude
- right-mindedness