Bad in Malayalam

ചീത്ത (cheetha) is the blunt everyday word for bad, used of behaviour, language, weather and food alike. It is two syllables, chee-tha, and in Kerala speech cheetha vaakku means a bad word. For poor quality rather than wickedness, another adjective fits better.

Most common translation

ചീത്ത (cheetha)

Bad, base, vile, wicked.

ചീത്ത വാക്കുകൾ പറയരുത്.

cheetha vakkukal parayaruthu.

Do not say bad words.

All Malayalam words for “bad”

ചീത്ത is bad in the sense of wicked or spoiled, മോശമായ (moshamaaya) is bad as in poor or inferior, and കൂടുതൽ മോശം (kooduthal mosham) is the comparative, worse.

Common questions

How do you say bad in Malayalam?

ചീത്ത (cheetha).

How do you say worse?

കൂടുതൽ മോശം (kooduthal mosham), more bad than before.