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bad
1[ bad ]
adjective
- not good in any manner or degree.
- having a wicked or evil character; morally reprehensible:
There is no such thing as a bad boy.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- of poor or inferior quality; defective; deficient:
a bad diamond;
a bad spark plug.
- inadequate or below standard; not satisfactory for use:
bad heating;
Living conditions in some areas are very bad.
- inaccurate, incorrect, or faulty:
a bad guess.
- invalid, unsound, or false:
a bad insurance claim;
bad judgment.
- causing or liable to cause sickness or ill health; injurious or harmful:
Too much sugar is bad for your teeth.
- suffering from sickness, ill health, pain, or injury; sick; ill:
He felt bad from eating the green apples.
- not healthy or in good physical condition; diseased, decayed, or physically weakened:
A bad heart kept him out of the army.
- tainted, spoiled, or rotten, especially to the point of being inedible:
The meat is bad because you left it out of the refrigerator too long.
- having a disastrous or detrimental effect, result, or tendency; unfavorable:
The drought is bad for the farmers.
His sloppy appearance made a bad impression.
- causing or characterized by discomfort, inconvenience, uneasiness, or annoyance; disagreeable; unpleasant:
I had a bad flight to Chicago.
- easily provoked to anger; irascible:
a bad temper.
- cross, irritable, or surly:
If I don't have my morning coffee, I'm in a bad mood all day.
- more uncomfortable, persistent, painful, or dangerous than usual; severe:
a bad attack of asthma.
- causing or resulting in disaster or severe damage or destruction:
a bad flood.
- regretful, contrite, dejected, or upset:
He felt bad about having to leave the children all alone.
- disobedient, naughty, or misbehaving:
If you're bad at school, you'll go to bed without supper.
- disreputable or dishonorable:
He's getting a bad name from changing jobs so often.
- displaying a lack of skill, talent, proficiency, or judgment:
a bad painting;
Bad drivers cause most of the accidents.
- causing distress; unfortunate or unfavorable:
I'm afraid I have bad news for you.
Synonyms: , ,
- not suitable or appropriate; disadvantageous or dangerous:
It was a bad day for fishing.
- inclement; considered too stormy, hot, cold, etc.:
We had a bad winter with a lot of snow.
- disagreeable or offensive to the senses:
a bad odor.
- exhibiting a lack of artistic sensitivity:
The room was decorated in bad taste.
- not in keeping with a standard of behavior or conduct; coarse:
bad manners.
- (of a word, speech, or writing)
- vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous:
bad language.
- not properly observing rules or customs of grammar, usage, spelling, etc.; incorrect:
He speaks bad English.
- unattractive, especially because of a lack of pleasing proportions:
She has a bad figure.
- (of the complexion) marred by defects; pockmarked or pimply; blemished:
bad skin.
- not profitable or worth the price paid:
The land was a bad buy.
- Commerce. deemed uncollectible or irrecoverable and treated as a loss:
a bad debt.
- ill-spent; wasted:
Don't throw good money after bad money.
- counterfeit; not genuine:
There was a bad ten-dollar bill in with the change.
- having the character of a villain; villainous:
In the movies the good guys always beat the bad guys.
- Sports. failing to land within the in-bounds limits of a court or section of a court; missing the mark; not well aimed.
- Slang. outstandingly excellent; first-rate:
He's a bad man on drums, and the fans love him.
noun
- that which is bad:
You have to take the bad with the good.
- a bad condition, character, or quality:
His health seemed to go from bad to worse.
- Usually the bad. (used with a plural verb) evil persons collectively:
The bad are always stirring up trouble.
adverb
- badly:
He wanted it bad enough to steal it.
bad
2[ bad ]
verb
- a simple past tense of bid 1.
bad
1/ ²úæ»å /
adjective
- not good; of poor quality; inadequate; inferior
bad soil
bad light for reading
bad workmanship
- often foll by at lacking skill or talent; incompetent
a bad painter
bad at sports
- often foll by for harmful
smoking is bad for you
bad air
- immoral; evil
a bad life
- naughty; mischievous; disobedient
a bad child
- rotten; decayed; spoiled
a bad egg
- severe; intense
a bad headache
- incorrect; wrong; faulty
bad pronunciation
- ill or in pain (esp in the phrase feel bad )
- regretful, sorry, or upset (esp in the phrase feel bad about )
- unfavourable; distressing
bad news
a bad business
- offensive; unpleasant; disagreeable
bad temper
bad language
- not valid or sound; void
a bad cheque
- not recoverable
a bad debt
- slang.badderbaddest good; excellent
- go from bad to worseto deteriorate even more
- go badto putrefy; spoil
- in a bad way informal.
- seriously ill, through sickness or injury
- in trouble of any kind
- in someone's bad booksSee book
- make the best of a bad jobto manage as well as possible in unfavourable circumstances
- not bad or not so bad informal.passable; fair; fairly good
- not half bad informal.very good
- too bad informal.(often used dismissively) regrettable
noun
- unfortunate or unpleasant events collectively (often in the phrase take the bad with the good )
- an immoral or degenerate state (often in the phrase go to the bad )
- the debit side of an account
£200 to the bad
- my bad informal.my fault or mistake
adverb
- not_standard.badly
to want something bad
bad
2/ ²úæ»å /
verb
- a variant of bade
Usage Note
Derived Forms
- ˈ²ú²¹»å»å¾±²õ³ó, adjective
- ˈ²ú²¹»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²ú²¹»å·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bad1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bad1
Idioms and Phrases
- bad off, in poor or distressed condition or circumstances; destitute: Also badly off. Compare well-off.
His family has been pretty bad off since he lost his job.
- go to the bad, to deteriorate physically or morally; go to ruin:
She wept at seeing her son go to the bad.
- in a bad way, in severe trouble or distress.
- in bad, Informal.
- in trouble or distress.
- in disfavor:
He's in bad with his father-in-law.
- my bad, Slang. my fault! my mistake!
- not bad, Also not so bad, not too bad.
- tolerably good; not without merit:
The dinner wasn't bad, but I've had better.
- not difficult:
Once you know geometry, trigonometry isn't bad.
- to the bad, in arrears:
He's $100 to the bad on his debt.
- too bad, unfortunate or disappointing:
It's too bad that he didn't go to college.
More idioms and phrases containing bad
- come to an end (bad end)
- feel bad
- from bad to worse
- get off on the wrong foot (to a bad start)
- give a bad name
- give bad marks to
- go bad
- in a bad mood
- in a bad way
- in bad faith
- in bad with someone
- in someone's bad graces
- leave a bad taste in one's mouth
- make the best of (a bad bargain)
- not a bad sort
- not bad
- poor (bad) taste
- run of (bad) luck
- too bad
- turn up (like a bad penny)
- with bad grace
Example Sentences
“So if our spirit is right, I can live with the result. And I’m pretty confident that the results will be more good than bad.â€
They’ve been watching bad human behavior — and we all know the security guard doesn’t keep a good eye on his gun.
Hoards of hungry children with rumbling tummies are a common sight in school dinner halls, and a new exhibition has opened in Suffolk telling the stories of those lunchtime tastes and aromas - good or bad.
But of course it will be worse for the retailers who miss out on sales of the physical game.
What’s worse is that “Death of a Unicorn†hit theaters close to the same time the far superior satire “Common Side Effects†finished its first season, deriding the same topic.
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The adjective bad is a broad term that can describe things that are not good in any manner, or more pointedly, things or people that have a wicked or evil character. How is bad different from evil, wicked, and ill? Find out on .
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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