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bad > 17 senses
ADJECTIVE1badHaving undesirable or negative qualities
2bad, bigVery intense
3bad, toughFeeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
4bad, spoiled, spoilt(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
5bad, uncollectibleNot capable of being collected
6badBelow average in quality or performance
7badNonstandard
8bad, insecure, risky, high-risk, speculativeNot financially safe or secure
9bad, unfit, unsoundPhysically unsound or diseased
10badCapable of harming
11bad, sorryKeenly sorry or regretful
12bad, immoralCharacterized by wickedness or immorality
13bad, forgedReproduced fraudulently
14bad, defectiveNot working properly
ADVERB1bad, badlyWith great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
2bad, badlyVery much
NOUN1bad, badnessThat which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
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bad > adjective 1
MeaningHaving undesirable or negative qualities.
Examples"a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
Attribute ofquality
Similaratrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable; corked, corky; deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry; fearful, frightful, terrible; hard, tough; hopeless; horrid; icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky; ill; incompetent, unskilled; mediocre; mischievous, naughty; negative; poor; pretty; rubber, no-good; severe; swingeing; uncool; unfavorable; unsuitable
See alsoworst; worse; unfavorable, unfavourable; evil, wicked; disobedient
Contrarygood
bad > adjective 2
MeaningVery intense.
Examples"a bad headache"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
Synonymsbig
Similar tointense
Adverbsbadly
bad > adjective 3
MeaningFeeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad').
Examples"my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"
Synonymstough
Similar touncomfortable
Usagecolloquialism
bad > adjective 4
Meaning(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition.
Examples"bad meat"
Synonymsspoiled, spoilt
Similar tostale
bad > adjective 5
MeaningNot capable of being collected.
Examples"a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
Synonymsuncollectible
Similar toinvalid
bad > adjective 6
MeaningBelow average in quality or performance.
Examples"a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
Similar toinferior
bad > adjective 7
MeaningNonstandard.
Examples"so-called bad grammar"
Categorylinguistics
Similar tononstandard
Usagecolloquialism
bad > adjective 8
MeaningNot financially safe or secure.
Examples"a bad investment"
Synonymsinsecure, risky, high-risk, speculative
Similar tounsound
bad > adjective 9
MeaningPhysically unsound or diseased.
Examples"has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"
Synonymsunfit, unsound
Similar tounhealthy
bad > adjective 10
MeaningCapable of harming.
Examples"bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
Similar toharmful
bad > adjective 11
MeaningKeenly sorry or regretful.
Examples"felt bad about letting the team down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly"; "felt bad about breaking the vase"
Synonymssorry
Similar tounhappy
bad > adjective 12
MeaningCharacterized by wickedness or immorality.
Examples"led a very bad life"
Synonymsimmoral
Similar toevil, wicked
Adverbsbadly
bad > adjective 13
MeaningReproduced fraudulently.
Examples"like a bad penny..."
Synonymsforged
Similar tocounterfeit, imitative
bad > adjective 14
MeaningNot working properly.
Examples"a bad telephone connection"
Synonymsdefective
Similar tomalfunctioning, nonfunctional
bad > noun, attribute
MeaningThat which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.
Examples"take the bad with the good"
Synonymsbadness
Narrowerunworthiness; undesirability; worse; evil; liability; inadvisability
Broaderquality
Contrarygood, goodness
bad > adverb 1
MeaningWith great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly').
Examples"the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
Synonymsbadly
bad > adverb 2
MeaningVery much. Strongly.
Examples"I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
Synonymsbadly

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