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1. | [ adjective ] having undesirable or negative qualities | |
Examples: | "a bad report card" "a bad little boy" "clothes in bad shape" "a bad cut" "bad luck" "the reviews were bad" "the pay is bad" "it was a bad light for reading" "the movie was a bad choice" |
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Related terms: | good atrocious fine icky deplorable mischievous negative ill fearful horrid poor hard hopeless unsatisfactory unfavorable corked unsuitable rubber severe swingeing uncool incompetent mediocre worse evil worst disobedient unfavorable quality | |
2. | [ adjective ] very intense | |
Synonyms: | big | |
Examples: | "a bad headache" "in a big rage" "had a big (or bad) shock" "a bad earthquake" "a bad storm" |
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Related terms: | intense | |
3. | [ adjective ] feeling physical discomfort or pain | |
Synonyms: | tough | |
Examples: | "my throat feels bad" "she felt bad all over" ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad' as in "he was feeling tough after a restless night") |
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Related terms: | colloquialism uncomfortable | |
4. | [ noun ] that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency | |
Synonyms: | badness | |
Examples: | : "take the bad with the good" |
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Related terms: | good good quality evil worse liability inadvisability undesirability unworthiness | |
5. | [ adverb ] very much; strongly | |
Synonyms: | badly | |
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" |
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6. | [ adjective ] (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition | |
Synonyms: | spoilt spoiled | |
Examples: | "bad meat" "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" |
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Related terms: | stale | |
7. | [ adverb ] with great intensity | |
Synonyms: | badly | |
Examples: | "the injury hurt badly" "the buildings were badly shaken" (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly' as in "it hurts bad" or "we need water bad") |
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8. | [ adjective ] capable of harming | |
Examples: | "bad habits" "bad air" "smoking is bad for you" |
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Related terms: | harmful | |
9. | [ adjective ] keenly sorry or regretful | |
Synonyms: | sorry | |
Examples: | "felt bad about letting the team down" "was sorry that she had treated him so badly" "felt bad about breaking the vase" |
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Related terms: | unhappy | |
10. | [ adjective ] physically unsound or diseased | |
Synonyms: | unsound unfit | |
Examples: | "has a bad back" "a bad heart" "bad teeth" "an unsound limb" "unsound teeth" |
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Related terms: | unhealthy | |
11. | [ adjective ] reproduced fraudulently | |
Synonyms: | forged | |
Examples: | "like a bad penny..." "a forged twenty dollar bill" |
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Related terms: | counterfeit | |
12. | [ adjective ] (linguistics; informal) "so-called bad grammar" | |
Related terms: | linguistics colloquialism nonstandard | |
13. | [ adjective ] not financially safe or secure | |
Synonyms: | speculative risky high-risk insecure | |
Examples: | "a bad investment" "high risk investments" "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky" "speculative business enterprises" |
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Related terms: | unsound | |
14. | [ adjective ] not capable of being collected | |
Synonyms: | uncollectible | |
Examples: | "a bad (or uncollectible) debt" |
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Related terms: | invalid | |
15. | [ adjective ] below average in quality or performance | |
Examples: | "a bad chess player" "a bad recital" |
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Related terms: | inferior | |
16. | [ adjective ] characterized by wickedness or immorality | |
Synonyms: | immoral | |
Examples: | "led a very bad life" |
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Related terms: | evil | |
17. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 17894 | |
18. | [ adjective ] not working properly | |
Synonyms: | defective | |
Examples: | "a bad telephone connection" "a defective appliance" |
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Related terms: | malfunctioning | |
Similar spelling: |
bawd baud Bade Bady Baade bawdy baeda baddie bat Baty Batt baht Bath bate Bata bait Batey bathe Batie Batte Batty Baity bayat |