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(băd) 
adj., worse (wûrs), worst (wûrst).
Something that is below standard or expectations, as of ethics or decency: weighing the good against the bad.
adv. Usage Problem
Badly.
idioms:
bad2 (băd)
v. Archaic
A past tense of bid.
adj., worse (wûrs), worst (wûrst).
- Not achieving an adequate standard; poor: a bad concert.
- Evil; sinful.
- Vulgar or obscene: bad language.
- Informal. Disobedient or naughty: bad children.
- Disagreeable, unpleasant, or disturbing: a bad piece of news.
- Unfavorable: bad reviews for the play.
- Not fresh; rotten or spoiled: bad meat.
- Injurious in effect; detrimental: bad habits.
- Not working properly; defective: a bad telephone connection.
- Full of or exhibiting faults or errors: bad grammar.
- Having no validity; void: passed bad checks.
- Being so far behind in repayment as to be considered a loss: bad loans.
- Severe; intense: a bad cold.
- Being in poor health or in pain: I feel bad today.
- Being in poor condition; diseased: bad lungs.
- Sorry; regretful: She feels bad about how she treated you.
- bad·der, bad·dest. Slang. Very good; great.
Something that is below standard or expectations, as of ethics or decency: weighing the good against the bad.
adv. Usage Problem
Badly.
idioms:
in bad Informal.
- In trouble or disfavor.
- Used to acknowledge that one is at fault.
- Reasonably good.
[Middle English badde.]
badness bad'ness n.USAGE NOTE Bad is often used as an adverb in sentences such as The house was shaken up pretty bad or We need water bad. This usage is common in informal speech but is widely regarded as unacceptable in formal writing. In an earlier survey, the sentence His tooth ached so bad he could not sleep was unacceptable to 92 percent of the Usage Panel. • The use of badly with want was once considered incorrect but is now entirely acceptable: We wanted badly to go to the beach. • The adverb badly is often used after verbs such as feel, as in I felt badly about the whole affair. This usage bears analogy to the use of other adverbs with feel, such as strongly in We feel strongly about this issue. Some people prefer to maintain a distinction between feel badly and feel bad, restricting the former to emotional distress and using the latter to cover physical ailments; however, this distinction is not universally observed, so feel badly should be used in a context that makes its meaning clear. • Badly is used in some regions to mean "unwell," as in He was looking badly after the accident. Poorly is also used in this way. In an earlier survey, however, the usage was found unacceptable in formal writing by 75 percent of the Usage Panel.
Our Living Language Most people might think that the slang usage of bad to mean its opposite, "excellent," is a recent innovation of Black English. While it is of Black English origin, this usage has been recorded for over a century; the first known example dates from 1897. Even earlier, beginning in the 1850s, the word appears in the sense "formidable, very tough," as applied to persons. Whether or not the two usages are related, they both illustrate a favorite creative device of informal and slang language-using a word to mean the opposite of what it "really" means. This is by no means uncommon; people use words sarcastically to mean the opposite of their actual meanings on a daily basis. What is more unusual is for such a usage to be generally accepted within a larger community. Perhaps when the concepts are as basic as "good" and "bad" this general acceptance is made easier. A similar instance is the word uptight, which in the 1960s enjoyed usage in the sense "excellent" alongside its now-current, negative meaning of "stiff."
bad2 (băd)
v. Archaic
A past tense of bid.
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adjective
- Below a standard of quality: bum, poor, unsatisfactory. Idioms: below par, not up toscratchsnuff. See good/bad.
- Morally objectionable: black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, peccant, reprobate, sinful, vicious, wicked, wrong. See right/wrong.
- Misbehaving, often in a troublesome way: ill-behaved, naughty. See control/uncontrol, good/bad.
- Not pleasant or agreeable: disagreeable, displeasing, offensive, uncongenial, unpleasant, unsympathetic. Informal icky. Slang yucky. See good/bad, pain/pleasure.
- Bringing, predicting, or characterized by misfortune: evil, ill, inauspicious, unfavorable, unpropitious. See luck/misfortune/chance.
- Impaired because of decay: putrid, rotten. See better/worse, taste/bad taste, thrive/fail/exist.
- Causing harm or injury: deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous. See help/harm/harmless.
noun
- Whatever is destructive or harmful: badness, evil, ill. See help/harm/harmless.
Idioms beginning with bad:
bad blood
badger game
bad hair day
bad mouth
bad off
bad trip
See also 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.
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adj
Definition: decayed
Antonyms: good, ok, undecayed
adj
Definition: harmful
Antonyms: advantageous, beneficial, benevolent, good, honest, profitable, virtuous
adj
Definition: immoral
Antonyms: good, honest, just, reputable, right, true, virtuous
adj
Definition: of poor quality
Antonyms: acceptable, excellent, good, satisfactory, superior, worthy
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bad
IN BRIEF: Not good or moral; wrong; evil.
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
— Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English statesman, lawyer, philosopher & essayist.
Tutor's tip: The "bad" (evil or opposite of good) captain "bade" (past tense of bid) her to do something cruel.
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sign description: The open flat hand begins at the mouth with the fingertips at the lips and then turns away as it goes down.
adjective
adjective, orig US
1: in bad Out of favour (with, etc.), in bad odour. (1911 —) .
K. Amis This ought to put me nicely in bad with the Neddies (1953).
2:orig and mainly US, esp. jazz and African-American English Extremely good; of a musical performance or player: going to the limits of free improvisation; of a lover: extravagantly loving. (1928 —) .
Time Adds longtime Fan Carolyn Collins: 'Oh man, I don't think he's changed. He got quiet for a while but he's still cool-blooded. He's still bad.' Bad as the best and as cool as they come, Smokey is remarkably low key for a soul master (1980).
adjective, orig US
1: in bad Out of favour (with, etc.), in bad odour. (1911 —) .
K. Amis This ought to put me nicely in bad with the Neddies (1953).
2:
Time Adds longtime Fan Carolyn Collins: 'Oh man, I don't think he's changed. He got quiet for a while but he's still cool-blooded. He's still bad.' Bad as the best and as cool as they come, Smokey is remarkably low key for a soul master (1980).
| bacon, backyarder, backside | |
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Bad or BAD may refer to:
Acronyms
- Bank Account Debits Tax, an Australian tax
- Barksdale Air Force Base (IATA airport code: BAD) in Bossier City, Louisiana, United States
- B.A.D, Taiwanese boy band
- Bcl-2-associated death promoter, a pro-apoptotic protein
- Bookworm Adventures Deluxe, a word-forming game by PopCap Games, released in 2006
- Bipolar Affective Disorder, disregulatory mood disorder
- BAD-2, a Soviet armored trolley car
Films
- Andy Warhol's Bad, a 1977 film
- Bad (2007 film), a 2007 film about dyslexia
Music
- Bad (album), a 1987 Michael Jackson album
- "Bad" (Michael Jackson song), a song from that album
- "Bad", a single from the 2011 album Symphony Soldier by The Cab
- BAD, or Bigger and Deffer, 2nd album by LL Cool J
- Big Audio Dynamite, Mick Jones' post-Clash band
- Royce da 5'9", American rapper known as Bad, in the group Bad Meets Evil
- "Bad" (U2 song), a song by the rock band U2
Social sciences
- Good and Bad, from On the Genealogy of Morality
- Bad (economics), a concept in economics which is used to describe an object or situation that is harmful to the persons affected by it, in contrast to a good
Geography
- Bad, the German word for "bath", as seen in the place names of many spa towns
- Bad, Azerbaijan, a village in Quba Rayon
- Bad, Uttar Pradesh, a census town in India
- Bad, Agra, a village in India
- alternate name of Badrud, a city in Iran
- Bad River (disambiguation), various rivers
- -abad, a toponym suffix in many countries
Other
- BAD is the hexadecimal representation of 2989
- Banda languages, ISO 639 alpha-3 code bad
- Little Miss Bad, a character in the Little Miss series of books by Roger Hargreaves
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Bad
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - slem, skidt, slet
n. - uheld, ødelæggelse, tab
adv. - dårligt
idioms:
- bad blood ondt blod
- bad books den sorte liste, den lille sorte bog
- bad break forspildt mulighed, ærgerligt, bittert
- bad breath dårlig ånde
- bad conscience dårlig samvittighed
- bad deal dårlig handel
- bad debt uerholdelig fordring
- bad egg skidt karakter, slubbert
- bad faith ond tro
- bad form dårlig opførsel, dårlig sportsånd
- bad lot skidt karakter, slubbert
- bad manners dårlige manerer, dårlig opdragelse
- bad mouth beskidt mund, nedrakning
- bad news dårlige nyheder, dårligt selskab
- bad tempered hidsig, irritabel
- be in someone's bad books være på den sorte liste, stå i den lille sorte bog
- from bad to worse værre og værre, gå ned ad bakke
- go bad gå dårligt
- too bad ærgerligt, en skam
- with bad grace vrangvilligt, modstræbende
Nederlands (Dutch)
slecht, beroerd, bedorven, ziek, stout, defect, ongezond, erg, ongunstig, vals
Français (French)
adj. - mauvais, méchant, détestable, de mauvaise qualité, gâté (des aliments), carié (une dent), faux (de l'argent), triste, malheureux (un résultat), grave (une erreur), sans provision (un chèque), douteux (une créance), (Ling) péjoratif, mal fondé (une réclamation), sérieux (une maladie)
n. - mal, méchant, mauvais
adv. - marotte (passe-temps), (fig) (avoir qch) dans la peau
idioms:
- bad blood (avoir) de l'animosité
- bad break (avoir) une période de déveine
- bad breath (avoir) mauvaise haleine
- bad conscience (avoir) mauvaise conscience
- bad deal (faire) un mauvais marché, (faire) une mauvaise opération/affaire
- bad debt (avoir) une créance douteuse
- bad egg (être) un sale type
- bad faith (être) de mauvaise foi
- bad form (être) de mauvais ton, (être) déplacé
- bad lot (être) un mauvais sujet, ne pas (valoir) cher
- bad manners (avoir) de mauvaises manières, (être) de mauvais ton
- bad mouth (avoir) mauvaise langue
- bad tempered (avoir) mauvais caractère
- from bad to worse (aller) de mal en pis
- go bad se gâter, pourrir, tourner (le lait), se carier (une dent)
- in bad (US) ne pas (être) dans les petits papiers de qn
- in someone's bad books (être) mal vu de qn
- not bad ne pas (être) mal (du tout)
- to the bad mal tourner (fam)
- too bad (être) dommage, (c'est) un peu fort
Deutsch (German)
adj. - schlecht, verdorben, faul, unartig, schädlich, krank, ungültig (Banknote), uneinbringlich, notleidend (Darlehen), (ugs.) grossartig
n. - das Schlechte, Soll, (Plur.) Unruhestifter
adv. - dringend, schlecht, ungenügend
idioms:
- bad blood böses Blut
- bad break Pech, Fehler
- bad breath Mundgeruch
- bad conscience schlechtes Gewissen
- bad deal ungerechte Behandlung , Pech
- bad debt uneinbringliche Schuld
- bad egg übler Bursche
- bad faith in böser Absicht
- bad form schlechtes Benehmen
- bad lot üble Person
- bad manners schlechtes Benehmen
- bad mouth Klatsch
- bad tempered schlecht gelaunt
- from bad to worse immer schlimmer
- go bad schlecht werden
- in bad [jmd. gegenüber] im Nachteil sein
- in someone's bad books nicht mehr begehrt, in Ungnade gefallen
- not bad nicht schlecht, nicht übel
- to the bad auf die Schiefe Bahn geraten
- too bad So ein Pech!
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κακός, άσχημος, δυσάρεστος, (για τρόφιμα) αλλοιωμένος, βλαβερός, ακατάλληλος, δυσμενής, αντίξοος, ατυχής, βαρύς, σοβαρός, άρρωστος, πλαστός, αβάσιμος, άκυρος, λανθασμένος, σαραβαλιασμένος, άχρηστος, χαλασμένος, καταστραμμένος, υποδεέστερος, ηθικά απαράδεκτος, ανυπάκουος, (καθομ.) φοβερός, απίθανος
n. - κακή ή δυσάρεστη κατάσταση, (το) κακό, (το) άσχημο
idioms:
- bad blood μίσος, μακροχρόνια ή παλιά έχθρα
- bad books μαύρα κατάστιχα
- bad break κακοτυχία, αναποδιά
- bad breath δύσοσμη αναπνοή
- bad conscience ένοχη συνείδηση
- bad deal κακή μεταχείριση, εξαπάτηση, ρίξιμο
- bad debt επισφαλές χρέος, επισφαλής οφειλή
- bad egg κλούβιο αβγό, (μτφ.) παλιοτόμαρο
- bad faith κακή πίστη, κακοπιστία
- bad form αγένεια, απρέπεια
- bad lot παλιάνθρωπος, κουμάσι
- bad manners κακή/ανάρμοστη συμπεριφορά
- bad mouth κακολογώ
- bad news άσχημες ειδήσεις, κακά μαντάτα, (καθομ.) κακός μπελάς, λογαριασμός, λυπητερή
- bad tempered οξύθυμος, δύστροπος, κακόκεφος
- be in someone's bad books είμαι γραμμένος στα μαύρα κατάστιχα (κάποιου)
- from bad to worse από το κακό στο χειρότερο
- go bad (για τρόφιμα κ.λπ.) χαλώ, βρομίζω
- too bad κρίμα, άκρως ενοχλητικό, (ειρων.) τι να κάνουμε!
- with bad grace απρόθυμα, με μισή καρδιά
Italiano (Italian)
marcio, cattivo, moltissimo, cattivello, malato, scadente, difettoso, contrario, pietoso, spregevole, malsano
idioms:
- bad blood cattivo sangue
- bad books cattive letture
- bad break sfortuna
- bad breath alitosi, alito pesante, cattivo
- bad debt debito insolvibile
- bad egg cattivo soggetto
- bad faith malafede
- bad form scorrettezza
- bad lot cattiva compagnia
- bad manners maleducazione
- bad mouth malalingua
- bad news brutte notizie
- from bad to worse di male in peggio
- too bad peccato, tanto peggio
- with bad grace a malincuore
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mau, inferior, levado, defeituoso, inútil, dolorido, grave, corrupto, nocivo, viciado, triste
n. - o mal (m), azar (m), os maus (m pl), aquilo (m) que é mau
idioms:
- bad blood rancor (m), inimizade (f)
- bad books método desonesto de contabilidade
- bad break má sorte
- bad breath mau hálito (m)
- bad debt calote (m) (coloq.), dívida (f) insolúvel
- bad egg mau (m) elemento
- bad faith desconfiança (f)
- bad form falta (f) de educação
- bad lot mau (m) elemento
- bad manners maus (m pl) modos
- bad mouth boca (f) suja, fofoqueiro (m)
- bad news más notícias (f pl)
- bad tempered mal-humorado
- from bad to worse de mal a pior
- go bad deteriorar-se, corromper-se
- too bad muito ruim (sobre uma situação irreversível)
- with bad grace de má vontade
Русский (Russian)
плохой, недостаточный, ошибочный, неприятный, неблагоприятный, жалкий
idioms:
- bad blood вражда
- bad books черный список
- bad break не повезло
- bad breath плохой запах изо рта
- bad debt долг, который вряд ли будет оплачен
- bad egg негодяй, мерзавец
- bad faith дурные намерения
- bad form нарушение этикета
- bad lot негодяй, мерзавец
- bad manners дурные манеры
- bad mouth подстрекатель, злопыхатель
- bad news опасный человек
- bad tempered раздраженный, раздражительный
- from bad to worse из огня да в полымя
- go bad испортиться
- too bad хуже некуда, Увы!
- with bad grace неохотно, скрепя сердце
Español (Spanish)
adj. - podrido, pasado, putrefacto, equivocado, destemplado, deficiente, desfavorable, adverso, pésimo, grave, malsano
n. - malo, travieso, enfermo
adv. - malo, mal, de mal aspecto
idioms:
- bad blood mala sangre, animosidad, encono
- bad break mala suerte, error craso, desacierto
- bad breath mal aliento
- bad conscience conciencia sucia, remorder la conciencia
- bad deal mal negocio
- bad debt deuda incobrable
- bad egg mal sujeto, mal tipo
- bad faith de mala fe
- bad form malos modales, mala educación
- bad lot mal sujeto, mala persona
- bad manners malos modales
- bad mouth crítica malévola, maldición, calumnia
- bad tempered de mal humor, malhumorado
- from bad to worse de mal en peor
- go bad podrirse, ponerse en mal estado
- in bad en malas relaciones, en problemas
- in someone's bad books en desgracia con alguien, estar en malas relaciones con uno
- not bad no está nada mal, nada mal
- to the bad deber , estar en deuda
- too bad ¡qué pena!, ¡es una lástima!
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - dålig, svag, ond, elak, ogiltig, falsk, skadlig
n. - ondska, omoral, elakhet
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
坏的, 坏的东西或情形, 坏, 很, 非常
idioms:
- bad blood 怨恨, 不满, 恶感
- bad books 有害的书
- bad break 不好的运气
- bad breath 口臭
- bad conscience 有愧于心
- bad deal 不合算的买卖
- bad debt 倒帐, 呆帐
- bad egg 坏人, 坏蛋
- bad faith 奸诈, 无信用
- bad form 不好的行为, 不好的举动
- bad lot 坏蛋, 恶棍
- bad manners 不礼貌, 不规矩
- bad mouth 说...的坏话
- bad news 坏消息, 噩耗, 添麻烦的人, 危险人物, 倒霉的事情
- bad tempered 脾气不好的
- be in someone's bad books 失宠于某人
- from bad to worse 越来越糟
- go bad 变坏, 腐败
- too bad 糟糕, 可惜
- with bad grace 勉强地
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 壞的
n. - 壞的東西或情形
adv. - 壞, 很, 非常
idioms:
- bad blood 怨恨, 不滿, 惡感
- bad books 有害的書
- bad break 不好的運氣
- bad breath 口臭
- bad conscience 有愧於心
- bad deal 不合算的買賣
- bad debt 倒帳, 呆帳
- bad egg 壞人, 壞蛋
- bad faith 奸詐, 無信用
- bad form 不好的行為, 不好的舉動
- bad lot 壞蛋, 惡棍
- bad manners 不禮貌, 不規矩
- bad mouth 說...的壞話
- bad news 壞消息, 噩耗, 添麻煩的人, 危險人物, 倒霉的事情
- bad tempered 脾氣不好的
- be in someone's bad books 失寵於某人
- from bad to worse 越來越糟
- go bad 變壞, 腐敗
- too bad 糟糕, 可惜
- with bad grace 勉強地
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 나쁜, 부적당한, 서투른, 불운한, 틀린
n. - 나쁜 상태, 불운
adv. - 나쁘게, 서투르게, 대단히
idioms:
- be in someone's bad books ~에게 미움을 받다
- go bad 나빠지다, 쉬다
- with bad grace 울며 겨자 먹기로, 마지 못해서
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 悪い, 不快な, 有害な, ひどい, 病んだ, 悪くなった, 不十分な, 誤った, 下手な, 不利な
n. - 悪いこと, 悪, 悪運
adv. - ひどく
idioms:
- bad blood 不和, 悪感情
- bad books 悪い計画
- bad break 分かち組み
- bad breath 口臭
- bad business あいにくのこと
- bad deal 悪い情況
- bad debt 貸倒れ
- bad egg ろくでなし, 人間のくず, 無益の企て
- bad faith 裏切り, 背信
- bad form 無作法
- bad language 悪口
- bad lot 人間のくず, 無益の企て
- bad manners 無作法
- bad mouth 悪口, 中傷
- bad news 悪い知らせ, 凶報, 厄介な問題
- bad patch 辛い時
- bad tempered 気難しい, 意地悪の
- from bad to worse ますます悪化して
- get off to a bad start 出発を誤る
- go bad 腐る, 堕落する
- in a bad light よく見えないところに, 不利な立場で
- in a bad temper 機嫌が悪くて
- in bad nick 体調不良で
- in bad repair 手入れの行き届いていない
- in bad shape 調子が悪い
- like a bad penny 望まずともたびたび現われる
- with bad grace しぶしぶと
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) رديء, سيئ, مؤذ, غير جيد أو صالح, طالح (الاسم) رداءة
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - רע, גרוע, מזיק, חמור, רציני, חולה, לא-נעים, לא-רצוי, רקוב (אוכל), אשם, מתבייש, בגירעון, לא-תקף, של ניבול-פה
n. - רוע, חורבן
adv. - רע, גרוע, חמור, רציני, בגירעון
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