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Bad

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Definitions for Bad

noun
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Synonyms
badness
Examples
  1. take the bad with the good
adjective
having undesirable or negative qualities
Examples
  1. a bad report card
  2. his sloppy appearance made a bad impression
  3. a bad little boy
  4. clothes in bad shape
  5. a bad cut
  6. bad luck
  7. the news was very bad
  8. the reviews were bad
  9. the pay is bad
  10. it was a bad light for reading
  11. the movie was a bad choice
adjective
very intense
Synonyms
big
Examples
  1. a bad headache
  2. in a big rage
  3. had a big (or bad) shock
  4. a bad earthquake
  5. a bad storm
adjective
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
Synonyms
tough
Examples
  1. my throat feels bad
  2. she felt bad all over
  3. he was feeling tough after a restless night
adjective
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
Synonyms
spoiled spoilt
Examples
  1. bad meat
  2. a refrigerator full of spoilt food
adjective
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
Synonyms
regretful sorry
Examples
  1. felt regretful over his vanished youth
  2. regretful over mistakes she had made
  3. he felt bad about breaking the vase
adjective
not capable of being collected
Synonyms
uncollectible
Examples
  1. a bad (or uncollectible) debt
adjective
below average in quality or performance
Examples
  1. a bad chess player
  2. a bad recital
adjective
nonstandard
Examples
  1. so-called bad grammar
adjective
not financially safe or secure
Synonyms
risky high-risk speculative
Examples
  1. a bad investment
  2. high risk investments
  3. anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
  4. speculative business enterprises
adjective
physically unsound or diseased
Synonyms
unfit unsound
Examples
  1. has a bad back
  2. a bad heart
  3. bad teeth
  4. an unsound limb
  5. unsound teeth
adjective
capable of harming
Examples
  1. bad air
  2. smoking is bad for you
adjective
characterized by wickedness or immorality
Examples
  1. led a very bad life
adjective
reproduced fraudulently
Synonyms
forged
Examples
  1. like a bad penny...
  2. a forged twenty dollar bill
adjective
not working properly
Synonyms
defective
Examples
  1. a bad telephone connection
  2. a defective appliance
adverb
with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
Synonyms
badly
Examples
  1. the injury hurt badly
  2. the buildings were badly shaken
  3. it hurts bad
  4. we need water bad
adverb
very much
Synonyms
badly
Examples
  1. strongly
  2. I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it
  3. the cables had sagged badly
  4. they were badly in need of help
  5. he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it

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