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Bad Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bad? [n] that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good" [adv] very much; strongly; "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" [adv] with great intensity; "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") [adj] feeling physical discomfort or pain; "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") [adj] (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [adj] not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance" [adj] reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill" [adj] having undesirable or negative qualities; "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" [adj] characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life" [adj] keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly"; "felt bad about breaking the vase" [adj] capable of harming; "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you" [adj] physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" [adj] very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [adj] not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises" [adj] (linguistics; informal) "so-called bad grammar" [adj] below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital" [adj] not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bad: abominable \| atrocious \| awful \| badly \| badness \| big \| corked \| corky \| counterfeit \| crappy \| defective \| deplorable \| distressing \| dreadful \| fearful \| forged \| frightful \| hard \| harmful \| high-risk \| hopeless \| horrid \| icky \| ill \| imitative \| immoral \| incompetent \| inferior \| insecure \| intense \| invalid \| lamentable \| lousy \| malfunctioning \| mediocre \| mischievous \| naughty \| negative \| no-good \| nonfunctional \| nonstandard \| painful \| pitiful \| poor \| pretty \| risky \| rotten \| rubber \| sad \| severe \| shitty \| sorry \| speculative \| spoiled \| spoilt \| stale \| stinking \| stinky \| swingeing \| terrible \| tough \| uncollectible \| uncomfortable \| uncool \| unfavorable \| unfit \| unhappy \| unhealthy \| unsatisfactory \| unskilled \| unsound \| unspeakable \| unsuitable Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bad: abhorrent \| abominable \| abomination \| ace-high \| ailing \| alarming \| amiss \| apocalyptic \| arrant \| atrocious \| atrocity \| bad for \| badly \| bad-smelling \| baleful \| bane \| baneful \| bang-up \| barfy \| base \| befoulment \| below par \| black \| blamable \| blameworthy \| blight \| blue \| bodeful \| boding \| bonzer \| boss \| brackish \| bully \| bum \| but good \| cankered \| careless \| carious \| castrated \| cloying \| contaminated \| cool \| corking \| corrupt \| corruption \| crackerjack \| crappy \| crestfallen \| criminal \| crippled \| critical \| critically ill \| crying evil \| damage \| damaging \| damnable \| dandy \| dangerous \| dangersome \| dark \| decayed \| decomposed \| defective \| deficient \| defilement \| dejected \| deleterious \| delicious \| depressed \| despaired of \| despoliation \| destruction \| detriment \| detrimental \| dire \| disabled \| disagreeable \| disconsolate \| diseased \| disgrace \| disgraceful \| disgusting \| disordered \| disorderly \| dispirited \| displeasing \| disruptive \| dissatisfactory \| distasteful \| distressing \| done for \| doomful \| down \| downhearted \| dreary \| ducky \| dying \| emasculated \| error \| evil \| evilly \| evil-starred \| execrable \| expiring \| explosive \| fab \| facing death \| faint \| faintish \| fateful \| fecal \| feeling awful \| feeling faint \| feeling something terrible \| festering \| fetid \| fine and dandy \| flagitious \| flagrant \| foreboding \| foul \| fraught with danger \| froward \| frowsty \| frowy \| frowzy \| fulsome \| funky \| fusty \| futile \| game \| gamy \| gangrened \| gangrenous \| gear \| given up \| gloomy \| going \| gone bad \| graceless \| graveolent \| great \| grievance \| groovy \| halt \| halting \| hamstrung \| handicapped \| harm \| harmful \| hateful \| havoc \| heavy \| heinous \| high \| hobbling \| hopeless \| hot \| hunky-dory \| hurt \| hurtful \| icky \| ill \| ill-advised \| ill-behaved \| ill-boding \| ill-considered \| ill-fated \| ill-omened \| ill-smelling \| ill-starred \| ill-suited \| ill-timed \| immoral \| impolitic \| improper \| in articulo mortis \| in danger \| in extremis \| inaccurate \| inadequate \| inadmissible \| inadvisable \| inappropriate \| inapt \| inauspicious \| incapable of life \| incapacitated \| incongruous \| indecorous \| indisposed \| inept \| inexpedient \| infamous \| infamy \| infected \| infection \| infelicitous \| inferior \| iniquitous \| iniquity \| injurious \| injury \| inopportune \| insalubrious \| insanitary \| insufferable \| intolerable \| invalid \| jam-up \| jeopardous \| just dandy \| keen \| knavery \| knavish \| laid low \| lame \| limping \| loathsome \| lousy \| low \| lowering \| maggoty \| maimed \| mal a propos \| malapropos \| malevolent \| malodorous \| marvy \| mawkish \| mean \| menacing \| mephitic \| miasmal \| miasmic \| mildewed \| mildewy \| misbehaving \| mischief \| mischievous \| miserable \| moldy \| monstrous \| morbid \| morbific \| moribund \| mortally ill \| mortified \| moth-eaten \| musty \| nasty \| naughty \| nauseant \| nauseating \| nauseous \| near death \| neat \| necrosed \| necrotic \| nefarious \| nidorous \| nifty \| nobby \| noisome \| nonviable \| not quite right \| not respectable \| noxious \| null and void \| objectionable \| obliquity \| obnoxious \| odorous \| of evil portent \| off \| off-base \| off-color \| offensive \| OK \| okay \| olid \| ominous \| out of place \| out of sight \| out of sorts \| out-of-line \| outrage \| overripe \| parlous \| pathogenic \| pathological \| paw \| peachy \| peachy-keen \| peccancy \| peccant \| periculous \| perilous \| perverse \| pestiferous \| poison \| poisoned \| poisonous \| polluted \| pollution \| poor \| portending \| portentous \| punk \| putrefied \| putrescent \| putrid \| rancid \| rank \| reasty \| reasy \| rebarbative \| reechy \| reeking \| reeky \| reprehensible \| reprobacy \| reprobate \| repulsive \| ripping \| rocky \| rotten \| rotting \| rough \| rowdy \| rowdyish \| ruffianly \| rum \| scandal \| scandalous \| scrumptious \| seedy \| septic \| serious \| shame \| shameful \| sick \| sick unto death \| sickening \| sickish \| sin \| sinful \| sinister \| sinking \| slap-up \| slipping \| slipping away \| slipshod \| smashing \| smellful \| smelling \| smelly \| solid \| somber \| something else \| sour \| spavined \| sphacelated \| spiffing \| spiffy \| spoiled \| stale \| stenchy \| sticky \| stinking \| strong \| stuffy \| stunning \| sulfurous \| suppurating \| suppurative \| swell \| tainted \| taken ill \| terminal \| thankless \| the worst \| threatening \| tough \| toxin \| turned \| ugly \| ulcerated \| ulcerous \| unacceptable \| unbefitting \| unbehaving \| under the weather \| undesirable \| uneasy \| unfavorable \| unfit \| unfitting \| unforgivable \| unfortunate \| ungracious \| ungrateful \| unhandsome \| unhappy \| unhealthful \| unhealthy \| unhygienic \| unkind \| unlucky \| unmeet \| unpardonable \| unpleasant \| unprofitable \| unpromising \| unpropitious \| unruly \| unsanitary \| unsatisfactory \| unseasonable \| unseemly \| unskillful \| unsound \| unspeakable \| unsuitable \| untimely \| untoward \| unwell \| unwholesome \| unwise \| unworthy \| venom \| vexation \| vicious \| vile \| villainous \| villainy \| void \| vomity \| weevily \| wicked \| wizard \| woe \| woebegone \| worm-eaten \| wretched \| wrong \| wrongly \| yucky See Also \| disobedient \| evil \| evil \| inadvisability \| liability \| quality \| undesirability \| unfavourable \| unworthiness \| wicked \| worse \| worse \| worst Bad In Webster's Dictionary \Bad\ (b[a^]d), imp. of {Bid}. Bade. [Obs.] --Dryden. \Bad\ (b[a^]d), a. [Compar. {Worse}; superl. {Worst}. ] [Probably fr. AS. b[ae]ddel hermaphrodite; cf. b[ae]dling effeminate fellow.] Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of {good}; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news. Note: Sometimes used substantively. The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope. Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious; hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious; imperfect.

Bad Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bad?

[n] that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
[adv] very much; strongly; "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"
[adv] with great intensity; "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")
[adj] feeling physical discomfort or pain; "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")
[adj] (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
[adj] not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
[adj] reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
[adj] having undesirable or negative qualities; "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"
[adj] characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"
[adj] keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly"; "felt bad about breaking the vase"
[adj] capable of harming; "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
[adj] physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
[adj] very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
[adj] not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
[adj] (linguistics; informal) "so-called bad grammar"
[adj] below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
[adj] not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"

Bad In Webster's Dictionary

\Bad\ (b[a^]d), imp. of {Bid}.
Bade. [Obs.] --Dryden.


\Bad\ (b[a^]d), a. [Compar. {Worse}; superl. {Worst}. ]
[Probably fr. AS. b[ae]ddel hermaphrodite; cf. b[ae]dling
effeminate fellow.]
Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious,
hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious;
wicked; -- the opposite of {good}; as, a bad man; bad
conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad
news.

Note: Sometimes used substantively.

            The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope.

Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious;
     hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious;
     imperfect.

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