| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | bad | Having undesirable or negative qualities |
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| 2 | bad, big | Very intense | |
| 3 | bad, tough | Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') | |
| 4 | bad, spoiled, spoilt | (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition | |
| 5 | bad, uncollectible | Not capable of being collected | |
| 6 | bad | Below average in quality or performance | |
| 7 | bad | Nonstandard | |
| 8 | bad, insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative | Not financially safe or secure | |
| 9 | bad, unfit, unsound | Physically unsound or diseased | |
| 10 | bad | Capable of harming | |
| 11 | bad, sorry | Keenly sorry or regretful | |
| 12 | bad, immoral | Characterized by wickedness or immorality | |
| 13 | bad, forged | Reproduced fraudulently | |
| 14 | bad, defective | Not working properly | |
| ADVERB | 1 | bad, badly | With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') |
| 2 | bad, badly | Very much | |
| NOUN | 1 | bad, badness | That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency |
| Sounds | bae'd |
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| Rhymes | ad / AD, add / ADD, Bagdad, and 47 more rhymes in aed at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Having undesirable or negative qualities. |
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| 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 of | quality |
| Similar | atrocious, 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 also | worst; worse; unfavorable, unfavourable; evil, wicked; disobedient |
| Contrary | good |
| Meaning | Very intense. |
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| Examples | "a bad headache"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" |
| Synonyms | big |
| Similar to | intense |
| Adverbs | badly |
| Meaning | Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'). |
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| Examples | "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over" |
| Synonyms | tough |
| Similar to | uncomfortable |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition. |
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| Examples | "bad meat" |
| Synonyms | spoiled, spoilt |
| Similar to | stale |
| Meaning | Not capable of being collected. |
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| Examples | "a bad (or uncollectible) debt" |
| Synonyms | uncollectible |
| Similar to | invalid |
| Meaning | Below average in quality or performance. |
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| Examples | "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital" |
| Similar to | inferior |
| Meaning | Nonstandard. |
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| Examples | "so-called bad grammar" |
| Category | linguistics |
| Similar to | nonstandard |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Meaning | Not financially safe or secure. |
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| Examples | "a bad investment" |
| Synonyms | insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative |
| Similar to | unsound |
| Meaning | Physically unsound or diseased. |
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| Examples | "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth" |
| Synonyms | unfit, unsound |
| Similar to | unhealthy |
| Meaning | Capable of harming. |
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| Examples | "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you" |
| Similar to | harmful |
| Meaning | Keenly sorry or regretful. |
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| Examples | "felt bad about letting the team down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly"; "felt bad about breaking the vase" |
| Synonyms | sorry |
| Similar to | unhappy |
| Meaning | Characterized by wickedness or immorality. |
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| Examples | "led a very bad life" |
| Synonyms | immoral |
| Similar to | evil, wicked |
| Adverbs | badly |
| Meaning | Reproduced fraudulently. |
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| Examples | "like a bad penny..." |
| Synonyms | forged |
| Similar to | counterfeit, imitative |
| Meaning | Not working properly. |
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| Examples | "a bad telephone connection" |
| Synonyms | defective |
| Similar to | malfunctioning, nonfunctional |
| Meaning | That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency. |
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| Examples | "take the bad with the good" |
| Synonyms | badness |
| Narrower | unworthiness; undesirability; worse; evil; liability; inadvisability |
| Broader | quality |
| Contrary | good, goodness |
| Meaning | With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'). |
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| Examples | "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad" |
| Synonyms | badly |
| Meaning | Very much. Strongly. |
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| 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" |
| Synonyms | badly |