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Quick definitions from WordNet (bad)
▸ noun: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency ("Take the bad with the good")
▸ adjective: very intense ("A bad headache")
▸ adjective: not financially safe or secure ("A bad investment")
▸ adjective: nonstandard ("So-called bad grammar")
▸ adjective: below average in quality or performance ("A bad chess player")
▸ adjective: not capable of being collected ("A bad (or uncollectible) debt")
▸ adjective: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') ("My throat feels bad")
▸ adjective: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition ("Bad meat")
▸ adjective: not working properly ("A bad telephone connection")
▸ adjective: reproduced fraudulently ("Like a bad penny...")
▸ adjective: having undesirable or negative qualities ("A bad report card")
▸ adjective: characterized by wickedness or immorality ("Led a very bad life")
▸ adjective: keenly sorry or regretful ("Felt bad about letting the team down")
▸ adjective: capable of harming ("Bad habits")
▸ adjective: physically unsound or diseased ("Has a bad back")
▸ adverb: very much; strongly ("I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it")
▸ adverb: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') ("The injury hurt badly")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #17894)
▸ Also see worst
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to bad
▸ Usage examples for bad
▸ Idioms related to bad (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing bad
▸ Popular nouns described by bad
▸ Words that often appear near bad
▸ Rhymes of bad
▸ Invented words related to bad
▸ noun: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency ("Take the bad with the good")
▸ adjective: very intense ("A bad headache")
▸ adjective: not financially safe or secure ("A bad investment")
▸ adjective: nonstandard ("So-called bad grammar")
▸ adjective: below average in quality or performance ("A bad chess player")
▸ adjective: not capable of being collected ("A bad (or uncollectible) debt")
▸ adjective: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') ("My throat feels bad")
▸ adjective: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition ("Bad meat")
▸ adjective: not working properly ("A bad telephone connection")
▸ adjective: reproduced fraudulently ("Like a bad penny...")
▸ adjective: having undesirable or negative qualities ("A bad report card")
▸ adjective: characterized by wickedness or immorality ("Led a very bad life")
▸ adjective: keenly sorry or regretful ("Felt bad about letting the team down")
▸ adjective: capable of harming ("Bad habits")
▸ adjective: physically unsound or diseased ("Has a bad back")
▸ adverb: very much; strongly ("I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it")
▸ adverb: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') ("The injury hurt badly")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #17894)
▸ Also see worst
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to bad
▸ Usage examples for bad
▸ Idioms related to bad (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing bad
▸ Popular nouns described by bad
▸ Words that often appear near bad
▸ Rhymes of bad
▸ Invented words related to bad