bad1
- 1) adjective, not good; of poor quality; inadequate; inferior
- 2) adjective, lacking skill or talent; incompetent
- 3) adjective, harmful
- 4) adjective, immoral; evil
- 5) adjective, naughty; mischievous; disobedient
- 6) adjective, rotten; decayed; spoiled
- 7) adjective, severe; intense
- 8) adjective, incorrect; wrong; faulty
- 9) adjective, ill or in pain (esp in the phrase feel bad)
- 10) adjective, regretful, sorry, or upset (esp in the phrase feel bad about)
- 11) adjective, unfavourable; distressing
- 12) adjective, offensive; unpleasant; disagreeable
- 13) adjective, not valid or sound; void
- 14) adjective, not recoverable
- 15) adjective, slang good; excellent
- 16) adjective, go from bad to worse to deteriorate even more
- 17) adjective, go bad to putrefy; spoil
- 18) adjective, in a bad way a) seriously ill, through sickness or injury b) in trouble of any kind
- 19) adjective, in someone's bad books. See book
- 20) adjective, make the best of a bad job to manage as well as possible in unfavourable circumstances
- 21) adjective, not bad or not so bad passable; fair; fairly good
- 22) adjective, not half bad very good
- 23) adjective, too bad (often used dismissively) regrettable
- 24) noun, unfortunate or unpleasant events collectively (often in the phrase take the bad with the good)
- 25) noun, an immoral or degenerate state (often in the phrase go to the bad)
- 26) noun, the debit side of an account
- 27) adverb, badly
Etymology
C13: probably from bæd-, as the first element of Old English bæddel hermaphrodite, bædling sodomite
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bad2
- 1) verb, a variant of bade
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
bade or bad
- 1) verb, past tense of bid
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evil, extreme, evil, guilty, wicked, wrong, corruption, sin, impropriety, immorality, villainy, naughty, sinful, foulness, base, rotten, vile, shameful, harmful, damage, dangerous, destructive, unhealthy, detrimental, hurtful, ruinous, deleterious, injurious, disadvantageous, severe, serious, terrible, acute, intense, painful, distress, fierce, harsh, unfavourable, trouble, distress, unfortunate, grim, discourage, unpleasant, gloomy, adverse, inferior, poor, inadequate, pathetic, faulty, duff (Brit. informal), mediocre, defective, deficient, imperfect, second-rate, shoddy, erroneous, substandard, half-pie (N.Z. informal), incompetent, poor, useless, unfit, grim, severe, hard, tough, wicked, criminal, corrupt, worthless, base, vile, immoral, delinquent, sinful, depraved, debase, amoral, egregious, villainous, unprincipled, nefarious, dissolute, maleficent, naughty, defiant, perverse, wayward, mischievous, wicked, unruly, impish, roguish, disobedient, sorry, ashamed, apologetic, rueful, sheepish, contrite, shamefaced, conscience-stricken, rotten, off, rank, sour, rancid, mouldy, fetid, putrid, not bad fine, middling, average, fair, all right, acceptable, moderate, adequate, respectable, satisfactory, so-so, tolerable, passable