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/bad/

adjective

adjective: bad; comparative adjective: worse; superlative adjective: worst; comparative adjective:
badder; superlative adjective: baddest

1.

of poor quality or a low standard.

"a bad diet"

synonyms: substandard, poor, inferior, second-rate, second-class, unsatisfactory, inadequate,

unacceptable, not up to scratch, not up to par, deficient, imperfect, defective, faulty,
shoddy, amateurish, careless, negligent; More

dreadful, awful, terrible, abominable, frightful, atrocious, disgraceful, deplorable, hopeless,

worthless, laughable, lamentable, miserable, sorry, third-rate, diabolical, execrable;

incompetent, inept, inexpert, ineffectual;

informalcrummy, rotten, pathetic, useless, woeful, bum, lousy, ropy, appalling, abysmal,
pitiful, godawful, dire, poxy, not up to snuff, the pits;

informalduff, chronic, rubbish, pants, a load of pants;

vulgar slangcrap, shit, chickenshit;

rareegregious

"bad workmanship"
antonyms: good, excellent, skilled

(of a person) not able to do a particular thing well.

"I'm so bad at names"

not appropriate in a particular situation.

"morning was a bad time to ask Andy about anything"

synonyms: inauspicious, disadvantageous, adverse, difficult, inopportune, unpropitious, inappropriate,

unsuitable, unfavorable, unfortunate, untoward;

informaldisastrous

"a recession is a bad time to try and sell a business"

antonyms: good

2.

not such as to be hoped for or desired; unpleasant or unwelcome.

"bad weather"

synonyms: unpleasant, disagreeable, unwelcome, unfortunate, unfavorable, unlucky, adverse, nasty;

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terrible, dreadful, awful, grim, distressing, regrettable;

archaicparlous

"bad news"

antonyms: good

(of something causing pain, danger, or other unwelcome consequences) severe or serious.

"bad headaches"

synonyms: severe, serious, grave, critical, grievous, acute, dreadful, terrible, awful, ghastly, dire, grim,
frightful, shocking; More

life-threatening;

peracute
 "a bad accident"

antonyms: minor, slight

unfavorable; adverse.

"bad reviews"

having a harmful effect on.

"soap was bad for his face"

synonyms: harmful, damaging, detrimental, undesirable, injurious, hurtful, inimical, dangerous,

destructive, ruinous, deleterious; More

unhealthy, unwholesome

"the alcohol is having a bad effect on her health"

antonyms: good, beneficial

3.

failing to conform to standards of moral virtue or acceptable conduct.

"the bad guys"

synonyms: wicked, sinful, immoral, evil, morally wrong, corrupt, base, black-hearted, reprobate,
depraved, degenerate, dissolute, amoral; More

criminal, villainous, nefarious, iniquitous, dishonest, dishonorable, unscrupulous,

unprincipled;

informalcrooked, bent, dirty;

archaicdastardly

"she had heard about him and his dissolute, bad life"

antonyms: virtuous

(of language) using words generally considered offensive; vulgar.

4.

(of a part of the body) injured, diseased, or painful.

"a bad back"

synonyms: injured, wounded, diseased; More

informalgammy, knackered;

informalcrook;

datedgame

"a bad knee"

(of a person) unwell.

"I tried medication but felt even worse the next morning"

synonyms: ill, unwell, sick, not (very) well, ailing, poorly, sickly, peaky, afflicted, indisposed, infirm,
liverish; More

out of sorts, not oneself, not in good shape, not up to par, under/below par, in a bad way;

bedridden, invalided, on the sick list, valetudinarian;

queasy, nauseous, nauseated;

weak, feeble, frail;

diseased, infected;

off color;

informalunder the weather, not up to snuff, laid up, dicky, funny, peculiar, iffy, crummy,
lousy, rough, groggy, green about the gills, at death's door, like death warmed up;

informalropy, grotty;

informalwabbit;

informalcrook;

vulgar slangcrappy;

datedqueer, seedy

"if you still feel bad, stay in bed"

5.

(of food) decayed; putrid.

"everything in the fridge went bad"

synonyms: rotten, off, decayed, decomposed, decomposing, putrid, putrefied, putrescent, moldy,
moldering; More

sour, rancid, rank, unfit for human consumption;

addled;

maggoty, worm-eaten, wormy, flyblown;

rareputrefactive, putrefacient

"the meat's gone bad"

antonyms: fresh

(of the atmosphere) polluted; unhealthy.

"bad air"

6.

regretful, guilty, or ashamed about something.

"she feels bad about ending their engagement"

synonyms: guilty, conscience-stricken, remorseful, guilt-ridden, ashamed, chastened, contrite, sorry,

full of regret, regretful, repentant, penitent, shamefaced, self-reproachful, apologetic

"George always felt bad after shouting at her"

antonyms: unrepentant

7.

worthless; not valid.

"he ran up 87 bad checks"

synonyms: invalid, worthless; More

counterfeit, fake, false, spurious, fraudulent;

informalbogus, phoney, dud

"a bad check"

8.
informal•North American

good; excellent.

"they want the baddest, best-looking Corvette there is"

adverb

informal•North American

adverb: bad

badly.

"he beat her up real bad"

Phrases

from bad to worse

into an even worse state. "the country's going from bad to worse"

in a bad way
ill or in trouble. "Sammy shivered. He was in a bad way"

my bad
used to acknowledge responsibility for a mistake. "Sorry about the confusion. It's my bad"

not bad
fairly good. "she discovered he wasn't so bad after all"

to the bad
to ruin. "I hate to see you going to the bad"

too bad
used to indicate that something is regrettable but is now beyond retrieval. "too bad, but that's the way
it is"

Origin

Middle English: perhaps from Old English bǣddel ‘hermaphrodite, womanish man’.

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