bad
IPA: bˈæd
noun
- Something that is bad; a harm or evil.
- (slang, with possessive determiner) Error; mistake.
- (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
verb
- (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).
adjective
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- (informal) Bold and daring.
- (slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- (US, slang) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, slang, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
adverb
- (now colloquial) Badly; poorly.
- (intensifier) Badly; severely, extremely, passionately.
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Examples of "bad" in Sentences
- He had a bad attitude.
- Smoking is bad for health.
- It's not all bad out there.
- It is bad to execrate anyone.
- The action was unilateral and bad.
- It is not always bad to ravel things.
- Is the feeling of impropriety bad or worse
- I knew it would be bad, but I had no idea _how _bad.
- Try not to pay attention to the bad dancing and Grandma bedspread.
- How bad that I actually feel _bad_ for not knowing a few of those?
- Edward frequently obtained bad marks due to quarrelsome and bad conduct.
- The protagonist seemed to be trying to evade the bad guys during the film.
- I very agree with you: if the writing is bad, *the writing is bad*, no matter who it's aimed at.
- Michael Bay is the Lord of Actoin, hands down! rava cant wait for bad boys3..bad boys 2 is my fav movie ever
- I had some bad resultsand I mean *bad* with a supposedly good cookbook a while back, so at least you know these will turn out!
- "That bad, _bad_ Dakota Joe!" interrupted the Indian girl with vehemence, her eyes flashing and the color deeping in her bronze cheeks.
- Letting the super creamy German chocolate, become a velvety warm mass in my mouth. * bad, so bad* But I mean who can pass by chocolate with whole toasted hazlenuts, now really?
- "I ain't so _very_ bad off," one would say, "but that little fellow over yonder needs it _bad_; he's _powerful weak_, and he's been studying about buttermilk ever since he came in."
- Public-choice says: the problem of bad motives is by virtue of the "symmetry assumption," mind you--not as a matter of evidence *so bad* that we need constitutional remedies, not merely the election of honest public servants.