When something is not good, it's bad. A bad dog goes to the bathroom in the house, and bad milk has gone sour.
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Noun
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
Adjective S.
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough'' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad''); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
Adjective S.
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
Adjective S.
not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
Adjective S.
reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
Adjective
having undesirable or negative qualities; "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
Adjective S.
characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"
Adjective S.
keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly"; "felt bad about breaking the vase"
Adjective S.
capable of harming; "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
Adjective S.
physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
Adjective S.
very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
Adjective S.
not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can''t help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
Adjective S.
nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
Adjective S.
below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
Adjective S.
not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
Adverb
very much; strongly; "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"
Adverb
with great intensity (`bad'' is a nonstandard variant for `badly''); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
imp.
Bade.
superl.
Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral;
injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the
opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad
health; bad crop; bad news.
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Bad
Bad
The strong antipathy of good to bad.
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Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.
Usage Examples
A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
A change in bad habits leads to a change in life.
A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations.
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.
Misspelled Formbad, vbad, gbad, hbad, nbad, bad, vad, gad, had, nad, ad, bvad, bgad, bhad, bnad, b ad, bqad, bwad, bsad, bzad, bqd, bwd, bsd, bzd, baqd, bawd, basd, bazd, basd, baed, bafd, baxd, bacd, bas, bae, baf, bax, bac, bads, bade, badf, badx, badc.
Other Usage ExamplesA bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
A good lawyer is a bad Christian.
A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won't be too bad.
A bad peace is even worse than war.
A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.
A game one of my sisters will play with me in my first year of being alive is called Good Baby, Bad Baby. This consists of being told I am a good baby until I smile and laugh, then being told I am a bad baby until I burst into tears. This training will stand me in good stead all through my life.
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