bad
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Definitions
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 bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
Adjective
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
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very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
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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"
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(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
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not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
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below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
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nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
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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"
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physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
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capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
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characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"
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reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
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not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
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"
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"
Noun
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
Synonyms
badly
badness
big
defective
forged
high-risk
regretful
risky
sorry
speculative
spoiled
spoilt
tough
uncollectible
unfit
unsound