bad
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency (Freq. 2)
- take the bad with the good
• Syn:
badness
• Ant:
goodness (for: badness), good
• Derivationally related forms:
bad (for: badness)
• Hypernyms:
quality
• Hyponyms:
unworthiness, undesirability, worse, evil, unsoundness,
liability, inadvisability
1. having undesirable or negative qualities (Freq. 51)
- 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
• Ant:
good
• Similar to:
atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful,
terrible, unspeakable, corked, corky, deplorable, distressing,
lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry, fearful, frightful,
hard, tough, hopeless, horrid, icky, crappy,
lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky, ill,
incompetent, unskilled, mediocre, naughty, negative, poor,
pretty, rubber, no-good, severe, swingeing, uncool,
unfavorable, unfavourable, unsuitable
• See Also:
disobedient, evil, unfavorable, unfavourable, worse, worst
• Derivationally related forms:
badness
• Attrubites:
quality
2. very intense (Freq. 3)
- a bad headache
- in a big rage
- had a big (or bad) shock
- a bad earthquake
- a bad storm
• Syn:
big
• Similar to:
intense
• Derivationally related forms:
badness
3. feeling physical discomfort or pain ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for 'bad') (Freq. 3)
- my throat feels bad
- she felt bad all over
- he was feeling tough after a restless night
• Syn:
tough
• Similar to:
uncomfortable
• Derivationally related forms:
badness
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
4. (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition (Freq. 1)
- bad meat
- a refrigerator full of spoilt food
• Syn:
spoiled, spoilt
• Similar to:
stale
5. 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
• Syn:
regretful, sorry
• Ant:
unregretful (for: regretful)
• See Also:
penitent, repentant
6. not capable of being collected
- a bad (or uncollectible) debt
• Syn:
uncollectible
• Similar to:
invalid
7. below average in quality or performance
- a bad chess player
- a bad recital
• Similar to:
inferior
• Derivationally related forms:
badness
8. nonstandard
- so-called bad grammar
• Similar to:
nonstandard
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Topics:
linguistics
9. 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
• Syn:
risky, high-risk, speculative
• Similar to:
unsound
• Derivationally related forms:
speculativeness (for: speculative), speculate (for: speculative), risk (for: risky), riskiness (for: risky)
10. physically unsound or diseased
- has a bad back
- a bad heart
- bad teeth
- an unsound limb
- unsound teeth
• Syn:
unfit, unsound
• Similar to:
unhealthy
• Derivationally related forms:
unsoundness (for: unsound), unfitness (for: unfit)
11. capable of harming
- bad air
- smoking is bad for you
• Similar to:
harmful
12. characterized by wickedness or immorality
- led a very bad life
• Similar to:
evil
• Derivationally related forms:
badness
13. reproduced fraudulently
- like a bad penny...
- a forged twenty dollar bill
• Syn:
forged
• Similar to:
counterfeit, imitative
14. not working properly
- a bad telephone connection
- a defective appliance
• Syn:
defective
• Similar to:
malfunctioning, nonfunctional
• Derivationally related forms:
defectiveness (for: defective)
1. with great intensity ('bad' is a nonstandard variant for 'badly') (Freq. 1)
- the injury hurt badly
- the buildings were badly shaken
- it hurts bad
- we need water bad
• Syn:
badly
• Derived from adjective:
bad (for: badly)
2. very much;
strongly (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
badly
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