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Bad

adjective
(compar. worse; superl. worst)
1.
Having undesirable or negative qualities.  "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"
2.
Very intense.  Synonym: big.  "In a big rage" , "Had a big (or bad) shock" , "A bad earthquake" , "A bad storm"
3.
Feeling physical discomfort or pain ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for 'bad').  Synonym: tough.  "She felt bad all over" , "He was feeling tough after a restless night"
4.
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition.  Synonyms: spoiled, spoilt.  "A refrigerator full of spoilt food"
5.
Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone.  Synonyms: regretful, sorry.  "Regretful over mistakes she had made" , "He felt bad about breaking the vase"
6.
Not capable of being collected.  Synonym: uncollectible.
7.
Below average in quality or performance.  "A bad recital"
8.
Nonstandard.
9.
Not financially safe or secure.  Synonyms: high-risk, risky, speculative.  "High risk investments" , "Anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky" , "Speculative business enterprises"
10.
Physically unsound or diseased.  Synonyms: unfit, unsound.  "A bad heart" , "Bad teeth" , "An unsound limb" , "Unsound teeth"
11.
Capable of harming.  "Smoking is bad for you"
12.
Characterized by wickedness or immorality.
13.
Reproduced fraudulently.  Synonym: forged.  "A forged twenty dollar bill"
14.
Not working properly.  Synonym: defective.  "A defective appliance"
noun
1.
That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.  Synonym: badness.
adverb
1.
With great intensity ('bad' is a nonstandard variant for 'badly').  Synonym: badly.  "The buildings were badly shaken" , "It hurts bad" , "We need water bad"
2.
Very much; strongly.  Synonym: badly.  "The cables had sagged badly" , "They were badly in need of help" , "He wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"



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"Bad" Quotes from Famous Books



... Bologna a number of the people of the town went to see them, and especially to see "the wife of the duke," who, it was said, knew how to foretell future events, and to tell what was to happen to people, what their fortunes would be, the number of their children, if they were good or bad, and many other things (Fig. 370). Few men, however, left the house of the so-called Duke of Egypt without having their purses stolen, and but few women escaped without having the skirts of their dresses cut. The Egyptian women walked about the town in groups of six or seven, and ...
— Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period • Paul Lacroix
... away in hard cash to-day I'm apt to call myself some awful hard names, 400,000 dollars is a big pile for a man to light his cigar with. If that gal had only given me herself in exchange, it wouldn't have been a bad bargain. But I dare no more ask that gal to be my wife, than I dare ask Queen Victoria to dance a ...
— Our American Cousin • Tom Taylor
... gave it to the Prince, who put it in his waistcoat. Then people wondered why they had laughed; there was nothing particularly ridiculous in him. He was rather short, rather stout, rather red-haired, but, in fine, for a Prince, not so bad. ...
— The Rose and the Ring • William Makepeace Thackeray
... one poor Creole the puzzle which belongs to your whole Congress; but you may depend on this, that the worst thing for all parties—and I say it only because it is worst for all—would be a feeble and dilatory punishment of bad faith." ...
— The Grandissimes • George Washington Cable
... open-mouth'd to me: Oh monstrous! he had found that Pamphilus Was married to this stranger woman. I Deny the fact most steadily, and he As steadily insists. In short we part On such bad terms, as let me understand ...
— The Comedies of Terence • Publius Terentius Afer


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