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| bad [ bad ] |
adjective (comparative worse [ wurss ], superlative worst [ wurst ]) |
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1. of poor quality: below an acceptable standard in quality or performance
  bad driving
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2. unskillful: lacking the skill or competence to perform a task adequately
I've always been bad at remembering dates.
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3. not functioning properly: not functioning properly because of a fault
bad TV reception
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4. incorrect: incorrect according to the normal rules, especially those governing the use of language
used bad grammar in the essay
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5. wicked: morally evil, blameworthy, or unacceptable
It's how you tell the good guys from the bad guys.
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6. misbehaving and disobedient: troublesome or annoying, usually through rudeness, disobedience, or mischievousness
Bad dog!
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7. angry and unpleasant: characterized by anger and unpleasantness toward other people
in a bad mood
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8. offensive: likely to cause offense to other people because it deals with a taboo subject or expresses violent feelings
swearing and other bad language
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9. harmful: liable to damage health or cause injury
Reading in a dim light is bad for the eyes.
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10. rotten: deteriorated in quality to the point of being unfit to eat or drink
This milk is bad.
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11. injured or diseased: affected by an injury or disease, or not functioning properly, and often causing pain
She's got a bad tooth.
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12. unwell: unwell or in pain
I've been feeling bad for a couple of days.
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13. uneasy: uneasy or regretful about something, or causing somebody to feel this way
I feel really bad about having had to reprimand you.
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14. more unpleasant than usual: possessing an unpleasant, painful, or troublesome quality to a higher degree than usual
Was the pain very bad?
a bad headache
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15. distressing: likely to cause unhappiness or disappointment
I'm afraid the news is bad.
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16. unfavorable: containing or indicating an unfavorable assessment of somebody's performance, work, or character
received a bad job evaluation
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17. (comparative bad·der, superlative bad·dest) very good: extremely good
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slang
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originally used in Black English
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the baddest outfit at the party
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noun |
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1. evil: wrong or immoral behavior
You're old enough to know good from bad.
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2. unsatisfactory or unpleasant things: things or events that are unsatisfactory or unpleasant
You've got to take the good with the bad.
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adverb |
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1. badly: in an unsatisfactory manner
We didn't do too bad.
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2. very much: to an intense or extreme degree
He's got it bad!
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| [13th century. Perhaps < Old English bǣddel "effeminate man"] |
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| bad·ness noun |
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go bad to become rotten or unfit to eat
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go from bad to worse to become even more unpleasant, unsatisfactory, or morally unacceptable than before
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my bad used to acknowledge that something is your own fault or error (slang)
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not (half or so or that or too) bad fairly good or of a standard that is admitted to be satisfactory, sometimes grudgingly or cautiously, but often in a positive or definitely approving way
That's not bad for a first attempt.
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