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The definition of bad
27 Definitions of: bad
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- adjective, not good; of poor quality; inadequate; inferior
- adjective, lacking skill or talent; incompetent
- adjective, harmful
- adjective, immoral; evil
- adjective, naughty; mischievous; disobedient
- adjective, rotten; decayed; spoiled
- adjective, severe; intense
- adjective, incorrect; wrong; faulty
- adjective, ill or in pain (esp in the phrase feel bad)
- adjective, regretful, sorry, or upset (esp in the phrase feel bad about)
- adjective, unfavourable; distressing
- adjective, offensive; unpleasant; disagreeable
- adjective, not valid or sound; void
- adjective, not recoverable
- adjective, slang good; excellent
- adjective, go from bad to worse to deteriorate even more
- adjective, go bad to putrefy; spoil
- adjective, in a bad way a) seriously ill, through sickness or injury b) in trouble of any kind
- adjective, in someone's bad books. See book
- adjective, make the best of a bad job to manage as well as possible in unfavourable circumstances
- adjective, not bad or not so bad passable; fair; fairly good
- adjective, not half bad very good
- adjective, too bad (often used dismissively) regrettable
- noun, unfortunate or unpleasant events collectively (often in the phrase take the bad with the good)
- noun, an immoral or degenerate state (often in the phrase go to the bad)
- noun, the debit side of an account
- adverb, badly
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- verb, a variant of bade
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- verb, past tense of bid
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| Synonyms: | evil, extreme, trouble, guilty, detrimental, substandard, wicked, wrong, corruption, sin | And more... |
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| Antonyms: | virtue, beneficial, satisfactory, virtuous |
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