English dictionary
bad
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
adjective
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
adjective
- not working properly
adjective
- reproduced fraudulently
adjective
- having undesirable or negative qualities
adjective
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
adjective
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
adjective
- capable of harming
adjective
- physically unsound or diseased
adjective
- serious or severe
adjective
- not financially safe or secure
adjective
- nonstandard
adjective
- below average in quality or performance
adjective
- not capable of being collected
adverb
- very much; strongly
adverb
- with great intensity (‘bad’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘badly’)
noun
- that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Example sentences
my throat feels bad
she felt bad all over
he was feeling tough after a restless night
bad meat
a refrigerator full of spoilt food
a bad telephone connection
a defective appliance
like a bad penny …
a forged twenty dollar bill
a bad report card
his sloppy appearance made a bad impression
a bad little boy
clothes in bad shape
a bad cut
led a very bad life
felt regretful over his vanished youth
regretful over mistakes she had made
he felt bad about breaking the vase
bad air
smoking is bad for you
has a bad back
a bad heart
bad teeth
an unsound limb
unsound teeth
a bad headache
in a big rage
had a big (or bad) shock
a bad earthquake
a bad storm
a bad investment
high risk investments
anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
speculative business enterprises
so-called bad grammar
a bad chess player
a bad recital
a bad (or uncollectible) debt
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
the injury hurt badly
the buildings were badly shaken
it hurts bad
we need water bad
take the bad with the good