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bad
feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
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adjective
feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
“my throat feels bad”
adjective
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
“bad meat”
adjective
not working properly
“a bad telephone connection”
adjective
reproduced fraudulently
“like a bad penny …”
adjective
having undesirable or negative qualities
“a bad report card”
adjective
characterized by wickedness or immorality
“led a very bad life”
adjective
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
“felt regretful over his vanished youth”
adjective
capable of harming
“bad air”
adjective
physically unsound or diseased
“has a bad back”
adjective
serious or severe
“a bad headache”
adjective
not financially safe or secure
“a bad investment”
adjective
nonstandard
“so-called bad grammar”
adjective
below average in quality or performance
“a bad chess player”
adjective
not capable of being collected
“a bad (or uncollectible) debt”
adverb
very much; strongly
“I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it”
adverb
with great intensity (‘bad’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘badly’)
“the injury hurt badly”
noun
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
“take the bad with the good”
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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
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