Meaning

28 senses
  1. Of low quality.

    That movie was really bad!

    below average in quality or performance

  2. Inaccurate; incorrect

    A bad guess.

    This sentence has bad grammar!

  3. Unfavorable; negative; not good.

    Hiring practice is very bad in this company.

    The weather looks pretty bad right now.

    having undesirable or negative qualities

  4. Not suitable or fitting.

    Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?

  5. Not appropriate, of manners etc.

    It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.

  6. Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.

    Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.

  7. Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.

    Joe's in a bad way; he can't even get out of bed.

    I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state.

  8. The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.

    I accidentally put my weight on my bad leg and fell over.

  9. (childish, often)Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.

    Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!

  10. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

    Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.

  11. (childish, sometimes)Evil; wicked.

    Be careful. There are bad people in the world.

  12. Faulty; not functional.

    I had a bad headlight.

Examples

7406 sentences
  1. I'm getting ready for the worst.

    Готуюся до найгіршого.

    ruЯ готовлюсь к худшему.

    deIch bereite mich auf das Schlimmste vor...

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  2. Smoking is bad for your health.

    Куріння шкідливе для здоров'я.

    ruКурение вредно для вашего здоровья.

    deRauchen ist schlecht für die Gesundheit.

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  3. That's a bad day for me.

    Це невдалий день для мене.

    ruЭто плохой день для меня.

    deDas ist ein schlechter Tag für mich.

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  4. This fish has a bad smell.

    Ця рибра погано пахне.

    deDieser Fisch riecht schlecht.

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  5. I have a bad pain here.

    У мене тут сильний біль.

    ruУ меня здесь сильная боль.

    deIch habe hier starke Schmerzen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unfavorable; negative:
Русский
By meaning 7
not suitable or fitting:
bold and daring:
unfavorable; negative:
not appropriate, of manners etc.:
unhealthy; liable to cause health problems:
evil, wicked:
tricky; stressful; unpleasant:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
not suitable or fitting:
unfavorable; negative:
evil, wicked:
tricky; stressful; unpleasant:

Origin

From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a

From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel (“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English myċel, and Middle English wenche from Old English wenċel), or at least related to it and/or to bǣ̆dan (“to defile”), compare Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”).

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Forms

worse/badder/more bad, worst/baddest/most bad
Comparativeworse / badder / more bad Lesson
Superlativeworst / baddest / most bad Lesson

regular

Synonyms

530 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’):tough
  • (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition:spoiledspoilt
  • not working properly:defective
  • reproduced fraudulently:forged
  • physically unsound or diseased:unfitunsound
  • serious or severe:big

Antonyms

28 antonyms

Word family

140 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the worst worst
  • worst worst
  • was a bad
  • a bad idea
  • had a bad
  • bad idea
  • a bad mood
  • bad habits
  • something bad
  • bad mood
  • really bad
  • bad news

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bad — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto