- bad
- badbad1 [bad]adj.worse, worst [ME bad, badde < ? OE bæddel, hermaphrodite]1.a) not good; not as it should be [a bad attitude, a bad deal]b) defective in quality; below standard; inadequate [bad plumbing]2. showing a lack of talent, judgment, aptitude, skill, etc. [a bad painting, a bad writer]3. not pleasant; unfavorable; disagreeable [bad news]4. rotten; spoiled [a bad apple]5. incorrect; faulty; erroneous [bad spelling]6.a) wicked; immoralb) not behaving properly; mischievous7. causing injury; harmful [bad for one's health]8. severe [a bad storm]9. ill; in poor health10. sorry; distressed [he feels bad about it]: cf. BADLY11. offensive; disgusting [a bad smell]12. unpaid and not collectible [a bad debt]13. Law defective; not valid; void [a bad title] badder, baddest☆ 14. Slang very good, stylish, effective, etc.adv.worse, worstInformal badlyn.1. anything that is bad; bad quality or state2. wickedness——————go to the badInformal to become wicked, shiftless, etc.; degenerate——————☆ in bad Informal1. in trouble2. in disfavor——————not badInformal good; fairly good; not unsatisfactory: also not half bad or not so bad——————the badthose who are wickedbadnessn.SYN.- BAD1, in this comparison, is the broadest term, ranging in implication from merely unsatisfactory to utterly depraved; EVIL and WICKED connote willful violation of a moral code, but EVIL often has ominous or malevolent implications [an evil hour ], and WICKED is sometimes weakened in a playful way to mean mischievous [wicked wit ]; ILL1, which is slightly weaker than EVIL in its implications of immorality, is now used chiefly in certain idiomatic phrases [ill-gotten gains ]; NAUGHTY today implies mere mischievousness or disobedience [a naughty child ] -ANT. GOOD, MORALbad2 [bad]vt., vi.1. archaic pt. of BID12. obs. pt. of BIDE
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.