Definition: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Usage: take the bad with the good
Similar words: quality
Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare
Definition: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
Usage: my throat feels bad; she felt bad all over; he was feeling tough after a restless night
Similar words: uncomfortable
Definition: providing or experiencing physical discomfort
Usage: an uncomfortable chair; an uncomfortable day in the hot sun
Synonyms: bad, spoiled, spoilt
Definition: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
Usage: bad meat; a refrigerator full of spoilt food
Similar words: stale
Definition: lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
Usage: stale bread; the beer was stale
Definition: not working properly
Usage: a bad telephone connection; a defective appliance
Similar words: nonfunctional, malfunctioning
Definition: not performing or able to perform its regular function
Usage: a malfunctioning valve
Definition: reproduced fraudulently
Usage: like a bad penny...; a forged twenty dollar bill
Similar words: imitative, counterfeit
Definition: not genuine; imitating something superior
Usage: counterfeit emotion; counterfeit money; counterfeit works of art; a counterfeit prince
Synonyms: bad
Definition: having undesirable or negative qualities
Usage: a bad report card; his sloppy appearance made a bad impression; a bad little boy; clothes in bad shape; a bad cut; bad luck; the news was very bad; the reviews were bad; the pay is bad; it was a bad light for reading; the movie was a bad choice
Similar words: abominable, atrocious, awful, unspeakable, painful, terrible, dreadful
Definition: exceptionally bad or displeasing
Usage: atrocious taste; abominable workmanship; an awful voice; dreadful manners; a painful performance; terrible handwriting; an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room
Definition: (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin
Usage: a corked port
Similar words: deplorable, distressing, pitiful, lamentable, sorry, sad
Definition: bad; unfortunate
Usage: my finances were in a deplorable state; a lamentable decision; her clothes were in sad shape; a sorry state of affairs
Similar words: frightful, fearful
Definition: extremely distressing
Usage: fearful slum conditions; a frightful mistake
Definition: unfortunate or hard to bear
Usage: had hard luck; a tough break
Similar words: hopeless
Definition: (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
Usage: she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers; he is a hopeless romantic
Similar words: horrid
Definition: exceedingly bad
Usage: when she was bad she was horrid
Similar words: icky, rotten, shitty, crappy, stinking, stinky, lousy
Definition: very bad
Usage: a lousy play; it's a stinking world
Similar words: ill
Definition: distressing
Usage: ill manners; of ill repute
Similar words: incompetent, unskilled
Definition: not doing a good job
Usage: incompetent at chess
Similar words: mediocre
Definition: poor to middling in quality
Usage: there have been good and mediocre and bad artists
Similar words: naughty
Definition: badly behaved
Usage: a naughty boy
Similar words: negative
Definition: having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant
Usage: ran a negative campaign; delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life
Similar words: poor
Definition: unsatisfactory
Usage: a poor light for reading; poor morale; expectations were poor
Similar words: pretty
Definition: (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
Usage: a pretty mess; a pretty kettle of fish
Similar words: no-good, rubber
Definition: returned for lack of funds
Usage: a rubber check; a no-good check
Similar words: severe
Definition: very bad in degree or extent
Usage: a severe worldwide depression; the house suffered severe damage
Similar words: swingeing
Definition: severe; punishingly bad
Usage: swingeing taxation; swingeing damages awarded by the judge
Similar words: uncool
Definition: (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
Similar words: unfavorable, unfavourable
Definition: not favorable
Usage: made an unfavorable impression; unfavorable reviews
Similar words: unsuitable
Definition: not conducive to good moral development
Usage: the movie is unsuitable for children
Synonyms: bad
Definition: characterized by wickedness or immorality
Usage: led a very bad life
Similar words: evil
Definition: morally bad or wrong
Usage: evil purposes; an evil influence; evil deeds
Synonyms: bad
Definition: capable of harming
Usage: bad air; smoking is bad for you
Similar words: harmful
Definition: causing or capable of causing harm
Usage: too much sun is harmful to the skin; harmful effects of smoking
Definition: physically unsound or diseased
Usage: has a bad back; a bad heart; bad teeth; an unsound limb; unsound teeth
Similar words: unhealthy
Definition: not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
Usage: unhealthy ulcers
Definition: very intense
Usage: a bad headache; in a big rage; had a big (or bad) shock; a bad earthquake; a bad storm
Similar words: intense
Definition: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
Usage: intense heat; intense anxiety; intense desire; intense emotion; the skunk's intense acrid odor; intense pain; enemy fire was intense
Synonyms: high-risk, risky, speculative, bad
Definition: not financially safe or secure
Usage: a bad investment; high risk investments; anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky; speculative business enterprises
Synonyms: bad
Definition: nonstandard
Usage: so-called bad grammar
Similar words: nonstandard
Definition: not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community
Usage: a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers or socially disfavored groups; the common core of nonstandard words and phrases in folk speech- A.R.Dunlap
Synonyms: bad
Definition: below average in quality or performance
Usage: a bad chess player; a bad recital
Similar words: inferior
Definition: of low or inferior quality
Synonyms: bad, uncollectible
Definition: not capable of being collected
Usage: a bad (or uncollectible) debt
Similar words: invalid
Definition: having no cogency or legal force
Usage: invalid reasoning; an invalid driver's license