Definition: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Usage: take the bad with the good
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
Main entry: bad, spoiled, spoilt
Definition: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
Usage: bad meat; a refrigerator full of spoilt food
Definition: not working properly
Usage: a bad telephone connection; a defective appliance
Definition: reproduced fraudulently
Usage: like a bad penny...; a forged twenty dollar bill
Main entry: 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
Main entry: bad
Definition: characterized by wickedness or immorality
Usage: led a very bad life
Main entry: regretful, bad, sorry
Definition: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
Usage: felt regretful over his vanished youth; regretful over mistakes she had made; he felt bad about breaking the vase
Main entry: bad
Definition: capable of harming
Usage: bad air; smoking is bad for you
Main entry: bad, unsound, unfit
Definition: physically unsound or diseased
Usage: has a bad back; a bad heart; bad teeth; an unsound limb; unsound teeth
Definition: very intense
Usage: a bad headache; in a big rage; had a big (or bad) shock; a bad earthquake; a bad storm
Main entry: 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
Main entry: bad
Definition: nonstandard
Usage: so-called bad grammar
Main entry: bad
Definition: below average in quality or performance
Usage: a bad chess player; a bad recital
Main entry: bad, uncollectible
Definition: not capable of being collected
Usage: a bad (or uncollectible) debt
Definition: very much; strongly
Usage: 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
Definition: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
Usage: the injury hurt badly; the buildings were badly shaken; it hurts bad; we need water bad