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Definition of 'bad'Etymology 1
From (etyl) bad, ).
Adjective
Not good; unfavorable; negative.
* |chapter=10
|title= The Mirror and the Lamp
|passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
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Not suitable or fitting.
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Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
* |chapter=7
|title= Mr. Pratt's Patients
|passage=“[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]”}}
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Unhealthy.
- Lard is bad'''' for you. Smoking is '''bad''' for you, too. Grapes are '''bad for dogs but not for humans.
Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
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Evil; wicked.
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Faulty; not functional.
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(of food) , rotten, overripe.
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(of breath) , foul.
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(informal) Bold and daring.
(of a|need or want) Severe, urgent.
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Usage notes
The comparative badder and superlative baddest are nonstandard.
Synonyms
* ( not good) unfavorable, negative
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* ( not suitable or fitting)
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* wicked, evil, vile, vicious
* ( not functional) faulty
* ( of food) rotten
* ( of breath) malodorous, foul
* badass
* ( of a need or want) severe, urgent, dire
( to be assigned)
* false
* spurious
* disgusting
* wrong
* corrupt
* ill
* base
* abandoned
* vicious
* abominable
( rel-mid)
* detestable
* deficient
* inferior
* lousy
* off
* poor
* punk
* substandard
* unacceptable
* ungodly
* unsatisfactory
* wanting
* wretched
( rel-bottom)
* See also
Antonyms
* good
* right
* worthy
* competent
* benevolent
* true
* honest
* just
* sincere
* beneficial
* advantageous
* profitable
* virtuous
* reputable
( rel-mid)
* upright
* propitious
* choice
* excellent
* exceptional
* first-class
* first-rate
* premium
* prime
* superior
* adequate
* sufficient
( rel-bottom)
See also
( top4)
* astray
* base
* bum
* contemptible
* defective
* despicable
* dirty
( mid4)
* execrable
* faulty
* flawed
* inadequate
* insufficient
* lacking
* lesser
( mid4)
* low-grade
* mediocre
* par
* reprehensible
* scurrilous
* second-rate
* under
( mid4)
* unspeakable
* useless
* valueless
* villainous
* worthless
( bottom)
Derived terms
( der-top)
* bad actor
* bad apple
* bad beat
* bad blood
* bad boy
* bad breath
* bad check
* bad debt
* baddie
* bad egg
* bad ending
* bad eye
* bad fairy
* bad faith
* bad for you
* bad guy
* bad hair day
* bad hat
* bad iron
* bad joke
( der-mid)
* bad language
* bad light
* bad lot
* bad luck
* bad man
* bad-mannered
* bad manners
* bad medicine
* bad money
* bad-mouth
* badness
* bad news
* bad off
* bad penny
* bad-tempered
* Bad Thing
* bad to the bone
* go bad
* not bad
* too bad
( der-bottom)
Adverb
Badly.
- I didn't do too bad in the last exam.
Noun
( -)
(slang) error, mistake
- Sorry, my bad !
* '>citation
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(countable|uncountable|economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
* {{quote-book|title=International Economics: Global Markets and Competition
|first=Henry
|last=Thompson
|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=RQeYBbSlXLIC&lpg=PA97&dq=%22economic%20bad%22&pg=PA97 v=onepage&q=%22economic%20bad%22&f=false
|page=97
|year=2011
|edition=3rd
|publisher=World Scientific
|passage=Imports are an economic good but exports an economic bad . Exports must be produced but are enjoyed by foreign consumers.
}}
* {{quote-book|title=Economics
|author=William J. Boyes, Michael Melvin
|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=LgaZaie5V1YC&lpg=PA4&dq=bads&pg=PA4 v=onepage&q=bads&f=false
|page=4
|year=2011
|edition=9th
|publisher=Cengage Learning
|passage=An economic bad' is anything that you would pay to get rid of. It is not so hard to think of examples of ' bads : pollution, garbage, and disease fit the description.
}}
Etymology 2
Probably identical to bad , etymology 1, above, especially in the sense "bold, daring".
Adjective
( badder)
(rfm-sense) (slang) Fantastic.
- You is (SIC) bad , man!
- Also Bek is "bad " at Madden.
Etymology 3
From (etyl) .
Verb
(head)
(archaic) .
Etymology 4
Verb
( badd)
(British|dialect|transitive) To shell (a walnut).
* 1876 , The Gloucester Journal'', Oct. 7, 1876, reported in William John Thomas, Doran (John), Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, ''Notes and Queries , page 346
- A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect c»me out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ' badding' ' walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial : to ' '''bad''' ' walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called » 'bannut,' and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ' Come an' ' bad the bannuts.'
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