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"the injury hurt badly" "the buildings were badly shaken" "it hurts bad" "we need water bad"adverbwith great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
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"take the bad with the good"nounthat which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
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"a bad headache" "had a big (or bad) shock" "a bad earthquake" "a bad storm"adjectivevery intense
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"a bad (or uncollectible) debt"adjectivenot capable of being collected
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"like a bad penny..."adjectivereproduced fraudulently
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"has a bad back" "a bad heart" "bad teeth"adjectivephysically unsound or diseased
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"a bad telephone connection"adjectivenot working properly
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"he felt bad about breaking the vase"adjectivefeeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
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"a bad investment"adjectivenot financially safe or secure
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"my throat feels bad" "she felt bad all over"adjectivefeeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
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"bad meat"adjective(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
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"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"adverbvery much; strongly
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"a bad chess player" "a bad recital"adjectivebelow average in quality or performance
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"bad air" "smoking is bad for you"adjectivecapable of harming
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"led a very bad life"adjectivecharacterized by wickedness or immorality
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"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"adjectivehaving undesirable or negative qualities
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fearful frightful hard hopeless horrid icky ill tough incompetent terrible swingeing lamentable lousy stinky mediocre naughty negative no-good stinking sorry painful pitiful pretty severe unsuitable unspeakable unskilled uncool abominable atrocious awful corked corky crappy deplorable distressing dreadful shitty rotten rubber sadOpposite: -
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