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/bæd/
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  1. adverb
    with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
    "the injury hurt badly" "the buildings were badly shaken" "it hurts bad" "we need water bad"

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    badly
  2. noun
    that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
    "take the bad with the good"

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    badness
    Opposite:
    good
    type of:
    quality
  3. adjective
    very intense
    "a bad headache" "had a big (or bad) shock" "a bad earthquake" "a bad storm"

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    big intense
  4. adjective
    not capable of being collected
    "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"

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    uncollectible invalid
  5. adjective
    reproduced fraudulently
    "like a bad penny..."

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    forged imitative counterfeit
  6. adjective
    physically unsound or diseased
    "has a bad back" "a bad heart" "bad teeth"

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    unfit unsound unhealthy
  7. adjective
    not working properly
    "a bad telephone connection"

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    defective nonfunctional malfunctioning
  8. adjective
    feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
    "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

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    regretful sorry
  9. adjective
    not financially safe or secure
    "a bad investment"

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    high-risk risky speculative unsound
  10. adjective
    feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
    "my throat feels bad" "she felt bad all over"

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    tough uncomfortable
  11. adjective
    (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
    "bad meat"

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    spoiled spoilt stale
  12. adverb
    very much; strongly
    "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"

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    badly
  13. adjective
    below average in quality or performance
    "a bad chess player" "a bad recital"

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    inferior
  14. adjective
    capable of harming
    "bad air" "smoking is bad for you"

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    harmful
  15. adjective
    characterized by wickedness or immorality
    "led a very bad life"

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    evil
  16. adjective
    having undesirable or negative qualities
    "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"

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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 sad
    Opposite:
    good
  17. adjective
    nonstandard
    "so-called bad grammar"

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    nonstandard
Usage of bad
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