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- pronunciation:
- baed
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
worse, worst |
| definition 1: |
of low quality or desirability; unsatisfactory.
This channel shows some very bad movies.These scissors are so bad; they can't cut anything.I thought the actor was bad in his portrayal of the main character.- antonyms:
- good, swell
- similar words:
- atrocious, awful, base, cull, defective, deficient, deplorable, dreadful, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, inferior, lousy, mean, poor, rotten, second-rate, shoddy, sorry, substandard, terrible, useless, worthless, wretched
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| definition 2: |
not good; naughty.
You were a bad boy getting into your presents before Christmas!- synonyms:
- disobedient, mischievous, naughty, wicked
- antonyms:
- good, well-behaved
- similar words:
- evil, petulant, spoiled
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| definition 3: |
in pain or poor health.
He's still feeling bad from having the flu.- synonyms:
- ill, lousy, sick, unhealthy, unwell
- antonyms:
- fine, healthy, well
- similar words:
- ailing, feeble, indisposed, infirm, nauseous, queasy, sickly, under the weather, weak
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| definition 4: |
intense or severe.
They've predicted a bad storm for tonight.- synonyms:
- severe, terrible
- antonyms:
- slight
- similar words:
- acute, almighty, atrocious, dire, extreme, grave, nasty, serious, wicked
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| definition 5: |
regretful.
He felt bad about his remarks.- synonyms:
- regretful, sorry
- antonyms:
- unrepentant
- similar words:
- apologetic, contrite, guilty, lousy, penitent, remorseful, rueful, sad
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| definition 6: |
not positive; unfavorable.
He received bad reviews of his new book.She got a very bad grade on her test.- synonyms:
- negative, unfavorable
- antonyms:
- good
- similar words:
- atrocious, disapproving, ghastly, opprobrious, rotten
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| definition 7: |
harmful; injurious.
Sugar is bad for one's teeth.- synonyms:
- damaging, deleterious, detrimental, harmful, injurious, unhealthy
- antonyms:
- beneficial, good
- similar words:
- atrocious, destructive, evil, hurtful, nasty, noxious, pernicious, unwholesome
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| definition 8: |
wicked; evil.
The outlaws were bad men, and they killed without any feeling of remorse or regret.- synonyms:
- evil, iniquitous, malign, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong
- antonyms:
- good, virtuous
- similar words:
- atrocious, base, black-hearted, corrupt, criminal, deplorable, diabolical, fiendish, foul, ghastly, heinous, ill, immoral, infernal, malevolent, malicious, mean, nasty, nefarious, opprobrious, peccant, reprobate, satanic, sinful, unethical, unprincipled
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| definition 9: |
rotten; spoiled.
That is bad meat and should be thrown away.- synonyms:
- corrupt, decayed, decomposed, putrefied, putrescent, rotten, spoiled
- antonyms:
- fresh, good
- similar words:
- atrocious, moldy, musty, rancid, rank, sour, stale
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| related words: |
abysmal, brutal, coarse, counterfeit, disreputable, fabulous, fierce, hard, malign, malignant, putrid, raw, reprehensible, rotten, rough, sordid, tough, trick, unhealthy, woeful |
adverb + (adj.)bad
good, none, notoriously, progressively
(adj.)bad
+ noun
acne,
acting,
atrocity,
belly,
cholesterol,
cop,
cramp,
downturn,
dream,
drought,
enemy,
excess,
eyesight,
flooding,
guy,
habit,
haircut,
hangover,
happening,
headache,
joke,
karma,
loan,
luck,
mood,
news,
nightmare,
offender,
omen,
polluter,
precedent,
prognosis,
publicity,
pun,
rap,
real-estate,
recession,
reputation,
scenario,
shape,
showing,
slump,
sunburn,
taste,
temper,
thing,
timing,
vibe,
wear,
weather
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| derivation: |
badness (n.) |
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