| ADJECTIVE | all | bad | having undesirable or negative qualities |
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| all | bad, big | very intense | |
| all | bad, tough | feeling physical discomfort or pain ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for 'bad') | |
| all | bad, spoiled, spoilt | (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition | |
| all | bad, regretful, sorry | feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone | |
| all | bad, uncollectible | not capable of being collected | |
| all | bad | below average in quality or performance | |
| all | bad | nonstandard | |
| all | bad, risky, high-risk, speculative | not financially safe or secure | |
| all | bad, unfit, unsound | physically unsound or diseased | |
| all | bad | capable of harming | |
| all | bad | characterized by wickedness or immorality | |
| all | bad, forged | reproduced fraudulently | |
| all | bad, defective | not working properly | |
| ADVERB | all | bad, badly | with great intensity ('bad' is a nonstandard variant for 'badly') |
| all | bad, badly | very much | |
| NOUN | attribute | bad, badness | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency |
| Sounds | bae'd | |
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| Rhymes | ad / AD ... Volgograd: 52 rhymes with aed... | |
| Meaning | Having undesirable or negative qualities. | |
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| Attribute of | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| Narrower | atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable | exceptionally bad or displeasing |
| corked, corky | (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin | |
| deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry | bad | |
| fearful, frightful | Extremely distressing | |
| hard, tough | unfortunate / unfortunate or hard to bear | |
| hopeless | (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform | |
| horrid | Exceedingly bad | |
| icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky | Very bad | |
| ill | distressing | |
| incompetent, unskilled | not doing a good job | |
| mediocre | Poor to middling in quality | |
| naughty | Badly behaved | |
| negative | Having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant | |
| pretty | (used ironically) unexpectedly bad | |
| rubber, no-good | Returned for lack of funds | |
| severe | Very bad in degree or extent | |
| swingeing | severe | |
| uncool | (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring | |
| unsuitable | not conducive to good moral development | |
| See also | disobedient | not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority |
| evil | morally bad or wrong | |
| unfavorable, unfavourable | not encouraging or approving or pleasing | |
| worse | (comparative of 'bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability | |
| worst | (superlative of 'bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition | |
| Opposite | good | Having desirable / desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified |
| Spanish | mal, malo | |
| Catalan | dolent, mal | |
| Nouns | badness | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency |
| Adverbs | badly | unfavorably or with disapproval |
| Meaning | Very intense. | |
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| Synonym | big | |
| Broader | intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree |
| Spanish | fuerte, gran, grande, terrible | |
| Catalan | fort, gran, terrible | |
| Nouns | badness, severeness | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather |
| Adverbs | badly | with great intensity ('bad' is a nonstandard variant for 'badly') |
| Meaning | Feeling physical discomfort or pain ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for 'bad'). | |
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| Synonym | tough | |
| Broader | uncomfortable | Providing or experiencing physical discomfort |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | mal | |
| Nouns | badness | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather |
| Meaning | (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition. | |
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| Example | "bad meat" | |
| Synonyms | spoiled, spoilt | |
| Broader | stale | Lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age |
| Spanish | mal, malo | |
| Catalan | dolent, mal | |
| Meaning | Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone. | |
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| Example | "he felt bad about breaking the vase" | |
| Synonyms | regretful, sorry | |
| See also | penitent, repentant | Feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds |
| Opposite | unregretful, unregretting | Feeling no regret |
| Catalan | apesarat, pesarós | |
| Meaning | not capable of being collected. | |
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| Example | "a bad (or uncollectible) debt" | |
| Synonym | uncollectible | |
| Broader | invalid | Having no cogency or legal force |
| Meaning | Below average in quality or performance. | |
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| Broader | inferior | Of low or inferior quality |
| Spanish | mal, malo | |
| Catalan | dolent, mal | |
| Nouns | badness | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency |
| Meaning | nonstandard. | |
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| Example | "so-called bad grammar" | |
| Category | linguistics | The scientific study of language |
| Broader | nonstandard | not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | chungo | |
| Catalan | xungo | |
| Meaning | not financially safe or secure. | |
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| Example | "a bad investment" | |
| Synonyms | risky, high-risk, speculative | |
| Broader | unsound | not sound financially |
| Spanish | arriesgado, inseguro, mal, malo | |
| Catalan | arriscat, dolent, insegur, mal | |
| Meaning | physically unsound or diseased. | |
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| Synonyms | unfit, unsound | |
| Broader | unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind |
| Spanish | mal, malo | |
| Catalan | dolent, mal | |
| Meaning | capable of harming. | |
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| Broader | harmful | Causing or capable of causing harm |
| Spanish | mal, malo, malvado, perjudicial | |
| Catalan | dolent, mal, malvat, perjudicial | |
| Meaning | Characterized by wickedness or immorality. | |
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| Example | "led a very bad life" | |
| Broader | evil | morally bad or wrong |
| Spanish | mal, malo | |
| Catalan | dolent, immoral, mal | |
| Nouns | badness | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency |
| Adverbs | badly | evilly or wickedly |
| Meaning | Reproduced fraudulently. | |
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| Example | "like a bad penny..." | |
| Synonym | forged | |
| Broader | counterfeit, imitative | not genuine |
| Spanish | falsificado, falso, forjado | |
| Catalan | fals, falsificat | |
| Meaning | not working properly. | |
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| Example | "a bad telephone connection" | |
| Synonym | defective | |
| Broader | malfunctioning, nonfunctional | not performing or able to perform its regular function |
| Spanish | mal, malo | |
| Catalan | dolent, mal | |
| Meaning | That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency. | |
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| Example | "take the bad with the good" | |
| Synonym | badness | |
| Narrower | evil | That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune |
| inadvisability | The quality of being ill-advised | |
| liability | The quality of being something that holds you back | |
| undesirability | The quality possessed by something that should be avoided | |
| unsoundness | not mentally or physically healthy | |
| unworthiness | The quality or state of lacking merit or value | |
| worse | Something inferior / inferior in quality or condition or effect | |
| Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| Opposite | good, goodness | That which is pleasing or valuable or useful / useful |
| Spanish | maldad | |
| Catalan | bua, maldat | |
| Meaning | With great intensity ('bad' is a nonstandard variant for 'badly'). | |
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| Synonym | badly | |
| Spanish | grandemente, malamente, mal | |
| Catalan | mal | |
| Meaning | very much; strongly. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | badly | |
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