Analysis Complete

bad

/ bad /
noun/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
"take the bad with the good"
Opposites:
good goodness
Type of:
quality
Kinds of:
unworthiness undesirability worse evil liability
adjective satellite Sense 2
not capable of being collected
"a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
Similar:
invalid
adjective satellite Sense 3
below average in quality or performance
"a bad chess player"
"a bad recital"
Similar:
inferior
adjective satellite Sense 4
nonstandard
"so-called bad grammar"
Similar:
nonstandard
Domain:
linguistics colloquialism
adjective satellite Sense 5
not financially safe or secure
"a bad investment"
"high risk investments"
"anything that promises to pay too much can''t help being risky"
"speculative business enterprises"
Similar:
unsound
adjective satellite Sense 6
very intense
"a bad headache"
"in a big rage"
"had a big (or bad) shock"
"a bad earthquake"
"a bad storm"
Similar:
intense
adjective satellite Sense 7
physically unsound or diseased
"has a bad back"
"a bad heart"
"bad teeth"
"an unsound limb"
"unsound teeth"
Similar:
unhealthy
adjective satellite Sense 8
capable of harming
"bad habits"
"bad air"
"smoking is bad for you"
Similar:
harmful
adjective satellite Sense 9
keenly sorry or regretful
"felt bad about letting the team down"
"was sorry that she had treated him so badly"
"felt bad about breaking the vase"
Similar:
unhappy
adjective satellite Sense 10
characterized by wickedness or immorality
"led a very bad life"
Similar:
evil wicked
adjective Sense 11
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"
Similar:
atrocious abominable awful dreadful painful terrible unspeakable corked
Opposites:
good
See also:
disobedient evil wicked unfavorable unfavourable
adjective satellite Sense 12
reproduced fraudulently
"like a bad penny..."
"a forged twenty dollar bill"
Similar:
counterfeit imitative
adjective satellite Sense 13
not working properly
"a bad telephone connection"
"a defective appliance"
Similar:
malfunctioning nonfunctional
adjective satellite Sense 14
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
"bad meat"
"a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
Similar:
stale
adjective satellite Sense 15
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough'' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'')
"my throat feels bad"
"she felt bad all over"
"he was feeling tough after a restless night"
Similar:
uncomfortable
Domain:
colloquialism
adverb Sense 16
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"
adverb Sense 17
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"
Pertains to:
big
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
17
Total Synonyms
24
Total Relationships
38
Times Searched
1
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Related Words

quality unworthiness undesirability worse evil liability good goodness invalid inferior nonstandard unsound