bad
//bæd//
Forms
- Comparative
- worse
- Superlative
- worst
- Comparative
- worse
- Superlative
- worst
- Plural
- bads
Definitions
1.Of low quality.
- That movie was really bad!
2.Inaccurate; incorrect
- This sentence has bad grammar!
3.Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- The weather looks pretty bad right now.
- Hiring practice is very bad in this company.
- He is in a bad mood.
4.Not suitable or fitting.
- Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?
1.Badly; poorly.(colloquial)
- I didn't do too bad in the last exam.
- He is quite bad off now that both his parents lost their jobs.
- The sacked quarterback was hurting bad. His back ached so bad that he had to lie down.
2.Badly; severely, extremely, passionately, eagerly.(slang)
- Please come back, baby. I miss you so bad!
1.Error; mistake.(slang)
- “Chico, you're late again.” I turned around and stared him in his beady eyes. “I missed my bus. My bad, Donald.” “Your bad? Your bad? What kind of English is that?
2.Something that is bad; a harm or evil.(slang)
- We idealize God as supergoodness in order to protect against a bad that we cannot unite with ourselves.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #229
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel (“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English myċel, and Middle English wenche from Old English wenċel), or at least related to it and/or to bǣ̆dan (“to defile”), compare Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”).