SkyfireDict

bad   (TTS Sound)

The noun bad has 1 sense

• bad, badness -- (that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good")

The adj bad has 14 senses

• bad -- (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")


• bad, big -- (very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm")


• bad, tough -- (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")


• bad, spoiled, spoilt -- ((of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food")


• regretful, sorry, bad -- (feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase")


• bad, uncollectible -- (not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt")


• bad -- (below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital")


• bad -- (nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar")


• bad, risky, high-risk, speculative -- (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")


• bad, unfit, unsound -- (physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth")


• bad -- (capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you")


• bad -- (characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life")


• bad, forged -- (reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill")


• bad, defective -- (not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance")

The adv bad has 2 senses

• badly, bad -- (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")


• badly, bad -- (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")