bad

Meanings

Adjective

• Unfavorable; negative; not good.
• Not suitable or fitting.
• Not appropriate, of manners etc.
• Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
• Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
• Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
• Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
• Evil; wicked.
• Faulty; not functional.
• spoiled, rotten, overripe.
• malodorous; foul.
• False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
• Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
• Of poor physical appearance.
• Bold and daring.
• Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
• Severe, urgent.
• Overly promiscuous, licentious.
• Attractive, see badass
• Not covered by funds on account.

Adverb

• Badly.

Noun

• Error, mistake.
• An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.

Verb

• . See bade.
• To shell (a walnut).

Related

Similar words

• rubber, hot
• disgusting
• wrong
• corrupt
• base
• abandoned
• vicious
• abominable
• detestable
• deficient
• inferior
• lousy
• off
• poor
• punk
• substandard
• unacceptable
• ungodly
• unsatisfactory
• wanting
• wretched

Opposite words

• good
• right
• worthy
• competent
• benevolent
• true
• honest
• just
• sincere
• beneficial
• advantageous
• profitable
• virtuous
• reputable
• upright
• propitious
• choice
• excellent
• exceptional
• first-class
• first-rate
• premium
• prime
• superior
• adequate
• sufficient

Origin

• From Middle English bad, badde, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel ("hermaphrodite") (for loss of -el compare muche from myċel, and wenche from wenċel), or at least related to it and/or to bædan, from Proto-Germanic *bad- (compare Old High German pad ("hermaphrodite")). Alternatively, perhaps a loan from Old Norse into Middle English, compare Norwegian bad, East Danish bad, from the Proto-Germanic noun *bada-.
• From Middle English bad, from Old English bæd, first and third-person singular indicative past tense of biddan.
• Unknown