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'

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

[ Syn: regretful , sorry ]

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; take the bad with the good

[ Syn: badness , badness ]

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

[ Syn: badly , badly , badly , badly , badly , badly , badly , badly ]

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

[ Syn: badly , badly , badly , badly , badly , badly , badly , badly ]

physically unsound or diseased; has a bad back; a bad heart; bad teeth; an unsound limb; unsound teeth

[ Syn: unfit , unsound ]

capable of harming; bad air; smoking is bad for you'

characterized by wickedness or immorality; led a very bad life'

reproduced fraudulently; like a bad penny...; a forged twenty dollar bill

[ Syn: forged ]

not working properly; a bad telephone connection; a defective appliance

[ Syn: defective ]

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

[ Syn: big ]

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

[ Syn: tough ]

(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; bad meat; a refrigerator full of spoilt food

[ Syn: spoiled , spoilt ]

not capable of being collected; a bad (or uncollectible) debt

[ Syn: uncollectible ]

below average in quality or performance; a bad chess player; a bad recital'

nonstandard; so-called bad grammar'

not financially safe or secure; a bad investment; high risk investments; anything that promises to pay too much cant help being risky; speculative business enterprises

[ Syn: risky , high-risk , speculative ]