bad
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
bad
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /bæd/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /bæːd/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /bɛd/
- (Wales) IPA(key): /baːd/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): /bɛəd/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æd
- Homophone: bade (one pronunciation)
Etymology 1 edit
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”). Alternatively, perhaps a loan from Old Norse into Middle English, compare Norwegian bad (“effort, trouble, fear”, neuter noun), East Danish bad (“damage, destruction, fight”, neuter noun), from the Proto-Germanic noun *badą, whence also Proto-Germanic *badōną (“to frighten”), Old Saxon undarbadōn (“to frighten”), Norwegian Nynorsk bada (“to weigh down, press”).[1]
Adjective edit
bad (comparative worse or (nonstandard) badder or (nonstandard) more bad, superlative worst or (nonstandard) baddest or (nonstandard) most bad)
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- Synonyms: unfavorable, negative; see also Thesaurus:bad
- Hiring practice is very bad in this company.
- The weather looks pretty bad right now.
- He is in a bad mood.
- You have very bad grades.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- Synonyms: inappropriate, unfit; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
- Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- “ […] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […] ”
- Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- Synonyms: unhealthful, unwholesome; see also Thesaurus:harmful
- Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Synonyms: ill, poorly, sickly; see also Thesaurus:ill
- Joe's in a bad way; he can't even get out of bed.
- I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state.
- I've had a bad back since the accident.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!
- 2014 August 28, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
- I can tell that new kid at our daycare is trouble […] He's picking out his favorite corner to stand in when he's bad.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Synonyms: foul, loathsome; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant
- Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Synonyms: vile, vicious; see also Thesaurus:evil
- Be careful. There are bad people in the world.
- Faulty; not functional.
- Synonyms: inoperative; see also Thesaurus:out of order
- I had a bad headlight.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Synonyms: rotten; see also Thesaurus:rotten
- These apples have gone bad.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:malodorous
- Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone.
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- Synonyms: fake, spurious; see also Thesaurus:fake
- They were caught trying to pass bad coinage.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- Synonyms: bungling, inept; see also Thesaurus:unskilled
- I'm pretty bad at speaking French.
- He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- Synonyms: repulsive, unsightly; see also Thesaurus:ugly
- I look really bad whenever I get less than seven hours of sleep.
- I don't look bad in this dress, do I?
- (informal) Bold and daring.
- Synonyms: (slang) badass; see also Thesaurus:brave
- (slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:good
- Man, that new car you bought is bad!
- You is bad, man!
- 1986, Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Simmons (lyrics and music), “Peter Piper”, in Raising Hell, performed by Run-DMC:
- He's the big bad wolf in your neighborhood / not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Synonyms: dire; see also Thesaurus:urgent
- He is in bad need of a haircut.
- 1965, Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein, Bobby Hart (lyrics and music), “Hurt So Bad”, in Hurt So Bad, performed by The Lettermen:
- Oh let me tell you that it / Hurts so bad / It makes me feel so sad / You make it hurt so bad / To see you again.
- (US, slang) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:promiscuous
- 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown[1], performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
- You leave your girl around me; if she's bad she's gonna get stuck.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, slang, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- Hopefully I can pull some bad bitches tonight.
- (slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- a bad penny always comes back
- a bad penny always turns up
- a bad tree does not yield good apples
- a bad workman always blames his tools
- bad actor
- bad aji
- bad apple
- bad appling
- badarse
- bad-ass
- bad ass
- bad-assery
- bad-assness
- Bad Axe
- bad bank
- bad beat
- bad belle
- bad bishop
- bad bitch
- bad blood
- bad books
- bad boy
- bad-boy
- bad breath
- bad business
- badbye
- bad cess
- bad check
- bad cholesterol
- bad comes to worse
- bad comes to worst
- bad company
- bad debt
- badden
- baddie
- baddish
- bad egg
- Badelaide
- bad ending
- bad eye
- bad facts make bad law
- bad faith
- badfic
- bad form
- bad for you
- bad girl
- bad guy
- bad hair day
- bad hat
- bad hop
- bad humor
- bad humour
- bad influence
- bad iron
- baditude
- bad-jacket
- bad joke
- bad-lad split
- bad language
- bad light
- badling
- bad-looking
- bad loser
- bad lot
- bad luck
- badman
- Badman
- bad-mannered
- bad manners
- bad medicine
- badmin
- bad mind
- bad-minded
- bad money
- bad money drives out good
- bad-mouth
- bad name
- badness
- bad news
- bad news travels fast
- badnik
- bad off
- bad old days
- bad part of town
- bad penny
- bad press
- bad quarto
- bad rap
- bad scran to someone
- bad seed
- bad show
- bad sign
- badsome
- bad sport
- bad-talk
- bad taste in one's mouth
- bad-tempered
- Bad Thing
- bad things come in threes
- badthink
- bad to beat
- bad to the bone
- bad trip
- bad trot
- bad up
- badvocacy
- badvocate
- badware
- bad weather
- bad winner
- bad word
- bearer of bad news
- be taken bad
- big and bad
- big bad
- break bad
- deal a bad hand
- dirtybadwrong
- do-badder
- down bad
- drop like a bad habit
- feel-bad
- fire is a good servant but a bad master
- get on someone's bad side
- give a bad name
- give something up as a bad job
- go bad
- go from bad to worse
- gone bad
- good-bad
- good-cop-bad-cop
- good cop bad cop
- good-cop bad-cop
- good cop-bad cop
- good riddance to bad rubbish
- go to the bad
- have a bad time of it
- have it bad
- in a bad spot
- in a bad way
- in bad
- in bad bread
- in bad odor
- in bad odour
- in bad part
- in bad repair
- in bad shape
- in bad taste
- make the best of a bad bargain
- make the best of a bad job
- megabad
- miles of bad road
- my bad
- nonbad
- not bad
- not half bad
- one bad turn deserves another
- one of His Majesty's bad bargains
- Orange Man bad
- Peck's bad boy
- put the bad mouth on
- so bad it's good
- something bad
- superbad
- terribad
- the bad penny always comes back
- the bad penny always turns up
- the bad place
- there are bad apples in every orchard
- there is no such thing as bad press
- there is no such thing as bad publicity
- throw good money after bad
- too bad
- with bad grace
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See also edit
Adverb edit
bad (comparative worse, superlative worst)
- (now colloquial) Badly; poorly.
- I didn't do too bad in the last exam.
- He is quite bad off now that both his parents lost their jobs.
- (intensifier) Badly; severely, extremely, passionately, eagerly.
- 1969, Lennon–McCartney (lyrics and music), “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles:
- I want you / I want you so bad, it's driving me mad
Usage notes edit
When placed after the main verb, use of bad as an intensifier is often more accepted than badly. Compare:
- I bad need to eat. I badly need to eat.
- I need bad to eat. I need badly to eat.
- I need to eat bad. I need to eat badly.
It is also common in certain set expressions, such as bad off, which may be perceived as an extended form of the adjective bad rather than the adverb bad ~ badly modifying the adjective off.
Translations edit
Noun edit
bad (plural bads)
- Something that is bad; a harm or evil.
- 2001, Ann Belford Ulanov, Finding Space: Winnicott, God, and Psychic Reality, page 59:
- We idealize God as supergoodness in order to protect against a bad that we cannot unite with ourselves.
- (slang, with possessive determiner) Error; mistake.
- 1993, Mitch Albom, Fab five: basketball, trash talk, the American dream[2]:
- "My bad, My bad!” Juwan yelled, scowling
- 2003, Zane, Skyscraper, page 7:
- “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?
- 2008, Camika Spencer, Cubicles, page 68:
- Teresa broke out in laughter. “Dang, I sound like I'm talking to my man.” “I tried your cell phone, but you didn't answer.” “I left it at home, Friday. My bad.” “Yeah, your bad.” I laughed. “Really, I'm sorry. It won't happen again.
- (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
- 2011, Henry Thompson, International Economics: Global Markets and Competition, 3rd edition, World Scientific, page 97:
- Imports are an economic good but exports an economic bad. Exports must be produced but are enjoyed by foreign consumers.
- 2011, William J. Boyes, Michael Melvin, Economics, 9th edition, Cengage Learning, page 4:
- An economic bad is anything that you would pay to get rid of. It is not so hard to think of examples of bads: pollution, garbage, and disease fit the description.
Translations edit
Interjection edit
bad
- Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet.
- Bad! You know you're not allowed in the kitchen after dinner.
Translations edit
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic, s.v. *badōjan-
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English bad, from Old English bæd, first and third-person singular indicative past tense of biddan (“to ask”).
Verb edit
bad
Etymology 3 edit
Unknown
Verb edit
bad (third-person singular simple present bads, present participle badding, simple past and past participle badded)
- (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).
- 1876, The Gloucester Journal, Oct. 7, 1876, reported in A. Gregory, “Gloucestershire Dialect,” Notes and Queries, 5th ser., 6, 148 (1876‑10‑28): 346
- A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect came out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ‘badding’ walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial: to ‘bad’ walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called a ‘bannut,’ and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ‘Come an’ bad the bannuts.’
- 1876, The Gloucester Journal, Oct. 7, 1876, reported in A. Gregory, “Gloucestershire Dialect,” Notes and Queries, 5th ser., 6, 148 (1876‑10‑28): 346
Anagrams edit
Afar edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Somali bád and Saho bad.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bád m (plural badoodá f)
Declension edit
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predicative | báda | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | bád | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | baddí | |||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
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Afrikaans edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bad (plural baddens, diminutive badjie)
Related terms edit
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse bað, Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), cognate with English bath and German Bad.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bad n (singular definite badet, plural indefinite bade)
Inflection edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bad
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bad
- imperative of bade
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch bat, from Old Dutch *bath, from Proto-Germanic *baþą.
Noun edit
bad n (plural baden, diminutive badje n)
Derived terms edit
- babybad
- badderen
- badeend
- badgast
- badgoed
- badhanddoek
- badhokje
- badhuis
- badinrichting
- badjas
- badjuf
- badjuffrouw
- badkachel
- badkamer
- badkleding
- badknecht
- badkuip
- badlaken
- badlokaal
- badman
- badmantel
- badmat
- badmeester
- badmuts
- badpak
- badparel
- badplaats
- badruimte
- badscène
- badschuim
- badstof
- badwater
- badzout
- bierbad
- bloedbad
- bubbelbad
- buitenbad
- dampbad
- doelgroepenbad
- golfslagbad
- instructiebad
- kinderbad
- kleuterbad
- ligbad
- melkbad
- modderbad
- openluchtbad
- peuterbad
- pierenbad
- poedelbad
- recreatiebad
- slakkenbad
- sponsbad
- stoombad
- stortbad
- taalbad
- verfbad
- voetbad
- warm bad
- wedstrijdbad
- wisselbad
- zandbad
- zaterdagavondbad
- zitbad
- zoutbad
- zoutwaterbad
- zwembad
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
bad
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
bad
- Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌳
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian باد (bād, “wind”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bad (first-person possessive badku, second-person possessive badmu, third-person possessive badnya)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bad” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Khasi edit
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
bad
Lushootseed edit
Noun edit
bad
Maltese edit
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b-j-d |
17 terms |
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bad (imperfect jbid, past participle mibjud, verbal noun bidien)
- Alternative form of bied
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Conjugation of bad | ||||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | bidt | bidt | bad | bidna | bidtu | badu | |
f | badet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nbid | tbid | jbid | nbidu | tbidu | jbidu | |
f | tbid | |||||||
imperative | bid | bidu |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse bað, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”).
Noun edit
bad n (definite singular badet, indefinite plural bad, definite plural bada or badene)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
- (of be) ba
Verb edit
bad
References edit
- “bad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bad n (definite singular badet, indefinite plural bad, definite plural bada)
Synonyms edit
- (bathroom): baderom
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bad
References edit
- “bad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *baidu, from Proto-Germanic *baidō.
Noun edit
bād f
- waiting; expectation
- something distrained; pledge, stake
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
bād
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bad
- inflection of is:
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
bad | bad pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbad |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Palauan edit
Etymology edit
From Pre-Palauan *baðu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Cognate with Kavalan btu,Tagalog bato, Malay batu, Maori whatu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bad
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Bad, from Middle High German, from Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą. English bath.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bad m inan
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- bad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Pictish [Term?]. Compare Breton bod (“cluster, bunch of grapes, thicket”).
Noun edit
bad m (genitive singular baid, plural badan)
Synonyms edit
- (place): spot
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Somali edit
Noun edit
bad ?
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
bad
- Romanization of 𒁁 (bad)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish badh, from Old Norse bað, from Proto-Germanic *baþą, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bad n
Declension edit
Declension of bad | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bad | badet | bad | baden |
Genitive | bads | badets | bads | badens |
Related terms edit
Verb edit
bad
- past indicative of be
- past indicative of bedja
References edit
Volapük edit
Noun edit
bad (nominative plural bads)
Declension edit
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Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English bāt.
Noun edit
bad m (plural badau)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
bad f (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
- y fad fawr (“the Great Plague”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
bad | fad | mad | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |