bad

• (r) 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,
• (a) 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
• (s) very intense
  • a bad headache
  • in a big rage
  • had a big (or bad) shock
  • a bad earthquake
  • a bad storm
  big,
• (r) 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
  badly,
• (s) 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
  tough,
• (s) (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
  • bad meat
  • a refrigerator full of spoilt food
  spoiled, spoilt,
• (a) 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
  regretful, sorry,
• (s) not capable of being collected
  • a bad (or uncollectible) debt
  uncollectible,
• (s) below average in quality or performance
  • a bad chess player
  • a bad recital
• (s) nonstandard
  • so-called bad grammar
• (s) 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
  high-risk, speculative, risky,
• (s) physically unsound or diseased
  • has a bad back
  • a bad heart
  • bad teeth
  • an unsound limb
  • unsound teeth
  unfit, unsound,
• (s) capable of harming
  • bad air
  • smoking is bad for you
• (s) characterized by wickedness or immorality
  • led a very bad life
• (s) reproduced fraudulently
  • like a bad penny...
  • a forged twenty dollar bill
  forged,
• (s) not working properly
  • a bad telephone connection
  • a defective appliance
  defective,

Nouns

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

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Words of close approximity