bad
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-5 language code forBanda languages . FromMiddle English bad ,badde ( “ wicked, evil, depraved ” ) , of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening ofOld English bæddel ( “ hermaphrodite ” ) (for loss of-el compare Middle Englishmuche from Old Englishmyċel , and Middle Englishwenche from Old Englishwenċel ), or at least related to it and/or tobǣ̆dan ( “ to defile ” ) , compareOld High German pad ( “ hermaphrodite ” ) .
Alternatively, perhaps a loan fromOld Norse into Middle English, compareNorwegian bad ( “ effort, trouble, fear ” ,neuter noun ) , EastDanish bad ( “ damage, destruction, fight ” ,neuter noun ) , from theProto-Germanic noun*badą , whence also Proto-Germanic*badōną ( “ to frighten ” ) ,Old Saxon undarbadōn ( “ to frighten ” ) ,Norwegian Nynorsk bada ( “ to weigh down, press ” ) ; ultimately fromProto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- ( “ to bend, press, push, oppress ” ) .[ 1]
bad (comparative worse or ( nonstandard ) badder or ( nonstandard ) morebad ,superlative worst or ( nonstandard ) baddest or ( nonstandard ) mostbad )
Oflow quality .That movie was reallybad !
Inaccurate ;incorrect Abad guess.
This sentence hasbad grammar!
He speaksbad German!
Unfavorable ;negative ; notgood .Synonyms: unfavorable ,negative ;see also Thesaurus:bad Hiring practice is verybad in this company.
The weather looks prettybad right now.
You have verybad grades.
He is in abad mood.
1918 ,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell , chapter X, inThe Mirror and the Lamp , Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company ,→OCLC :He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and thebad 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.
Notsuitable orfitting .Synonyms: inappropriate ,unfit ;see also Thesaurus:unsuitable Do you think it is abad idea to confront him directly?
Notappropriate , ofmanners etc.It isbad manners to talk with your mouth full.
1913 ,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter VII, inMr. 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'sbad 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.[ …] ”
Harmful, especiallyunhealthy ; liable to cause health problems.Synonyms: unhealthful ,unwholesome ;see also Thesaurus:harmful Lard isbad for you. Smoking isbad for you, too. Grapes arebad 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 abad 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 abad state.
I've had abad back since the accident.
( often childish ) Not behaving; behaving badly;misbehaving ;mischievous ordisobedient .Stop beingbad , 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'sbad .
Tricky ;stressful ;unpleasant .Synonyms: foul ,loathsome ;see also Thesaurus:unpleasant Divorce is usually abad experience for everybody involved.
( sometimes childish ) Evil ;wicked .Synonyms: vile ,vicious ;see also Thesaurus:evil Be careful. There arebad people in the world.
Faulty ; notfunctional .Synonyms: inoperative ;see also Thesaurus:out of order I had abad headlight.
( of food ) Spoiled ,rotten ,overripe .Synonyms: rotten ;see also Thesaurus:rotten These apples have gonebad .
( of breath ) Malodorous ;foul .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:malodorous False ;counterfeit ;illegitimate .Synonyms: fake ,spurious ;see also Thesaurus:fake They were caught trying to passbad coinage.
Unskilled ; of limitedability ; notgood .Synonyms: bungling ,inept ;see also Thesaurus:unskilled I'm prettybad at speaking French.
He's abad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying.
Ofpoor physicalappearance .Synonyms: repulsive ,unsightly ;see also Thesaurus:ugly I look reallybad whenever I get less than seven hours of sleep.
I don't lookbad in this dress, do I?
I have suchbad skin!
( of a need, want, or pain ) Severe ,urgent .Synonyms: dire ;see also Thesaurus:urgent He is inbad need of a haircut.
Regretful ,guilty , orashamed .I feel sobad for betraying him!
( of a word, speech, or writing ) Vulgar ,obscene , orblasphemous .Don't you dare speak to me with thatbad language!
Notworth it .The expensive purse was abad buy.
bad (notcomparable )
( informal , of adraft /check ) Not covered byfunds onaccount .Synonyms: rubber ,hot bad (comparative badder or morebad ,superlative baddest or mostbad )
( slang )
Bold ,daring , andtough .Synonyms: ( slang ) badass ;see also Thesaurus:brave He's thebaddest guy in town!
Good ,superlative ,excellent ,cool .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:good Man, that new car you bought isbad !
You isbad , man!
1994 , “Best Ever” (track 7), inN2Deep (lyrics),24-7-365 :Man, that bitch wasbad —it was the best piece of pussy that I ever had.
( US , slang ) Overlypromiscuous ,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 [2] , performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:You leave your girl around me; if she'sbad she's gonna get stuck.
( originally African-American Vernacular , slang , of a woman ) Veryattractive ;hot ,sexy .Hopefully I can pull somebad bitches tonight.
( Internet slang , sarcastic ) Used without acopula tomock people whooppose something without having any realunderstanding of it. 2020 October 7, @morkitten,Twitter [3] , archived fromthe original on3 April 2024 :"don't buy chinese games because chinabad !!" folks I have good news about a little country called the United States of America
2020 October 11, u/EarthToAccess, “Sad moment right here”, inReddit [4] , r/redditmoment, archived fromthe original on3 April 2024 :fake reddit moment, he's on tiktok and we all know tiktokbad 😤😤😤
2023 January 24, u/ThunderEagle222, “"NATO doesn't win because it has better technology! They only win because their technology is better!"”, inReddit [5] , r/NonCredibleDefense, archived fromthe original on3 April 2024 :These kind of people only hate the Iraq invasion cuz "USAbad ". Not because they truly care about Iraqi's.
2023 March 21, @SpectrVolcarona,Twitter [6] , archived fromthe original on3 April 2024 :-now everyone says it was "never good" because "popular thingbad " and now you're not allowed to like it anymore because it is now against the unspoken social rules thats fucking so great I hate that this happens to everything I like
2023 November 28, u/zeptillian, “This super popular disposable vape device is basically just a tampon soaked in nicotine juice that gets zapped by a small battery to produce vapor.”, inReddit [7] , r/mildlyinteresting, archived fromthe original on3 April 2024 :Ok well since it's been a thing for like 1.5 decades now, do you think you could give us a clue? ¶ FDA. Nope. Vapebad . You figure it out yourself.
( chiefly in "bad boy ", "bad girl ", and similar phrases ) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.That boy is thebaddest !
She's thebaddest girl!
unfavorable; negative
Afrikaans:sleg (af) Albanian:i keq (sq) American Sign Language:OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmDown Amharic:ጥፉ ( ṭəfu ) ,መጥፎ ( mäṭfo ) Apache:Western Apache:dénchǫʼé Arabic:سَيِّئ ( sayyiʔ ) Egyptian Arabic:وحش ( weḥeš ) Gulf Arabic:شين ( šēn ) Moroccan Arabic:خايب m ( ḵāyib ) North Levantine Arabic:عاطل m ( ʕāṭil ) South Levantine Arabic:سَيِّئ m ( sáyyiʔ ) ,عاطل m ( ʕāṭil ) Armenian:վատ (hy) ( vat ) Aromanian:arãu (roa-rup) Assamese:বেয়া ( bea ) Asturian:malu (ast) Azerbaijani:pis (az) ,xarab ,bəd ,bərbad ,yaman (az) Bashkir:насар ( nasar ) ,яман ( yaman ) Basque:gaizki Belarusian:дрэ́нны (be) ( drénny ) ,ке́пскі ( kjépski ) Bengali:খারাপ (bn) ( kharap ) Bhojpuri:खराब ( kharāb ) Bikol Central:maraot (bcl) Breton:fall (br) Bulgarian:лош (bg) ( loš ) Burmese:ဆိုး (my) ( hcui: ) Catalan:dolent (ca) Chamicuro:machewa Chechen:во ( vo ) Chinese:Cantonese:壞 / 坏 ( waai6 ) Mandarin:壞 / 坏 (zh) ( huài ) ,不好 (zh) ( bùhǎo ) Cornish:drog Crimean Tatar:osal ,yaramay Czech:špatný (cs) Dalmatian:mul Danish:dårlig ,skod Dutch:slecht (nl) Elfdalian:klien ,dålin Erzya:берянь ( beŕań ) Esperanto:malbona (eo) Estonian:halb (et) Faroese:illur (fo) Finnish:huono (fi) ,paha (fi) ,kelvoton (fi) ,kielteinen (fi) French:mauvais (fr) Friulian:mâl Galician:malo ,mao (gl) Georgian:ცუდი (ka) ( cudi ) German:schlecht (de) ,schlimm (de) ,übel (de) Gothic:𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 ( ubils ) Greek:κακός (el) ( kakós ) ,άσχημος (el) ( áschimos ) Ancient:κακός ( kakós ) Greenlandic:ajorpoq Guaraní:vai (gn) Hawaiian:ʻino Hebrew:רַע (he) ( rāʿ ) Hindi:बुरा (hi) ( burā ) ,ख़राब (hi) ( xarāb ) Hungarian:rossz (hu) Icelandic:vondur (is) ,slæmur (is) ,illur (is) Ido:mala (io) Indonesian:buruk (id) ,jelek (id) Ingrian:paha ,kurja ,kehno Ingush:во ( vo ) Interlingua:mal Irish:dona (ga) ,droch- ,olc Italian:cattivo (it) Japanese:悪い (ja) ( わるい, warui ) Javanese:ala Kamta:বেয়া ( bea ) Kashubian:złi Kazakh:жаман (kk) ( jaman ) Khmer:អាក្រក់ (km) ( ʼaakrɑk ) Korean:나쁘다 (ko) ( nappeuda ) ,나쁜 (ko) ( nappeun ) ( determiner ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:خەراپ ( xerap ) ,بەد ( bed ) Northern Kurdish:bed (ku) ,xirab (ku) ,nebaş (ku) Kyrgyz:жаман (ky) ( jaman ) ,начар (ky) ( nacar ) Ladin:stlet Lao:ບໍ່ດີ ( bǭ dī ) Latin:malus (la) Latvian:slikts (lv) ,nelabs Lenakel:tat Lithuanian:blogas (lt) Lombard:mal (lmo) Macedonian:лош ( loš ) ,зол ( zol ) Malay:buruk (ms) Maltese:ħażin Mansaka:maat Maore Comorian:-ovu Maori:kino (mi) Marathi:वाईट ( vāīṭ ) Mazanderani:بد ( bad ) Mirandese:malo m Moksha:кальдяв ( kaldäv ) Mongolian:муу (mn) ( muu ) Mwani:mbaya Navajo:doo yáʼátʼéeh da Norman:mauvais Norwegian:dårlig (no) Nǀuu:ǀxʼôqaʻiki Occitan:mal (oc) Ojibwe:maazhi- ,maji- Old Church Slavonic:зълъ ( zŭlŭ ) Old English:yfel (ang) Old Javanese:hala Old Turkic:𐰪𐰃𐰍 ( ńiǧ /ańïɣ/ ) ,𐰖𐰉𐰕 ( y¹b¹z /yabïz/ ) ,𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴 ( y¹b¹l¹q /yablaq/ ) Ossetian:ӕвзӕр ( ævzær ) Papiamentu:malu Pashto:بد (ps) ( bad ) Persian:بد (fa) ( bad ) Plautdietsch:schlajcht Polish:zły (pl) ,kiepski (pl) Portuguese:ruim (pt) ,mau (pt) Punjabi:ਭੈੜਾ ( bhaiṛā ) Quechua:mana allin Rapa Nui:kino ,rake rake Romagnol:mêl ,cativ Romanian:rău (ro) Romansch:nausch Russian:плохо́й (ru) ( ploxój ) ,скве́рный (ru) ( skvérnyj ) ,( colloquial ) пога́ный (ru) ( pogányj ) ,нехоро́ший (ru) ( nexoróšij ) Sanskrit:अघ (sa) ( agha ) Sardinian:malu Saterland Frisian:kwood Scots:bowkin Scottish Gaelic:dona ,droch (gd) ,olc Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:лош ,cлaб Roman:loš (sh) ,slab (sh) Sinhalese:නරක ( naraka ) Slovak:zlý (sk) Slovene:slàb (sl) Somali:xun (so) Spanish:malo (es) Sundanese:awon (su) ,goréng (su) Swedish:dålig (sv) ,illa (sv) Sylheti:ꠛꠣꠖ ( bad ) ,ꠈꠣꠞꠣꠙ ( xáraf ) Tagalog:mali ,masama Tajik:бад (tg) ( bad ) Tashelhit:ⵉⵅⵛⵏ m ( ixcn ) Tatar:яман ( yaman ) Telugu:చెడ్డ (te) ( ceḍḍa ) Tetum:aat Thai:แย่ (th) ( yɛ̂ɛ ) ,เลว (th) ( leeo ) Tibetan:སྡུག་ཆགས ( sdug chags ) ,ངན་པ ( ngan pa ) Tok Pisin:nogut Tupinambá:aíb Turkish:kötü (tr) ,yaman (tr) ,fena (tr) Turkmen:şum ,bet (tk) ,erbet ,pis ,ýaman Tzotzil:chopol Ukrainian:пога́ний (uk) ( pohányj ) ,ке́пський ( képsʹkyj ) ,злий (uk) ( zlyj ) Urdu:برا ( burā ) Uyghur:يامان ( yaman ) Uzbek:yomon (uz) Vietnamese:xấu (vi) (醜 (vi) ),dở (vi) Volapük:badik (vo) Waigali:apala Walloon:mwais (wa) m ,måva (wa) m ,mwaijhe (wa) f ,måle (wa) f Welsh:drwg (cy) Western Bukidnon Manobo:maza'at White Hmong:tsis zoo Yiddish:שלעכט ( shlekht ) Zazaki:ved Zealandic:slecht ,min Zhuang:yaez
not suitable or fitting
Armenian:վատ (hy) ( vat ) Asturian:malu (ast) Bulgarian:неподходящ (bg) ( nepodhodjašt ) Catalan:inapropiat ,inadequat ,dolent (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:(pleaseverify ) 不 恰當 / 不 恰当 ( bù qiàdàng ) ,(pleaseverify ) 不 合適 / 不 合适 ( bù héshì ) Czech:špatný (cs) ,vadný (cs) Danish:dårlig Dutch:ongepast (nl) Esperanto:malbona (eo) Finnish:huono (fi) ,sopimaton (fi) French:mauvais (fr) German:schlecht (de) Greek:Ancient:φαῦλος ( phaûlos ) Haitian Creole:pa bon Hebrew:גרוע m ( garúʽa ) ,גרועה (he) f ( gruʽá ) Hungarian:rossz (hu) Italian:sbagliato (it) Japanese:悪い (ja) ( わるい , warui) Latvian:nepiemērots ,slikts (lv) Norwegian:dårlig (no) ,gal (no) Persian:ناجور (fa) ( nâjur ) ,ناشایست (fa) ( nâšâyest ) ,(pleaseverify ) نادرخور ( nâdarxor ) Polish:zły (pl) Portuguese:mau (pt) ,errado (pt) Punjabi:ਭੈੜਾ ( bhaiṛā ) Russian:плохо́й (ru) ( ploxój ) ,неподходя́щий (ru) ( nepodxodjáščij ) Scottish Gaelic:dona ,droch (gd) Slovak:zlý (sk) Slovene:slàb (sl) Spanish:inapropiado (es) Swedish:opassande (sv) Tagalog:mali ,masama Telugu:పొసగని ( posagani ) ,నచ్చని ( naccani ) Tok Pisin:nogut Walloon:mwais (wa) ,måva (wa)
not appropriate, of manners etc.
Armenian:վատ (hy) ( vat ) Asturian:malu (ast) Breton:drouk (br) Catalan:dolent (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:(pleaseverify ) 不 恰當 / 不 恰当 ( bù qiàdàng ) ,(pleaseverify ) 不 合適 / 不 合适 ( bù héshì ) Czech:zlý (cs) ,špatný (cs) Danish:dårlig Dutch:ongepast (nl) ,ongemanierd (nl) ,verkeerd (nl) Esperanto:malbona (eo) Finnish:huonotapainen ,huono (fi) French:mauvais (fr) German:schlecht (de) Greek:κακός (el) ( kakós ) Indonesian:jahat (id) Interlingua:mal Irish:droch- Japanese:悪い (ja) ( わるい , warui) Latvian:slikts (lv) Norwegian:dårlig (no) Pashto:بدلاری ( badlâray ) Persian:ناشایست (fa) ( nâšâyest ) Polish:zły (pl) Portuguese:ruim (pt) ,mau (pt) ,feio (pt) ( familiar ) Russian:плохо́й (ru) ( ploxój ) ,дурно́й (ru) ( durnój ) Scots:ill Scottish Gaelic:dona ,droch (gd) ,olc Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:непристојан ,ружан Roman:nepristojan (sh) ,ružan (sh) Slovak:zlý (sk) Spanish:malo (es) Swedish:olämplig (sv) ,opassande (sv) ,ful (sv) Tagalog:mali ,bastos Telugu:తగని (te) ( tagani ) Tok Pisin:nogut Tupinambá:poxy
unhealthy; liable to cause health problems
tricky; stressful; unpleasant
Armenian:վատ (hy) ( vat ) Bulgarian:лош (bg) ( loš ) ,неприятен (bg) ( neprijaten ) Catalan:desagradable (ca) ,dolent (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:困難 / 困难 (zh) ( kùnnan ) ,麻煩 / 麻烦 (zh) ( máfan ) Czech:nepříjemný (cs) Danish:dårlig ,ubehagelig Dutch:onaangenaam (nl) ,naar (nl) Esperanto:malbona (eo) Finnish:ikävä (fi) ,paha (fi) French:mauvais (fr) German:schlecht (de) ,unangenehm (de) Greek:κακός (el) ( kakós ) Hungarian:kellemetlen (hu) Ingrian:paha Japanese:悪い (ja) ( わるい , warui) Latvian:slikts (lv) Malay:buruk (ms) Norwegian:dårlig (no) ,ubehagelig (no) Persian:بد (fa) ( bad ) Polish:zły (pl) Portuguese:mau (pt) ,desagradável (pt) Russian:плохо́й (ru) ( ploxój ) ,неприя́тный (ru) ( neprijátnyj ) Scots:ill Scottish Gaelic:dona ,droch (gd) ,olc Serbo-Croatian:loš (sh) ,ružan (sh) ,gadan (sh) Slovak:zlý (sk) ,nepríjemný Slovene:slàb (sl) Spanish:desagradable (es) Telugu:ఇష్టములేని ( iṣṭamulēni )
evil, wicked
Arabic:شَرِير (ar) ( šarīr ) Armenian:չար (hy) ( čʻar ) Asturian:malu (ast) Basque:txar Belarusian:злы ( zly ) Bulgarian:лош (bg) ( loš ) ,зъл (bg) ( zǎl ) Catalan:dolent (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:邪惡 / 邪恶 (zh) ( xié'è ) Coptic:ϩⲟⲟⲩ ( hoou ) Czech:zlý (cs) ,podlý (cs) Dalmatian:ri Danish:ond (da) ,slet ,slem (da) Dutch:slecht (nl) ,kwaad (nl) Egyptian: (ḏw ) Esperanto:malbona (eo) Finnish:paha (fi) ,ilkeä (fi) French:mauvais (fr) ,méchant (fr) Friulian:cjâtif ,brut ,trist German:böse (de) Gothic:𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌻𐍃 ( ubils ) Greek:κακός (el) ( kakós ) Ancient:πονηρός ( ponērós ) Haitian Creole:move Hebrew:רשע (he) m ( rashá ) ,מרושע m ( merushá ) ,מרושעת f ( merusháʽat ) Hungarian:rossz (hu) Icelandic:vondur (is) m Ingrian:paha Irish:droch- ,olc Italian:cattivo (it) ,malvagio (it) Japanese:悪い (ja) ( わるい, warui ) Kikuyu:-ũru Kurdish:Central Kurdish:بەد ( bed ) Latvian:ļauns (lv) ,slikts (lv) Malay:jahat (ms) Marathi:वाईट ( vāīṭ ) Norman:mauvais Norwegian:dårlig (no) ,ond (no) Old Church Slavonic:зълъ ( zŭlŭ ) Old Turkic:𐰪𐰃𐰍 ( ńiǧ /añïɣ/ ) Ottoman Turkish:یامان ( yaman ) Pashto:بد (ps) ( bad ) Persian:بد (fa) ( bad ) Polish:zły (pl) Portuguese:mau (pt) ,malvado (pt) ,ruim (pt) Punjabi:ਭੈੜਾ ( bhaiṛā ) Quechua:millay Romanian:rău (ro) Russian:плохо́й (ru) ( ploxój ) ,злой (ru) ( zloj ) ,по́длый (ru) ( pódlyj ) Scots:ill Scottish Gaelic:dona ,droch (gd) ,olc Serbo-Croatian:zao (sh) ,zločest (sh) Slovak:zlý (sk) Slovene:slàb (sl) ,zèl (sl) ,zli ,zloben Spanish:malo (es) Swedish:ond (sv) Tagalog:masama Telugu:క్రూరమైన (te) ( krūramaina ) Thai:เลว (th) ( leeo ) ,ชั่ว (th) ( chûua ) ,ร้าย (th) ( ráai ) Tocharian B:yolo Tok Pisin:nogut Turkish:kötü (tr) Ukrainian:злий (uk) ( zlyj ) Venetan:cativo (vec) ,cilacio ,ruo ,trist Volapük:badik (vo) Welsh:drwg (cy)
faulty; not functional
Armenian:վատ (hy) ( vat ) Basque:txar Bulgarian:лош (bg) ( loš ) Catalan:dolent (ca) ,defectuós (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:(pleaseverify ) 有 毛病 的 ( yǒu máobìng de ) ,(pleaseverify ) 壞 / 坏 (zh) ( huài ) ,(pleaseverify ) 故障 (zh) ( gùzhàng ) Czech:vadný (cs) Danish:dårlig Esperanto:nefunkcia Finnish:viallinen (fi) ,rikkinäinen (fi) French:défectueux (fr) German:schlecht (de) Greek:κακός (el) ( kakós ) Irish:droch- Italian:difettoso (it) Japanese:悪い (ja) ( わるい , warui) Latvian:slikts (lv) Malay:rosak (ms) Marathi:खराब ( kharāb ) Norwegian:dårlig (no) ,i stykker Persian:ناکارامد ( nâkârâmad ) Polish:uszkodzony (pl) ,wadliwy (pl) Portuguese:quebrado (pt) ,enguiçado (pt) ,estragado (pt) Russian:плохо́й (ru) ( ploxój ) Scottish Gaelic:dona ,droch (gd) Slovak:vadný (sk) ,zlý (sk) Spanish:defectuoso (es) Swedish:trasig (sv) ,sönder (sv) Tagalog:sira (tl) Telugu:చెడి పోయిన ( ceḍi pōyina ) Tok Pisin:nogut
spoilt, rotten, overripe
—see spoilt of poor physical appearance
Translations to be checked
bad (comparative worse ,superlative worst )
( now colloquial ) Badly ;poorly .I didn't do toobad in the last exam.
He is quitebad off now that both his parents lost their jobs.
( intensifier ) Badly ; severely, extremely, passionately, eagerly.1969 ,Lennon–McCartney , “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, inAbbey Road , performed by The Beatles:I want you / I want you sobad , it's driving me mad
When placed after the main verb, use ofbad as an intensifier is often more accepted thanbadly . Compare:
Ibad need to eat. Ibadly need to eat. I needbad to eat. I needbadly to eat. I need to eatbad . I need to eatbadly .It is also common in certain set expressions, such asbad off , which may be perceived as an extended form of the adjectivebad rather than the adverbbad ~ badly modifying the adjectiveoff .
bad (plural bads )
Something that is bad; a harm or evil.2001 , Ann Belford Ulanov,Finding Space: Winnicott, God, and Psychic Reality , page59 :We idealize God as supergoodness in order to protect against abad that we cannot unite with ourselves.
( slang , with possessive determiner) Error ;mistake .1993 , Mitch Albom,Fab five: basketball, trash talk, the American dream [8] :"Mybad , Mybad !” 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. Mybad , Donald.” “Yourbad ? Yourbad ? What kind of English is that?
2008 , Camika Spencer,Cubicles , page68 :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. Mybad .” “Yeah, yourbad .” I laughed. “Really, I'm sorry. It won't happen again.
( countable , uncountable , economics ) An item (or kind of item) ofmerchandise with negative value; an unwantedgood .2011 , Henry Thompson,International Economics: Global Markets and Competition , 3rd edition, World Scientific,page97 :Imports are an economic good but exports an economicbad . Exports must be produced but are enjoyed by foreign consumers.
2011 , William J. Boyes, Michael Melvin,Economics , 9th edition, Cengage Learning,page 4 :An economicbad is anything that you would pay to get rid of. It is not so hard to think of examples ofbads : pollution, garbage, and disease fit the description.
bad
Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet .Bad! You know you're not allowed in the kitchen after dinner.
to misbehaving child or pet
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) “*badōjan-”, inEtymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series;11 )[1] , Leiden, Boston:Brill ,→ISBN ,page47 FromMiddle English bad , fromOld English bæd , first- and third-person singular indicative past tense ofbiddan ( “ to ask ” ) .
bad
( archaic ) alternativepast ofbid . Seebade .Unknown.
bad (third-person singular simple present bads ,present participle badding ,simple past and past participle badded )
( British , dialect , transitive ) Toshell (awalnut ).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.’ ABD ,ADB ,Abd. ,BDA ,D.B.A. ,DAB ,DBA ,abd. ,d/b/a ,dab ,dba Bad. FromProto-Cushitic . Cognates includeSomali bád andSaho bad .
IPA (key ) : /ˈbad/ [ˈbʌd] Hyphenation:bad bád m (plural badoodá f )
lake ,sea ,ocean Declension ofbád absolutive bád predicative báda subjective bád genitive baddí
E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985 ) “bad”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English) , University of London,→ISBN Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004 )Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture , L'Hammartan,→ISBN ,page35 FromDutch bad , ultimately fromProto-Germanic *baþą . The pluralbaddens was probably formed by analogy withbeddens ( “ beds ” ) . The expected form would have been*baaie , which is already the plural ofbaai ( “ bay ” ) . Compare phoneticallypad >paaie .
bad (plural baddens ,diminutive badjie )
bath FromOld Norse bað ,Proto-Germanic *baþą ( “ bath ” ) , cognate withEnglish bath andGerman Bad .
bad n (singular definite badet ,plural indefinite bade )
bath ,shower ,swim bathroom See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
bad
past ofbede See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
bad
imperative ofbade FromMiddle Dutch bat , fromOld Dutch *bath , fromProto-West Germanic *baþ , fromProto-Germanic *baþą .
bad n (plural baden ,diminutive badje n )
bath (object)the act or process of bathing immersion See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
bad
singular past indicative ofbidden bad
Romanization of𐌱𐌰𐌳 FromClassical Persian باد ( bād ,“ wind ” ) .
bad (plural bad -bad )
( archaic ) wind Synonym: angin bad
and ,with 1891 , “Nongbishar 2:3”, inKa Baibl (Khasi Bible) :Bad ki blei jong ki kin long jingriam ïa phi.And their gods shall be a snare unto you.bad
father bad (imperfect jbid ,past participle mibjud ,verbal noun bidien )
Alternative form ofbied FromProto-Germanic *bidjaną .
bad
( Föhr-Amrum ) toask politely, tobeg ,request infinitive I bad infinitive II (tu ) baden past participle beeden imperative singular bad imperative plural bad’m present past 1st singular bad beed 2nd singular batst beedst 3rd singular bat beed plural bad beed perfect pluperfect 1st singular haa beedenhed beeden2nd singular heest beedenhedst beeden3rd singular hee beedenhed beedenplural haa beedenhed beeden future (skel) future (wel) 1st singular skal badwal bad2nd singular skääl badwääl bad3rd singular skal badwal badplural skel badwel bad
FromOld Norse bað , fromProto-Germanic *baþą ( “ bath ” ) .
bad n (definite singular badet ,indefinite plural bad ,definite plural bada or badene )
abath et varmtbad - a hot bath abathroom (see alsobaderom ) bad
imperative ofbade simplepast ofbe simplepast ofbede “bad” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse bað .
bad n (definite singular badet ,indefinite plural bad ,definite plural bada )
abath eit varmtbad - a hot bath abathroom bad
past ofbe “bad” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromProto-West Germanic *baidu , fromProto-Germanic *baidō .
bād f
waiting ;expectation somethingdistrained ;pledge ,stake Strongō -stem:
bād
first / third-person singular preterite ofbīdan bad
inflection ofis : third-person singular past subjunctive third-person singular / second-person plural imperative Mutation ofbad radical lenition nasalization bad bad pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ mbad
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
From Pre-Palauan*baðu , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu , fromProto-Austronesian *batu . Cognate withKavalan btu ,Tagalog bato ,Malay batu ,Maori whatu .
bad
stone ;rock Borrowed fromGerman Bad .
bad m inan
( dated ) health resort ( resort, such as a spa, providing services designed to improve people's health ) Synonyms: kurort ,uzdrowisko ,zdrojowisko Hyponym: spa bad in Polish dictionaries at PWNUltimately fromArabic بَطّ ( baṭṭ ) .
( Ili, Xinjiang, Xunhua, Qinghai ) IPA (key ) : /pɑt/ ,/pɑd/ bad
duck Potanin, G.N. (1893 ) “пат ”, inТангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian),page431 Yanchuk, Mikola Andriyovich (1893 ) “бад ”, inЭтнографическое ОбозрѢніе: Императорскаго Общества Любителей Естествознанія, Антропологіи и Этнографіи [Ethnographical Review: Imperial Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography ][9] (in Russian), Moscow: Publication of the Ethnographic Department, page13 Tenishev, Edhem (1976 ) “bad ”, inStroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar ], Moscow, page439 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun ] (1985 ) “bad ”, in撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar ][10] , Beijing:民族出版社: 琴書店 ,→OCLC , page121 Yakup, Abdurishid (2002 ) “bad ”, inAn Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon [11] , Tokyo: University of Tokyo,→ISBN , page52 Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “bad ”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor,撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary ] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing,→ISBN , page30 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016 ) “bad ”, in濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies ], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page264 Probably borrowed fromPictish [Term?] . CompareBreton bod ( “ cluster, bunch of grapes, thicket ” ) .
bad m (genitive singular baid ,plural badan )
place ,spot tuft ,bunch flock ,group thicket ,clump ( of trees ) CompareDaasanach bás ,Afar bad .
bad f (plural bado m )
sea bad
Romanization of𒁁 ( bad ) FromOld Swedish badh , fromOld Norse bað , fromProto-Germanic *baþą , from the zero-grade ofProto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- .
bad n
bathing Synonym: badande abath (instance of bathing)ta (sig) ettbad take [oneself] abath abath (place suitable for bathing, like abadplats orbadhus )Det nyabadet öppnar på onsdag The newbathhouse [for example] opens on Wednesday abath (liquid for bathing in)tappa upp ett varmtbad draw/run a hotbath bad
past indicative ofbe past indicative ofbedja bad (nominative plural bads )
evil ,badness 1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
FromOld English bāt .
bad m (plural badau )
boat Synonyms: cwch ,llong FromProto-Celtic *batos ( “ death, pestilence ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *gʷh₂-tó-s , from*gʷeh₂- ( “ to step, go ” ) , with semantic shift "to go" > "to pass away" > "death".
bad f (uncountable )
plague ,pestilence Synonyms: pla ,haint Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.