badadjective
uk/bæd/us/bæd/bad adjective (UNPLEASANT)
A1 worse, worst unpleasant and causing difficulties or harm:
fairly good or satisfactory:
very good:
B1 to feel ashamed and sorry:
If a situation goes from bad to worse, it was difficult and unpleasant, and is becoming even more so:
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- He's been in a bad mood all afternoon.
- Our departure was delayed because of bad weather.
- Tom has been excluded from school for bad behaviour.
- "How are you feeling?" "Not too bad, but I've still got a slight headache."
- Apart from the salary, it's not a bad job.
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Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- ghastly
- grim
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- noxious
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- stinking
- wretched
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bad adjective (LOW QUALITY)
A2 worse, worst of low quality, or not acceptable:
More examples
- The food was bad and the service was dreadful.
- Don't be frightened to complain if the service is bad.
- Every organization has some bad managers.
- I won't fly with an airline that has a bad safety record .
- His failure in the exams shows just how bad his teachers are.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
- apology
- atrocious
- awfully
- badly
- be an apology for sth idiom
- clunky
- come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
- downscale
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- motley
- mouldy
- not set the world on fire idiom
- tacky
- unappetizing
- unattractive
- unimpressed
- weak sauce
- worst
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bad adjective (EVIL)
B1 worse, worst (of people or actions) evil or morally unacceptable:
More examples
- He's been keeping bad company.
- The difficulty of finding suitable workers led to a number of bad characters being recruited by the company.
- He's not a bad guy, just a misguided one.
- She was in with a bad lot.
- I've done some bad things in my time.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- darkly
- evil
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- scandalous
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- wicked
- wickedness
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bad adjective (PAINFUL)
C1 worse, worst causing or experiencing pain:
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Pain & painful
- -racked
- achy
- agonizing
- cluster headache
- dodgy
- earache
- hell
- masochism
- non-ulcer stomach pain
- painful
- painfully
- rack
- racking
- shooting pains
- sore
- suffering
- tender
- throb
- torment
- wince
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bad adjective (DECAYED)
B2 harmful to eat because of being decayed:
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Not pleasant to eat or drink
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- acrid
- bitter
- bitterness
- bland
- chewy
- go off
- like dishwater idiom
- mouldy
- overripe
- pappy
- pigswill
- sour
- stick
- stodgy
- swim
- tasteless
- tough
- undercook
- underdone
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the quality of being evil or morally unacceptable:
Idiom(s)
badadverb
uk/bæd/us/bæd/USinformal for badly (= very much):
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- badly
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- rather
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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Idiom(s)
badnoun [ U ]
uk/bæd/us/bæd/things or events that are not good or that are morally wrong:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Morally wrong and evil
- abhorrent
- amoral
- anomie
- arch-villain
- be rotten to the core idiom
- canker
- darkly
- evil
- evildoer
- go to the bad idiom
- godless
- hanky-panky
- heinous
- scandalous
- seamy
- seedy
- shocking
- shockingly
- wicked
- wickedness
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