bad blood noun

Angry or hostile feeling (also bad feeling)

bad boy noun (chiefly US inf)

Any impressive thing

bad debt noun

A debt that cannot be recovered and is therefore written off as a loss

bad hair day noun (informal)

A day that starts badly (characterized by difficulty with one's hair) and gets worse, a day one would rather not have to face

badˈlands plural noun

1. Greatly eroded wasteland in South Dakota
2. Any similar eroded region

bad language noun

Swearing

badly off adjective

Poorly provided esp with money

badˈman noun (chiefly US)

An outlaw

badˈmouth transitive verb (informal)

To criticize, malign

bad news plural noun

1. Any unwelcome, upsetting or irritating event, or a report of such
2. Someone or something troublesome, irritating, etc (slang)

bad shot noun

A wrong guess

bad-temˈpered adjective

Easily annoyed, sulky

bad trip noun (informal)

An episode of terrifying hallucinations and physical discomfort resulting from taking a drug, esp LSD

bad'ware noun same as malware

big bad see under big¹

feel bad about (informal)

To be sorry about, regret

from bad to worse

Into an even worse situation

go bad

To decay, become mouldy or putrid

go to the bad

To go to moral ruin

in a bad way (informal)

1. Ill
2. In trouble

in someone's bad books

Unpopular with someone

make the best of a bad job (informal)

To do the best one can in unfavourable circumstances

my bad (US sl)

A phrase used to acknowledge that one has made a mistake

not bad

Fairly good

not half bad (informal)

Pretty good, excellent

take the bad with the good

To accept unpleasant things along with pleasant ones

too bad (informal)

1. What a pity!
2. Regrettable, a shame

to the bad

In deficit

with a bad grace

Ungraciously

feel /fēl/

1. To perceive by the touch
2. To investigate by touching or handling
3. To find (one's way) by groping
4. To be conscious of
5. To be keenly sensible of
6. To have an inward persuasion of, to believe, consider or think
7. To seem to oneself to be
8. To caress the genitals of (with up; vulgar sl)

1. To be aware that one is (well, ill, happy, etc)
2. To explore or investigate with one's hand (with in, etc)
3. To impart a particular impression when touched, as in to feel smooth, sharp, etc
4. To be emotionally affected
5. To have sympathy or compassion (with for)

1. The sensation of touch
2. An instinct, touch, knack
3. An act of feeling something
4. An impression imparted by something being felt
5. A general impression or atmosphere associated with something

feelˈer noun

1. A person, etc that feels
2. A remark cautiously dropped, or any indirect stratagem, to sound out the opinions of others
3. A tentacle
4. A jointed organ in the head of insects, etc capable of a delicate sense, an antenna

feelˈing noun

1. The sense of touch
2. Perception of objects by touch
3. Consciousness of pleasure or pain
4. An impression received physically or mentally
5. Tenderness
6. (an) emotion
7. Sensibility, susceptibility, sentimentality
8. An opinion, sentiment
9. An instinctive grasp or appreciation (with for)
10. Mutual or interactive emotion, such as bad feeling (resentment or animosity), good feeling (friendliness), ill-feeling, fellow feeling
11. (in pl) the affections or passions
12. (in pl) one's sensibilities, or amour-propre, as in hurt someone's feelings

1. Expressive of great sensibility or tenderness
2. Easily or strongly affected by emotion
3. Sympathetic
4. Compassionate
5. Pitying
6. Deeply felt

feelˈingless adjective

feelˈingly adverb

feelˈ-bad or feelˈbad adjective (informal)

Causing a feeling of personal unease

feel-bad factor noun

The antidote to the feel-good factor (qv below)

feeler gauge noun (engineering)

A thin strip of metal of known thickness, used to measure or set the distance between surfaces or parts

feelˈ-good or feelˈgood adjective (informal)

Causing or relating to a feeling of personal wellbeing, optimism or (smug) self-satisfaction

feel-good factor noun

A sense of optimism sometimes detected by researchers into voting, buying, etc intentions

bad feeling

1. Resentment or animosity
2. Ill-feeling

feel after (Bible)

To search for

feelings (are) running high

(there is) a general feeling of anger, emotion, etc

feel like

To want, have a desire for

feel oneself

To feel as well as normal

feel one's feet or way

To accustom oneself to a new situation, job, etc

feel up to

(with neg) to feel fit enough to

get the feel of

To become familiar with or used to

good feeling

1. Friendly feeling
2. Amicable relations

no hard feelings

No offence taken