'BAD' definitions:

Definition of 'bad'

From: WordNet
adverb
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" [syn: badly, bad]
adverb
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" [syn: badly, bad]
adjective
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" [ant: good]
adjective
Very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn: bad, big]
adjective
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" [syn: bad, tough]
adjective
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [syn: bad, spoiled, spoilt]
adjective
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" [syn: regretful, sorry, bad] [ant: unregretful, unregretting]
adjective
Not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt" [syn: bad, uncollectible]
adjective
Below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
adjective
Nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
adjective
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" [syn: bad, risky, high-risk, speculative]
adjective
Physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth" [syn: bad, unfit, unsound]
adjective
Capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
adjective
Characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"
adjective
Reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill" [syn: bad, forged]
adjective
Not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance" [syn: bad, defective]
noun
That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good" [syn: bad, badness] [ant: good, goodness]

Definition of 'Bad'

From: GCIDE
  • Bid \Bid\ (b[i^]d), v. t. [imp. Bade (b[a^]d), Bid, (Obs.) Bad; p. p. Bidden, Bid; p. pr. & vb. n. Bidding.] [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS. biddian, Icel. bi[eth]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray, ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS. be['o]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[=o][eth]a, Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G. bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present OSlav. bud[=e]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden to command, except in "to bid beads." [root]30.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract). [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Neither bid him God speed. --2. John 10. [1913 Webster]
  • He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly obs.] "Our banns thrice bid !" --Gay. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command. [1913 Webster]
  • That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope [1913 Webster]
  • Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt. xiv. 28 [1913 Webster]
  • I was bid to pick up shells. --D. Jerrold. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To invite; to call in; to request to come. [1913 Webster]
  • As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. --Matt. xxii. 9 [1913 Webster]
  • To bid beads, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]
  • To bid defiance to, to defy openly; to brave.
  • To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bad'

From: GCIDE
  • Bad \Bad\ (b[a^]d), a. [Compar. Worse (w[^u]s); superl. Worst (w[^u]st).] [Probably fr. AS. b[ae]ddel hermaphrodite; cf. b[ae]dling effeminate fellow.] Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad crop; bad news.
  • Note: Sometimes used substantively. [1913 Webster]
  • The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious; hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious; imperfect. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bad'

From: GCIDE
  • Bad \Bad\ (b[a^]d), imp. of Bid. Bade. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bad'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'BAD'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • Broken As Designed (slang)