bad
Adjective
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also:
- worst - (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition
- worse - (comparative of `bad') inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
- unfavorable, unfavourable - not encouraging or approving or pleasing
- evil - morally bad or wrong
- disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
tells us about: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someonesimilar to:- abominable, atrocious, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable - exceptionally bad or displeasing
- corked, corky - (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin
- deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry - bad; unfortunate
- fearful, frightful - extremely distressing
- hard, tough - unfortunate or hard to bear
- hopeless - (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
- horrid - exceedingly bad
- crappy, icky, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky - very bad
- ill - distressing
- incompetent, unskilled - not doing a good job
- mediocre - poor to middling in quality
- naughty - badly behaved
- negative - having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant
- pretty - (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
- no-good, rubber - returned for lack of funds
- severe - very bad in degree or extent
- swingeing - severe; punishingly bad
- uncool - (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
- unsuitable - not conducive to good moral development
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similar to: intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degreesame as: big
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domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsimilar to: uncomfortable - providing or experiencing physical discomfortsame as: tough
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similar to: stale - lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age
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similar to: invalid - having no cogency or legal forcesame as: uncollectible
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similar to: inferior - of low or inferior quality
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referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of languagedomain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechsimilar to: nonstandard - not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community
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similar to: unsound - not sound financially
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similar to: unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
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similar to: harmful - causing or capable of causing harm
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similar to: evil - morally bad or wrong
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similar to: counterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superiorsame as: forged
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similar to: malfunctioning, nonfunctional - not performing or able to perform its regular functionsame as: defective
Noun
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is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someonesubtypes:
- unworthiness - the quality or state of lacking merit or value
- undesirability - the quality possessed by something that should be avoided
- worse - something inferior in quality or condition or effect
- evil - that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
- unsoundness - not mentally or physically healthy
- liability - the quality of being something that holds you back
- inadvisability - the quality of being ill-advised
same as: badness
Adverb
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