bad
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition having undesirable or negative qualities
- definition serious or severe
- definition feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- definition (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- definition feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- definition not capable of being collected
- definition below average in quality or performance
- definition nonstandard
- definition not financially safe or secure
- definition physically unsound or diseased
- definition capable of harming
- definition characterized by wickedness or immorality
- definition reproduced fraudulently
- definition not working properly
- definition that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- definition with great intensity (‘bad’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘badly’)
- definition very much; strongly