· that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

Synonym(s): badness

Hypernym(s): quality

Antonym(s): goodness, good

· 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"

Antonym(s): good

· very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"

Synonym(s): big

· 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"

Synonym(s): tough

· (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"

Synonym(s): spoiled, spoilt

· 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"

Synonym(s): regretful, sorry

· not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"

Synonym(s): uncollectible

· below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"

· nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"

· 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"

Synonym(s): risky, high-risk, speculative

· physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"

Synonym(s): unfit, unsound

· capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"

· characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"

· reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"

Synonym(s): forged

· not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"

Synonym(s): defective

· 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"

Synonym(s): badly

· 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"

Synonym(s): badly