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Meaning of bad | Babel Free

Adjective masculine CEFR A1 Common
bæd

Definitions

  1. Not covered by funds on account.
    informal, not-comparable
  2. Bold, daring, and tough.
    slang
  3. Of low quality.
  4. evil, mean
  5. Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
    slang
  6. Inaccurate; incorrect
  7. Something that is below standard or expectations, as of ethics or decency: weighing the good against the bad.
  8. sick
  9. Badly.
  10. Unfavorable; negative; not good.
  11. Overly promiscuous, licentious.
    US, slang
  12. Very attractive; hot, sexy.
    slang
  13. bad guy; baddie; bad boy; bad person
  14. In trouble or disfavor.
  15. Not suitable or fitting.
  16. Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
    Internet, sarcastic, slang
  17. Used to acknowledge that one is at fault.
  18. Not appropriate, of manners etc.
  19. Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
    slang
  20. Reasonably good.
  21. Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
  22. A past tense of bid.
  23. Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
  24. a pt. of bid.
  25. The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
  26. Whatever is destructive or harmful:badness, evil, ill.
  27. Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
    childish, often
  28. slegheid سوءٌ лошота maldade špatná kvalita, zkaženost die Schlechtigkeit ondskab κακίαmaldad kurjus بدی؛ شر pahuus méchancetéרוע खराबी loše stanje rosszaság keburukan illska, vonska cattiveria 悪いこと 나쁜 상태 blogumas sliktums keburukan slechtheidvondskap lichość, zły stan بدي، شر maldade răutate негодность skazenosť; zloba hudobija loša stvar dålighet ความเลว kötülük 壞,差,劣 непридатність; шкідливість برائی sự xấu; sự tồi 坏
  29. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
  30. Evil; wicked.
    childish, sometimes
  31. not having much especially money. We can't go on holiday – we are too badly off. arm مُعدَم،فَقير беден em má situação být v tísni (finanční), vést si špatně übel dran sein er dårligt stillet σε κακή οικονομική κατάσταση andar mal de dinero, estar en un período de escasez/de vacas flacas viletsas olukorras در وضع بد vaikeassa rahatilanteessa être dans la gêne עני पैसे नहीं होना slabostojeći rosszul áll miskin illa settur passarsela male 生活が苦しい 가난한 sunkioje (materialinėje) padėtyje trūcīgs tia...
    especially
  32. Faulty; not functional.
  33. Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
  34. Malodorous; foul.
  35. False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
  36. Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
  37. Of poor physical appearance.
  38. Severe, urgent.
  39. Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
  40. Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
  41. Not worth it.

Equivalents

العربية شرير
Deutsch böse schlecht
Español malo malo
日本語 悪い
Kurdî bad
Nederlands kwaad
中文 故障 果敢

Examples

“That movie was really bad!”
“A bad guess.”
“This sentence has bad grammar!”
“He speaks bad German!”
“Hiring practice is very bad in this company.”
“The weather looks pretty bad right now.”
“You have very bad grades.”
“He is in a bad mood.”
“He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.”
“Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?”
“It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.”
““[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]””
“Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.”
“Joe's in a bad way; he can't even get out of bed.”
“I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state.”
“I've had a bad back since the accident.”
“I accidentally put my weight on my bad leg and fell over.”
“Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!”
“I can tell that new kid at our daycare is trouble […] He's picking out his favorite corner to stand in when he's bad.”
“Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.”
“Be careful. There are bad people in the world.”
“I had a bad headlight.”
“These apples have gone bad.”
“Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone.”
“They were caught trying to pass bad coinage.”
“I'm pretty bad at speaking French.”
“He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying.”
“I look really bad whenever I get less than seven hours of sleep.”
“I don't look bad in this dress, do I?”
“I have such bad skin!”
“He is in bad need of a haircut.”
“Oh let me tell you that it / Hurts so bad / It makes me feel so sad / You make it hurt so bad / To see you again.”
“I feel so bad for betraying him!”
“Don't you dare speak to me with that bad language!”
“The expensive purse was a bad buy.”
“He gave me a bad check.”
“He's the baddest guy in town!”
“Man, that new car you bought is bad!”
“You is bad, man!”
“He's the big bad wolf in your neighborhood / not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good”
“Man, that bitch was bad—it was the best piece of pussy that I ever had.”
“You leave your girl around me; if she's bad she's gonna get stuck.”
“Hopefully I can pull some bad bitches tonight.”
“Orange Man bad”
“"don't buy chinese games because china bad!!" folks I have good news about a little country called the United States of America”
“fake reddit moment, he's on tiktok and we all know tiktok bad 😤😤😤”
“These kind of people only hate the Iraq invasion cuz "USA bad". Not because they truly care about Iraqi's.”
“-now everyone says it was "never good" because "popular thing bad" and now you're not allowed to like it anymore because it is now against the unspoken social rules thats fucking so great I hate that this happens to everything I like”
“Ok well since it's been a thing for like 1.5 decades now, do you think you could give us a clue? ¶ FDA. Nope. Vape bad. You figure it out yourself.”
“That boy is the baddest!”
“She's the baddest girl!”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
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