Hyphenation of bad

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bad

Definitions of bad:

1.
That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Take the bad with the good
2.
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
3.
Very intense
A bad headache In a big rage Had a big (or bad) shock A bad earthquake A bad storm
4.
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
5.
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
Bad meat A refrigerator full of spoilt food
6.
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
7.
Not capable of being collected
A bad (or uncollectible) debt
8.
Below average in quality or performance
A bad chess player A bad recital
9.
Nonstandard
So-called bad grammar
10.
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
11.
Physically unsound or diseased
Has a bad back A bad heart Bad teeth An unsound limb Unsound teeth
12.
Capable of harming
Bad air Smoking is bad for you
13.
Characterized by wickedness or immorality
Led a very bad life
14.
Reproduced fraudulently
Like a bad penny... A forged twenty dollar bill
15.
Not working properly
A bad telephone connection A defective appliance
16.
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
17.
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

Synonyms of bad:

adj bad, atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, corked, corky, deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry, fearful, frightful, terrible, hard, tough, hopeless, horrid, icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky, incompetent, unskilled, mediocre, mischievous, naughty, negative, poor, pretty, rubber, no-good, severe, swingeing, unfavorable, unsuitable, ill, uncool, disobedient, evil, wicked, unfavorable, unfavourable, worse, worst
adj big, intense
adj tough, uncomfortable
adj spoiled, spoilt, stale
adj uncollectible, invalid
adj inferior
adj nonstandard
adj insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative, unsound
adj unfit, unsound, unhealthy
adj harmful
adj sorry, unhappy
adj immoral, evil, wicked
adj forged, counterfeit, imitative
adj defective, malfunctioning, nonfunctional
noun badness, quality
adv badly
adv badly

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