bad
1. bad \'bad\ archaic past of BID
2. bad \'bad\ \'w*rs\ \'w*rst\ aj or worse; or worst [ME] 1a: below
standard : POOR 1b: UNFAVORABLE {~ impression} 1c: DECAYED, SPOILED 2a:
morally evil 2b: MISCHIEVOUS, DISOBEDIENT 3: INADEQUATE {~ lighting} 4:
DISAGREEABLE, UNPLEASANT {~ news} 5a: INJURIOUS, HARMFUL 5b: SEVERE {~
cold} 6: INCORRECT, FAULTY {~ grammar} 7: ILL, SICK {feel ~} 8:
SORROWFUL, SORRY 9: INVALID, VOID ply to anything or anyone reprehensible
for whatever reason and to whatever degree; EVIL is a stronger term than
BAD and usu. carries a baleful or sinister connotation; ILL is a less
emphatic synonym of EVIL and may imply malevolence or vice; WICKED implies
violation of moral law and connotes malice and malevolence; NAUGHTY applies
to trivial misbehavior chiefly of children - bad av SYN syn EVIL, ILL,
WICKED, NAUGHTY; BAD may ap
3. bad n 1: something that is bad 2: an evil or unhappy state