Definitions for badbæd

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bad, badness(adj)

    that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

    "take the bad with the good"

  2. bad(adj)

    having undesirable or negative qualities


  3. bad, big(adj)

    very intense


  4. bad, tough(adj)



  5. bad, spoiled, spoilt(adj)

    (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition


  6. regretful, sorry, bad(adj)



  7. bad, uncollectible(adj)

    not capable of being collected

    "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"

  8. bad(adj)

    below average in quality or performance

    "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"

  9. bad(adj)


    "so-called bad grammar"

  10. bad, risky, high-risk, speculative(adj)

    not financially safe or secure


  11. bad, unfit, unsound(adj)

    physically unsound or diseased


  12. bad(adj)

    capable of harming

    "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"

  13. bad(adj)

    characterized by wickedness or immorality

    "led a very bad life"

  14. bad, forged(adj)

    reproduced fraudulently


  15. bad, defective(adverb)

    not working properly

    "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"

  16. badly, bad(adverb)



  17. badly, bad(adverb)

    very much; strongly



  1. bad(Verb)

    To shell (a walnut).

  2. Origin: Probably identical to bad, etymology 1, above, especially in the sense "bold, daring".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bad


  2. Bad


  3. Bad

    of Bid

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bad

    bad, adj. ill or evil: wicked: hurtful: incorrect, faulty: unfavourable: painful:—comp. Worse; superl. Worst.—adj. Bad′dish, somewhat bad: not very good.—adv. Bad′ly.—ns. Bad′ness.—Bad blood, angry feeling; Bad coin, false coin; Bad debts, debts that cannot be recovered; Bad shot, a wrong guess.—To go bad, to decay; To go to the bad, to go to ruin; To the bad, to a bad condition: in deficit.—With bad grace, unwillingly. [Ety. very obscure. The M. E. badde is referred by Zupitza to A.S. bæddel, a hermaphrodite, bædling, an effeminate fellow.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. BAD

    [IBM: acronym, “Broken As Designed”] Said of a program that is bogus because of bad design and misfeatures rather than because of bugginess. See working as designed.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'bad' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #765

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'bad' in Written Corpus Frequency: #325

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'bad' in Adjectives Frequency: #31

Anagrams for bad »

  1. ABD

  2. ADB

  3. BDA

  4. D.B.A.

  5. DAB

  6. DBA


  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bad in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

  1. Nancy Brincat:

    We had a bad day.

  2. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel:

    It's a bad method.

  3. Edmund Lee:

    I kind of feel bad.

  4. Anacharsis Cloots:

    Bad mind, bad heart.

  5. Josh Holmes:

    We all had a bad day.

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