Definition of "bad" in Englisch

adjective

Of low quality.
- That movie was really bad!
Inaccurate; incorrect
- A bad guess.
- This sentence has bad grammar!
- He speaks bad German!
Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- 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.
Not suitable or fitting.
- Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?
Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.
Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.
(chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- 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.
The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- I accidentally put my weight on my bad leg and fell over.
(often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!
Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.
(sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Be careful. There are bad people in the world.
Faulty; not functional.
- I had a bad headlight.
(of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- These apples have gone bad.
(of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone.
False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- They were caught trying to pass bad coinage.
Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- I'm pretty bad at speaking French.
- He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying.

Of poor physical appearance.

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!

(of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.

He is in bad need of a haircut.

(preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.

I feel so bad for betraying him!

(of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.

Don't you dare speak to me with that bad language!

Not worth it.

The expensive purse was a bad buy.

adjective

(informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- He gave me a bad check.

adjective

Bold, daring, and tough.
- He's the baddest guy in town!
(semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- Man, that new car you bought is bad!
- You is bad, man!
(US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
(originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- Hopefully I can pull some bad bitches tonight.
(Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- Orange Man bad
(chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- That boy is the baddest!
- She's the baddest girl!

adverb

(now colloquial) Badly; poorly.
- I didn't do too bad in the last exam.
- He is quite bad off now that both his parents lost their jobs.
(intensifier) Badly; severely, extremely, passionately, eagerly.

noun

Something that is bad; a harm or evil.
(slang, with possessive determiner) Error; mistake.
(countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.

interjection

Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet.
- Bad! You know you're not allowed in the kitchen after dinner.

verb

(archaic) alternative past of bid. See bade.

verb

(British, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).
- A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect came out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ‘badding’ walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial: to ‘bad’ walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called a ‘bannut,’ and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ‘Come an’ bad the bannuts.’