Definition/Meaning of bad

• English - Adjective: bad (comparative worse or (nonstandard) badder or (nonstandard) more bad, superlative worst or (nonstandard) baddest or (nonstandard) most bad) Of low quality . That movie was really bad ! Inaccurate ; incorrect A bad guess. He speaks bad German! Unfavorable ; negative ; not good . He is in a bad mood. You have very bad grades. Not suitable or fitting . Do you think it is a bad idea to confront…
• English - Adverb: bad (comparative worse, superlative worst) (colloquial, slang) 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. (emphatic, intensifier, slang) Badly ; severe ly, extreme ly, passionate ly, eager ly. Please come back, baby. I miss you so bad ! 1969, Lennon–McCartney, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, in Abbey Road, performed by The…
• English - Noun: bad (countable and uncountable, plural bads) (countable, slang, uncountable) Something that is bad; a harm or evil . 2001, Ann Belford Ulanov, Finding Space: Winnicott, God, and Psychic Reality, page 59: We idealize God as supergoodness in order to protect against a bad that we cannot unite with ourselves. (countable, slang, uncountable, with possessive determiner) Error ; mistake . 1993, Mitch…
• English - Interjection: bad (slang) Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet. Bad! You know you're not allowed in the kitchen after dinner.
• English - Verb: bad (alternative, archaic, past, slang) alternative past of bid . See bade . bad (third-person singular simple present bads, present participle badding, simple past and past participle badded) (UK, dialectal, slang, transitive) To shell (a walnut ).