bad

bad has 20 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• imp.. Bade.
• superl.. Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.
• of Bid
• n.. that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"
• a.. 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"
• a.. (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
• a.. not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
• a.. reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
• a.. 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"
• a.. characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"
• a.. 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"
• a.. capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"