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Meaning of bad

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bad
      adv 1: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for
             `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were
             badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad" [syn:
             {badly}, {bad}]
      2: very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard
         for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in
         need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
         [syn: {badly}, {bad}]
      adj 1: 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" [ant: {good}]
      2: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big
         (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn:
         {bad}, {big}]
      3: 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" [syn: {bad}, {tough}]
      4: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad
         meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [syn: {bad},
         {spoiled}, {spoilt}]
      5: 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" [syn: {regretful}, {sorry},
         {bad}] [ant: {unregretful}, {unregretting}]
      6: not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible)
         debt" [syn: {bad}, {uncollectible}]
      7: below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess
         player"; "a bad recital"
      8: nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
      9: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high
         risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much
         can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
         [syn: {bad}, {risky}, {high-risk}, {speculative}]
      10: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad
          heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
          [syn: {bad}, {unfit}, {unsound}]
      11: capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
      12: characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad
          life"
      13: reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged
          twenty dollar bill" [syn: {bad}, {forged}]
      14: not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a
          defective appliance" [syn: {bad}, {defective}]
      n 1: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics
           or decency; "take the bad with the good" [syn: {bad},
           {badness}] [ant: {good}, {goodness}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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