badness

bad ¹

 (băd)

adj. worse (wûrs), worst (wûrst)

1. Not achieving an adequate standard; poor: a bad concert.

2. Immoral or evil.

3. Vulgar or obscene: bad language.

4. Disobedient or naughty: bad children.

5. Disagreeable, unpleasant, or disturbing: a bad piece of news.

6. Unfavorable: bad reviews for the play.

7. Not fresh; rotten or spoiled: bad meat.

8. Injurious in effect; detrimental: bad habits.

9. Not working properly; defective: a bad telephone connection.

10. Full of or exhibiting faults or errors: bad grammar.

11. Having no validity; void: passed bad checks.

12. Being so far behind in repayment as to be considered a loss: bad loans.

13. Severe; intense: a bad cold.

14.

a. Being in poor health or in pain: I feel bad today.

b. Being in poor condition; diseased: bad lungs.

15. Sorry; regretful: She feels bad about how she treated you.

16. bad·der, bad·dest Slang Very good; great.

n.

Something that is below standard or expectations, as of ethics or decency: weighing the good against the bad.

adv. Usage Problem

Badly.

Idioms:

in bad Informal

In trouble or disfavor.

my bad Slang

Used to acknowledge that one is at fault.

not half/so bad Informal

Reasonably good.

that's too bad

1. Used to express sadness or sympathy.

2. Used in response to a protest or complaint to express insistence that the speaker's expectation be met.

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[Middle English badde, perhaps from shortening of Old English bæddel, hermaphrodite, effeminate or homosexual male.]

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bad′ness n.

Usage Note: Bad is often used as an adverb in sentences such as His tooth ached so bad he could not sleep. This usage is common in informal speech but is widely regarded as unacceptable in formal writing. In our 2009 survey, 72 percent of the Usage Panel rejected the sentence just quoted. · The use of badly with want and need was once considered incorrect, since in these cases it means "very much" rather than "in an inferior manner or condition" or "immorally." But this use is widespread, even in formal contexts, and is now considered standard. · The adverb badly is often used after verbs such as feel, as in I felt badly about the whole affair. This usage bears analogy to the use of other adverbs with feel, such as strongly in We feel strongly about this issue. Some people prefer to maintain a distinction between feel badly and feel bad, restricting the former to emotional distress and using the latter to cover physical ailments; however, this distinction is not universally observed, so feel badly should be used in a context that makes its meaning clear. · Badly is used in some regions to mean "unwell," as in He was looking badly after the accident. Poorly is also used in this way. · Note that badly is required following look when it modifies another word or phrase in the predicate, as in The motorcycle looked badly in need of repair.

Our Living Language Many people might have the impression that the slang usage of bad to mean its opposite, "excellent," is a recent innovation of African American Vernacular English. While the usage is of African American origin and parallels to it are found in language use throughout the Caribbean, the "good" use of bad has been recorded for over a century. The first known example dates from 1897. Even earlier, beginning in the 1850s, the word appears in the sense "formidable, very tough," as applied to persons. Whether or not the two usages are related, they both illustrate a favorite creative device of informal and slang language—using a word to mean the opposite of what it "really" means. This is by no means uncommon; people use words sarcastically to mean the opposite of their actual meanings on a daily basis. What is more unusual is for such a usage to be generally accepted within a larger community. Perhaps when the concepts are as basic as "good" and "bad" this general acceptance is made easier. A similar instance is the word uptight, which in the 1960s enjoyed usage in the sense "excellent" alongside its now-current, negative meaning of "tense."

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bad ²

 (băd)

v. Archaic

A past tense of bid.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	badness - that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good" bad quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare unworthiness - the quality or state of lacking merit or value undesirability - the quality possessed by something that should be avoided worse - something inferior in quality or condition or effect; "for better or for worse"; "accused of cheating and lying and worse" evil - that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune; "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones"- Shakespeare unsoundness - not mentally or physically healthy; "no one can be a poet without a certain unsoundness of mind" liability - the quality of being something that holds you back inadvisability - the quality of being ill-advised goodness, good - that which is pleasing or valuable or useful; "weigh the good against the bad"; "among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
	2.	badness - used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather severeness, severity intensiveness, intensity - high level or degree; the property of being intense raininess, foulness - (of weather) the badness of the weather; "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather" distressfulness, seriousness - the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness"
	3.	badness - an attribute of mischievous children mischievousness, naughtiness disobedience - the trait of being unwilling to obey prankishness, rascality, roguishness - the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks

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badness

noun wickedness, wrong, evil, corruption, sin, impropriety, immorality, villainy, naughtiness, sinfulness, foulness, baseness, rottenness, vileness, shamefulness They only recognize badness when they perceive it in others.
good, virtue, excellence, goodness, morality, righteousness, rectitude, uprightness

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badness

noun

Whatever is destructive or harmful:

bad, evil, ill.

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Translations

سوءٌ

špatná kvalitazkaženost

ondskab

Schlechtigkeit

maldad

méchanceté

rosszaság

illska, vonska

cattiveria

vondskap

maldade

kötülük

坏

badness

[ˈbædnɪs] N

1. (= wickedness) → maldad f

2. (= poor quality) → mala calidad f

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badness

[ˈbædnɪs] n [person] → méchanceté fbad-tempered [ˌbædˈtɛmpə^rd] adj
to be bad-tempered (by nature) → avoir mauvais caractère
He's a really bad-tempered person → Il a vraiment mauvais caractère.; (in a bad mood) → être de mauvaise humeur
He was really bad-tempered yesterday → Il était vraiment de mauvaise humeur hier.
to become bad-tempered → devenir irritable
When his headaches developed Nick became bad-tempered → Quand il avait mal à la tête, Nick devenait irritable.

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badness

n no pl

→ Schlechtheit f; (moral) → Schlechtigkeit f; (= naughtiness) → Unartigkeit f, → Ungezogenheit f

(= seriousness) → Schwere f; (of headache) → Stärke f

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badness

[ˈbædnɪs] n (wickedness) → cattiveria

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bad

(bӕd) – comparative worse (wəːs) : superlative worst (wəːst) – adjective

1. not good; not efficient. He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly). swak سَيِّء лош mau špatný schlecht dårlig ανίκανος, αναποτελεσματικός, κακής ποιότητας malo vilets بد huono mauvaisרע खराब slab rossz buruk vondur, slæmur, lélegur cattivo 不十分な 나쁜 blogas slikts tidak cekap slechtdårligniedobry بد، غلط، خراب، ناوړه mau prost, slab плохой zlý slab loš dålig ไม่ดี kötü, fena 壞的 поганий بُرا xấu; dở; tồi 坏的

2. wicked; immoral. a bad man; He has done some bad things. sleg رَديء ، غَيْر أخلاقي зъл mau zlý böse dårlig; slem; ond κακός, ανήθικοςmalo halb بد؛ نکوهیده paha méchantרשע, אכזר बुरा zao gonosz jahat vondur cattivo 不正な 사악한 blogas, nedoras ļauns; izvirtis jahat slechtvondzły, nikczemny بد، غلط، خراب، ناوړه mau rău, ticălos безнравственный zlý, skazený slab, grd zao ond, usel เลว kötü, fena 不道德的 негарний; аморальний بد کار، بِگڑا، ناقص ác; xấu 不道德的

3. unpleasant. bad news. sleg غَيْر سارّ неприятен ruim špatný, zlý schlecht dårlig δυσάρεστοςmalo ebameeldiv بد؛ ناخوشایند epämiellyttävä mauvaisלא נעים बुरा loš, neugodan rossz, kellemetlen tidak menyenangkan slæmur cattivo いやな 짜증스러운 blogas, nemalonus slikts; nepatīkams tidak baik slechtdårligzły, nieprzyjemny بد، ناوړه mau neplăcut неприятный zlý slab neprijatan dålig, tråkig ไม่ดี kötü, fena, üzücü 令人不快的 кепський ناخوشگوار khó chịu 使人不愉快的

4. rotten. This meat is bad. vrot, oud فاسِدُ، مُذرٍ развален estragado zkažený schlecht dårlig; fordærvet χαλασμένοςmalo, podrido, pasado riknenud فاسد؛ خراب pilaantunut pourriמקולקל खराब pokvaren romlott busuk skemmdur, úldinn andato a male 腐った 상한 blogas, sugedęs bojāts busuk bedorvenbedervet, råtten, skjemtzepsuty ناکاره، خراب estragado stricat, alterat испорченный pokazený pokvarjen pokvaren dålig, skämd เน่าเปื่อย kokmuş, bozulmuş, çürük 腐爛的 зіпсований خراب thiu; hỏng 腐烂的

5. causing harm or injury. Smoking is bad for your health. sleg, swak مُؤْذٍ، ضارُّ вреден ruim škodlivý schlecht skadelig βλαβερόςmalo, perjudicial, nocivo, pernicioso kahjulik مضر haitallinen mauvais פוֹגֵע škodljiv rosszat tesz berakibat buruk skaðlegur dannoso 有害な 건강에 안 좋은 kenksmingas kaitīgs tidak baik slechtskadeligszkodliwy مضر mau nociv, dăunător вредный škodlivý škodljiv štetan skadlig, farlig เป็นอันตราย zararlı, tehlikeli 有害的 шкідливий مضر، مضرت رساں có hại 有害的

6. (of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state. She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today. swak مَريض، ضَعيف، مُتأَلِّم болезнен, болен doente nemocný, bolavý schlecht smertefuld; svag; dårlig άρρωστος, αδύναμος que duele; enfermo nõrk, valus بد؛ خراب heikko malade, saleלקוי slab, težak rossz, beteges lemah, sakit sekali slæmur, lasinn, bilaður malato 加減の悪い 아픈 nesveikas, skaudantis, silpnas slims; nevesels sakit zwaksmertefull; svakchory غلط، بد،خراب doente bolnav больной chorý, boľavý bolan bolan dålig, svag, ont [i] เจ็บปวด; ไม่แข็งแรง ağrılı, ağrıyan 痛的 хворий; сильний (про біль) ناقص đau yếu 痛的

7. unwell. I am feeling quite bad today. sleg, siek, olik غَيْر صِحّي، مَريض болен mal špatně, zle schlecht uvel άσχημα, δυσάρεστα mal haiglane بد heikko olo mal לא טוֹב loš rosszul sakit lasinn male 病気の 기분이 좋지 않은 nesveikas, sergantis slims; nevesels tidak sihat niet goeduvelchory بد، خراب mal rău, prost скверный zle slabo loše dålig, sjuk ไม่สบาย rahatsız, hasta, keyifsiz 不舒服的 нездоровий خراب không khoẻ 不舒服的

8. serious or severe. a bad accident; a bad mistake. erg, ernstig خَطير، شَديد сериозен grave závažný schlimm alvorlig; slem σοβαρός, κρίσιμοςgrave tõsine شدید vakava graveקשה, חמור strašan, težak súlyos serius (mjög) slæmur, alvarlegur grave ひどい 심각한 didelis, rimtas rupja kļūda teruk zwaaralvorlig, slempoważny شديد، سخت grave grav серьёзный, грубый vážny, ťažký težak težak allvarlig, svår รุนแรง ciddî, ağır, kötü 嚴重的 тяжкий; грубий شدید nghiêm trọng 严重的

9. (of a debt) not likely to be paid. The firm loses money every year from bad debts. swak لا يُمْكِن دَفْعُـه невъзстановим não pago pochybný ungünstig dårlig επισφαλήςincobrable lootusetu سوخت شده ongelmaluotto douteux חוֹב אָבוּד nenaplativ kinnlevőség tidak terbayar vafasamur (di dubbia esigibilità) 不良の 갚기 힘든 beviltiškas šaubīgi/ bezcerīgi [] lapuk kwaad uerholdelig (fordring) nieściągalny نا تمامه،نيمايى،شاته پاتى não pago îndo­ielnic безнадёжный nevymožiteľný dvomljiv nenaplativ, bez pokrića oindrivbar (หนี้) เสีย ödenmeyen 壞帳，倒帳 безнадійний ناقابلِ واپسی قرض nợ khó đòi 坏帐，倒帐

ˈbadly – comparative worse: superlative worst - adverb

1. not well, efficiently or satisfactorily. He plays tennis very badly. swak بِصورةٍ سَيّئـه лошо mal špatně schlecht dårligt άσχημα, αναποτελεσματικά, μη ικανοποιητικά mal halvasti بد؛ ناشیانه huonosti mal בְּאוֹפֶן גָרוּע बुरी तरह से loše rosszul buruk, jelek illa male 下手に 서투르게 blogai slikti tidak cekap slechtdårlig, slettźle بد، غلط، خراب، ناوړه mal rău, prost плохо zle slabo loše dåligt ไม่ดี; ไม่น่าพอใจ kötü, fena 糟糕地 погано پُری طرح tồi; dở 坏，差

2. to a serious or severe extent. He badly needs a haircut; The dress is badly stained. ernstig, erg بِصورةٍ كبيرةٍ / ماسَّةٍ много силно muito nutně, strašně dringend, sehr alvorligt; stærkt πολύ, σε μεγάλο βαθμό seriamente, desesperadamente; muy üliväga شدیداً pahasti sérieusement בְּאוֹפֶן חָמוּר jako, intenzivno nagyon sangat mjög, illilega seriamente ひどく 몹시 labai, smarkiai stipri; ļoti sangat erg sårt/hardt tiltrengt poważnie شديداً muito serios, tare крайне, очень сильно nutne; vážne, naliehavo resno, pošteno užasno illa, svårt, i hög grad อย่างแรง fena halde, çok, çok fazla, adamakıllı 嚴重地 дуже, сильно شدید طور پر lắm rất 严重地

ˈbadness noun

slegheid سوءٌ лошота maldade špatná kvalita, zkaženost die Schlechtigkeit ondskab κακίαmaldad kurjus بدی؛ شر pahuus méchancetéרוע खराबी loše stanje rosszaság keburukan illska, vonska cattiveria 悪いこと 나쁜 상태 blogumas sliktums keburukan slechtheidvondskap lichość, zły stan بدي، شر maldade răutate негодность skazenosť; zloba hudobija loša stvar dålighet ความเลว kötülük 壞，差，劣 непридатність; шкідливість برائی sự xấu; sự tồi 坏

badly off

not having much especially money. We can't go on holiday – we are too badly off. arm مُعدَم،فَقير беден em má situação být v tísni (finanční), vést si špatně übel dran sein er dårligt stillet σε κακή οικονομική κατάσταση andar mal de dinero, estar en un período de escasez/de vacas flacas viletsas olukorras در وضع بد vaikeassa rahatilanteessa être dans la gêne עני पैसे नहीं होना slabostojeći rosszul áll miskin illa settur passarsela male 生活が苦しい 가난한 sunkioje (materialinėje) padėtyje trūcīgs tiada wang armdårlig stilt źle sytuowany په خراب يا ناوړه حالت كي em má situação probleme financiare обедневший v tiesni v pomanjkanju siromašan dåligt ställt จน fakir, yoksul 缺錢的 в скрутному становищі تنگدستی túng thiếu 缺少的

feel bad (about something)

to feel upset or ashamed about something. I feel bad about forgetting to telephone you. sleg voel يَشْعُرُ بالخَجَل والأضطِراب чувствам се зле sentir-se mal litovat něčeho sich unwohl fühlen skamme sig; være ked af αισθάνομαι άσχημα για κτ. sentirse mal, sentir vergüenza, tener remordimientos kahju olema متأسف بودن؛ احساس بدی داشتن olla pahoillaan être embêté (à propos de) לְהַרגִיש רַע खराब लगना uzrujavati se kellemetlenül érzi magát kalut, malu líða illa út af, þykja leitt essere addolorato 後悔している 유감이다 nepatogiai jaustis slikti justies (par kaut ko); pārdzīvot rasa bersalah spijt hebben (van iets) være lei seg; skjemmes mieć wyrzuty sumienia خواشيني sentir vergonha a-i părea rău (de) сожалеть ľutovať biti nerodno (zaradi) osećati se loše ha dåligt samvete för, skämmas för รู้สึกไม่ดี üzülmek, üzüntü duymak 懊惱的 засмучений; присоромлений شرمندگی بُرا احساس buồn; xấu hổ 懊恼的

go from bad to worse

to get into an even worse condition etc than before. Things are going from bad to worse for the firm – not only are we losing money but there's going to be a strike as well. al hoe erger word مِن سَيئٍ إلى أَسْوَأ влошавам се ir de mal a pior zhoršovat se, jít od desíti k pěti immer schlechter werden gå fra dårligt til slemt; blive værre og værre πηγαίνω από το κακό στο χειρότερο ir de mal en peor vihma käest räästa alla sattuma از بد بدتر شدن heikentyä empirer לִפּוֹל מֵהַפָּח אֶל הַפָּחַת बद से बदतर होना sve lošije egyre romlik makin buruk, memburuk fara úr öskunni í eldinn, versna andare di male in peggio ますます悪くなる 더욱 더 나빠지다 eiti vis blogyn aizvien ļaunāk bertambah buruk van kwaad tot erger vervallen bli verre og verre pogarszać się له بد بدتر كيدل ir de mal a pior a merge din rău în mai rău становиться хуже и хуже ísť od deviatich k piatim iti čedalje slabše pogoršati se bli värre och värre ความวัวยังไม่ทันหาย ความควายเข้ามาแทรก giderek kötüleşmek 每況愈下 ставати все гіршим بد سے بد تر ہونا trở nên xấu hơn 每况愈下

not bad

quite good. `Is she a good swimmer?' `She's not bad.' nie sleg nie ليْسَ سيِّئا не е зле não é ruim ujde to, je to docela dobré 'gar nicht schlecht ikke værst; ikke dårlig σχετικά καλός nada mal üsna hea, pole paha نسبتاً خوب ei hullumpi pas mauvais לא רַע खराब नहीं nije loše kitűnő lumayan ekki sem verstur non male なかなか良い 나쁘지 않은 neblogas gluži labi agak baik niet slecht ikke verst/dårlig niezły لژ شه não é mau destul de bun неплохой celkom ujde (kar) dober nije loše inte dålig[t], ganska bra ค่อนข้างดี oldukça iyi, hiç te fena sayılmaz 還不錯 непоганий (برا نہیں، (اچھا khá tốt 不错

too bad

unfortunate. It's too bad that he has left. jammer سيِّئ جدا، من سوء الحَظ жалко pena to je škoda, to je mrzuté, nepříjemné zu dumm ærgerligt; synd κακώςpena kahju küll بد شد؛ متأسفم sääli dommageחבל बहुत खराब nažalost kár sayang sekali leiðinlegt (að) peccato 残念な 불행한 gaila ļoti žēl sayang sekali zonde så synd/leitt, for galt, ergerligszkoda دير ناوره، دير خراب pena păcat (că) жаль veľká škoda, že škoda (da) šteta synd โชคร้าย çok kötü, çok yazık 遺憾 жаль پہت برا đáng tiếc 不幸

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