bad
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
take the bad with the good
Types & categories
- quality hypernym
- unworthiness hyponym
- undesirability hyponym
- worse hyponym
- evil hyponym
- unsoundness hyponym
- liability hyponym
- inadvisability hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
having undesirable or negative qualities
a bad report card
Related & opposite
- worst also see
- worse also see
- unfavorable also see
- evil also see
- disobedient also see
- good antonym
- quality attribute
- badness derivation
- awful similar to
- corked similar to
- deplorable similar to
- frightful similar to
- tough similar to
- hopeless similar to
- horrid similar to
- icky similar to
- ill similar to
- unskilled similar to
- mediocre similar to
- naughty similar to
- negative similar to
- poor similar to
- pretty similar to
- rubber similar to
- severe similar to
- swingeing similar to
- uncool similar to
- unfavorable similar to
- unsuitable similar to
Sense 3 adverb
with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
the injury hurt badly
Related & opposite
- bad derived from
Sense 4 adjective
very intense
a bad headache
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adverb
very much; strongly
I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it
Sense 6 adjective
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
my throat feels bad
Related & opposite
- severity derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
- uncomfortable similar to
Sense 7 adjective
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
bad meat
Related & opposite
- stale similar to
Sense 8 adjective
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
felt regretful over his vanished youth
Related & opposite
- penitent also see
- unregretful antonym
Sense 9 adjective
not capable of being collected
a bad (or uncollectible) debt
Related & opposite
- invalid similar to
Sense 10 adjective
below average in quality or performance
a bad chess player
Related & opposite
Sense 11 adjective
nonstandard
so-called bad grammar
Related & opposite
- linguistics domain topic
- colloquialism domain usage
- nonstandard similar to
Sense 12 adjective
not financially safe or secure
a bad investment
Related & opposite
- risk derivation
- riskiness derivation
- speculativeness derivation
- job derivation
- unsound similar to
Sense 13 adjective
physically unsound or diseased
has a bad back
Related & opposite
- unsoundness derivation
- unfitness derivation
- unhealthy similar to
Sense 14 adjective
capable of harming
bad air
Related & opposite
- harmful similar to
Sense 15 adjective
characterized by wickedness or immorality
led a very bad life
Related & opposite
Sense 16 adjective
reproduced fraudulently
like a bad penny...
Related & opposite
- counterfeit similar to
Sense 17 adjective
not working properly
a bad telephone connection
Related & opposite
- defectiveness derivation
- malfunctioning similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | goodness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bad |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bad |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bad |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unworthiness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | undesirability |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | worse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | evil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | unsoundness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | liability |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inadvisability |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | worst |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | worse |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unfavorable |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | evil |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | disobedient |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | good |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | quality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | badness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | awful |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | corked |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | deplorable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | frightful |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | tough |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | hopeless |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | horrid |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | icky |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ill |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unskilled |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | mediocre |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | naughty |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | negative |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | poor |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pretty |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | rubber |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | severe |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | swingeing |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncool |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unfavorable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unsuitable |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | bad |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | severity |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | intense |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | severity |
| 6 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncomfortable |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | stale |
| 8 | also see | Related & opposite | penitent |
| 8 | antonym | Related & opposite | unregretful |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | invalid |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | badness |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | inferior |
| 11 | domain topic | Related & opposite | linguistics |
| 11 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonstandard |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | riskiness |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | speculativeness |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | job |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | unsound |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsoundness |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | unfitness |
| 13 | similar to | Related & opposite | unhealthy |
| 14 | similar to | Related & opposite | harmful |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | badness |
| 15 | similar to | Related & opposite | evil |
| 16 | similar to | Related & opposite | counterfeit |
| 17 | derivation | Related & opposite | defectiveness |
| 17 | similar to | Related & opposite | malfunctioning |