bad

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Antonyms 1.2.1.3 See also 1.2.1.4 Derived terms 1.2.1.5 Translations 1.2.2 Adverb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 Noun 1.2.3.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Inflection 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Verb 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Pronunciation 2.3.2 Verb 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.3 Verb 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Inflection 5 Old English 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Verb 6 Scottish Gaelic 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Derived terms 7 Swedish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 7.3 Verb 8 Volapük 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Declension 8.1.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæd/
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  Rhymes: -æd

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English badde "wicked, evil, morally depraved", originally "inferior, defective". Akin to Old English bæddel (“‘hermaphrodite’”), bædling (“‘effeminate man’”)

[edit] Adjective

bad (comparative worse, superlative worst)

1. Not good; unfavorable; negative.

   You have bad credit.

2. Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.

   It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.

3. Not suitable or fitting.
4. tricky; stressful; unpleasant

   Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.

5. evil, wicked

   Be careful. There are bad people in the world.

6. faulty; not functional

   I had a bad headlight.

7. Of food, spoilt, rotten, overripe.
8. Of breath, malodorous, foul.
9. bold and daring
10. Severe, urgent (of a need or want).

    He is in bad need of a haircut.

[edit] Synonyms

• (not good): unfavorable, negative
• (non-appropriate, in manners, etc.):
• (not suitable or fitting):
• (tricky; stressful; unpleasant):
• (evil, wicked): wicked, evil, vile, vicious
• (not functional): faulty
• (of food): rotten
• (of breath): malodorous, foul
• (bold, daring):
• (of a need or want): severe, urgent, dire

• See also Wikisaurus:bad

[edit] Antonyms

good right worthy competent benevolent true honest

just sincere beneficial advantageous profitable virtuous reputable

upright propitious choice excellent exceptional first-class first-rate

premium prime superior adequate sufficient

[edit] See also

astray base bum contemptible defective despicable dirty

execrable faulty flawed inadequate insufficient lacking lesser

low-grade mediocre par reprehensible scurrilous second-rate under

unspeakable useless valueless villainous worthless

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

bad (comparative worse, superlative worst)

1. (now colloquial) Badly.

   I didn't do too bad in the last exam.

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[edit] Noun

bad (uncountable)

1. (slang) error, mistake

   Sorry, my bad!

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[edit] Etymology 2

From better

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bad (comparative badder, superlative baddest)

1. (nonstandard, slang): fantastic

   You is ^[sic] bad, man!

[edit] Etymology 3

unknown

[edit] Verb

to bad (third-person singular simple present bads, present participle badding, simple past and past participle badded)

1. (British, dialectal, transitive) To shell (a walnut).
   • 1876, The Gloucester Journal, Oct. 7, 1876, reported in William John Thomas, Doran (John), Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries, page 346

     A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect c»me out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ' badding ' walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial : to ' bad ' walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called » 'bannut,' and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ' Come an' bad the bannuts.'

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ABD
• ADB
• BDA
• dab, DAB
• dba, DBA, D.B.A.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse bað.

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• IPA: [bað]

[edit] Noun

bad n. (singular definite badet, plural indefinite bade)

1. bath, shower, swim
2. bathroom

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[edit] Etymology 2

See bede.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [baːˀð]

[edit] Verb

bad

1. Past of bede.

[edit] Etymology 3

See bade.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [bæːˀð]

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bad

1. Imperative of bade.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɑt/
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[edit] Noun

bad n. (plural baden, diminutive badje, diminutive plural badjes)

1. bath

[edit] Derived terms

• badderen
• badkuip

[edit] Verb

bad

1. Past tense singular of bidden.

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

bad

1. bath

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɑːd/

[edit] Verb

bād

1. First- and third-person singular preterite of of bīdan.

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Noun

bad m. (genitive baid, plural badan)

1. place, spot
2. tuft, bunch
3. flock, group
4. thicket, clump (of trees)

[edit] Derived terms

• reul-bhad

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[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for bad	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	bad	badet	bad	baden
Possessive form	bads	badets	bads	badens

bad n.

1. bath, the act of bathing
2. a place, especially indoors, with swimming pools

[edit] Verb

bad

1. Past tense of be.

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

bad

1. evil, badness

[edit] Declension

[edit] See also

• badik
• badiko