bad

adjective

1)

bad workmanship

Syn:

substandard, poor, inferior, second-rate, second-class, unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, not up to scratch, not up to par, deficient, imperfect, defective, faulty, shoddy, amateurish, careless, negligent, miserable, sorry; incompetent, inept, inexpert, ineffectual; awful, atrocious, appalling, execrable, deplorable, terrible, abysmal, godawful; informal crummy, rotten, pathetic, useless, woeful, bum, lousy, not up to snuff

Ant:

good, excellent, skilled

2)

the alcohol had a really bad effect on me

Syn:

harmful, damaging, detrimental, injurious, hurtful, inimical, destructive, ruinous, deleterious; unhealthy, unwholesome

Ant:

good, beneficial

3)

the bad guys

Syn:

wicked, evil, sinful, immoral, morally wrong, corrupt, base, black-hearted, reprobate, amoral; criminal, villainous, nefarious, iniquitous, dishonest, dishonorable, unscrupulous, unprincipled; informal crooked, dirty; dated dastardly

Ant:

virtuous

4)

you bad girl!

Syn:

badly behaved, naughty, ill-behaved, disobedient, wayward, willful, self-willed, defiant, unruly, insubordinate, undisciplined

Ant:

well-behaved

5)

bad news

Syn:

unpleasant, disagreeable, unwelcome; unfortunate, unlucky, unfavorable; terrible, dreadful, awful, grim, distressing

Ant:

good

6)

a bad time to arrive

Syn:

inauspicious, unfavorable, inopportune, unpropitious, unfortunate, disadvantageous, adverse, inappropriate, unsuitable, untoward

Ant:

good, auspicious

7)

a bad accident

Syn:

severe, serious, grave, critical, acute; formal grievous

Ant:

minor, slight

8)

the meat's bad

Syn:

rotten, decayed, decomposed, decomposing, putrid, putrefied, off, moldy; sour, spoiled, rancid, rank, unfit for human consumption; (of an egg) addled, (of beer) skunky

Ant:

fresh

9)

if you still feel bad, stay in bed

See ill 1. 1)

10)

a bad knee

Syn:

injured, wounded, diseased; dated game

11)

I felt bad about leaving them

Syn:

guilty, conscience-stricken, remorseful, guilt-ridden, ashamed, contrite, sorry, full of regret, regretful, shamefaced

Ant:

unrepentant

12)

a bad check

Syn:

invalid, worthless; counterfeit, fake, false, bogus, fraudulent; informal phony, dud

Ant:

valid

13)

bad language

Syn:

offensive, vulgar, crude, foul, obscene, rude, coarse, smutty, dirty, filthy, indecent, indecorous; blasphemous, profane

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- not bad