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bad

[bad] / bæd /










ADJECTIVE
(informal) impressively tough or skillful
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Usage

What are other ways to say bad?

When describing things that are lacking in moral qualities or are actually vicious and reprehensible, bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits. Evil applies to that which violates or leads to the violation of moral law: evil practices. Ill now appears mainly in certain fixed expressions, with a milder implication than that in evil: ill will; ill-natured. Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan.


Example Sentences

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If he stays, it will only be because leaving looks worse.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Belichick's final two seasons with the Patriots, he led the team to one of its worst records since the 1990s.

From BBC

She said "worst case scenarios" existed where children were being kept in isolation away from friends and the classroom for months "without being suspended or excluded formally".

From BBC

The new type of operation would protect Americans “from bad people and bad things,” Bovino said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even when she isn’t job hunting, Andrus sometimes looks at her binder for a confidence boost on bad days.

From The Wall Street Journal