Bad — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

adjective noun adverb /ˈbad/

Meaning & Definition of Bad

Bad (adjective)

  1. failing to reach an acceptable standard, poor
  2. unfavorable
  3. not fresh, spoiled

Bad (noun)

  1. something that is bad
  2. an evil or unhappy state
  3. fault

Bad (adverb)

  1. badly

Bad (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. falling short of a standard

    "a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess"

    similar: bastard, bush, bush-league, crummy, deficient, dissatisfactory, ill, inferior, lame, lousy, off, paltry, poor, punk, sour, suboptimal, subpar, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wack (slang), wanting, wretched, wrong, below par, from hunger
    related: abysmal, atrocious, awful, bitchin' (slang), brutal, damnable, deplorable, detestable, disastrous, dreadful, execrable, gnarly (slang), horrendous, horrible, pathetic, stinky, sucky (slang), terrible, unspeakable, defective, faulty, flawed, egregious, flagrant, gross, bum, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy (slang), cut-rate, junky, lesser, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, reprehensible, rotten, rubbishy, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, trashy, abominable, odious, vile, useless, valueless, worthless, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, meager, mean, miserly, scanty, shabby, short, skimp, skimpy, spare, stingy, miscreant, scurrilous, villainous, counterfeit, fake, phony, sham
    opposite: acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK, passable, respectable, satisfactory, standard, tolerable
    near: classic, classical, A1, bang-up, banner, boss (slang), capital, choice, crackerjack, dandy, divine, excellent, fabulous, first-class, first-rate, grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-test, jim-dandy, keen, marvelous, mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, perfect, premium, prime, sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, unsurpassed, wonderful, better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, special, sufficient, average, borderline, fair, mediocre, middling, minimal, so-so, unexceptional, suitable, useful, worthy, gratifying, satisfying

  2. not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable

    "stealing is just plain bad"

    similar: dark, evil, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, rotten, sinful, unethical, unlawful, unrighteous, unsavory, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong
    related: base, contemptible, despicable, dirty, disreputable, evil-minded, ignoble, ill, infernal, low, mean, snide, sordid, atrocious, cruel, infamous, nasty, blamable, blameworthy, censurable, objectionable, obscene, offensive, reprehensible, corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, libertine, loose, low-minded, perverted, reprobate, scrofulous, sick, unhealthy, cursed, cussed, defiling, noxious, pernicious, pestilential, ugly, ungodly, unwholesome, banned, barred, condemned, discouraged, forbidden, illegal, interdicted, outlawed, prohibited, proscribed, unauthorized, unclean, disallowed, execrable, lousy, miserable, wretched, errant, erring, fallen, unprincipled, unscrupulous, improper, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, naughty, unbecoming, unseemly, vulgar, dishonest, dishonorable
    opposite: decent, ethical, good, honest, honorable, just, moral, right, righteous, sublime, upright, virtuous
    near: elevated, high, high-minded, law-abiding, legitimate, lofty, noble, principled, reputable, scrupulous, allowed, authorized, legal, licensed, permissible, permitted, approved, endorsed, sanctioned, abetted, encouraged, promoted, supported, clean, correct, decent, decorous, exemplary, proper, seemly, blameless, commendable, creditable, guiltless, chaste, immaculate, incorruptible, innocent, inoffensive, irreproachable, lily-white, perfect, pure, spotless, squeaky-clean, uncorrupted, unerring, unfallen, unobjectionable, venerable, white, wholesome, esteemed, respected, upstanding, worthy

  3. causing or capable of causing harm

    "sitting too close to the television is said to be bad for the eyes"

    similar: adverse, baleful, baneful, damaging, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked
    related: hostile, inimical, unfriendly, contagious, deadly, infectious, infective, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, venomous, insidious, menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening, hazardous, imperiling, jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe, unsound, nasty, noisome, unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome, destructive, fatal, killer, lethal, malignant, ruinous
    opposite: anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe
    near: advantageous, beneficial, useful, favorable, good, propitious, curative, healthful, healthy, helpful, palliative, remedial, salubrious, salutary, wholesome, secure, sound, benignant, noncorrosive, nondestructive, nonfatal, noninfectious, nonlethal, nonpoisonous, nonpolluting, nontoxic, nonvenomous

  4. engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior

    "the children were bad, so they didn't get dessert"

    similar: contrary, errant, froward, misbehaving, mischievous, naughty
    related: defiant, disrespectful, ill-mannered, ill-natured, impolite, improper, impudent, indecorous, insolent, rude, uncouth, unmannerly, disobedient, headstrong, intractable, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, transgressing, unruly, untoward, willful, balky, restive, uncontrollable, ungovernable, wayward, wild, arch, elfish, impish, knavish, monkeying, monkeyish, ornery, pixieish, prankish, rascally, roguish, waggish, dissolute, perverse, wrongheaded, disorderly, rowdy, ruffianly, corrupt, evil, wicked, insurgent, mutinous, rebellious, disobliging, inconsiderate, selfish, thoughtless, unkind, unkindly, babyish, childish, immature, infantile, jejune, juvenile, kiddish, puerile
    opposite: behaved, behaving, nice, orderly
    near: acquiescent, compliant, complying, dutiful, obedient, submissive, clean, correct, decent, decorous, moral, proper, respectable, considerate, courteous, kindly, mannerly, polite, thoughtful, angelic, cherubic, divine, heavenly, amenable, docile, governable, tractable, amiable, complaisant, good-natured, obliging, pleasant, discreet, modest, adult, grown-up, mature

  5. feeling unhappiness

    "hearing about the world's miseries always makes him feel bad"

    similar: blue, brokenhearted, cast down, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, doleful, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, gloomy, glum, hangdog, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, heavyhearted, inconsolable, joyless, low, low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched
    related: aggrieved, distressed, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, worried, despairing, hopeless, sunk, disappointed, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, suicidal, dolorous, lachrymose, lugubrious, plaintive, tearful, regretful, rueful, agonized, anguished, grieving, wailing, weeping, black, bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, desolate, dismal, drear, dreary, elegiac, funereal, gray, morbid, morose, murky, saturnine, somber, sullen
    opposite: blissful, buoyant, buoyed, cheerful, cheery, chipper, delighted, glad, gladdened, gladsome, gleeful, happy, joyful, joyous, jubilant, sunny, upbeat
    near: ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant, overjoyed, rapturous, rhapsodic, blithe, blithesome, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, lightsome, merry, mirthful, excited, thrilled, hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine, encouraged, heartened, animated, bouncing, energetic, frisky, jaunty, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightful, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy, content, gratified, pleased, satisfied, beaming, grinning, laughing, smiling, boon, carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned

  6. having a fault

    "a bad video connection that is causing some picture loss"

    similar: amiss, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect, on the blink
    related: fallible, blemished, broken, crippled, damaged, defaced, disfigured, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, marred, spoiled, vitiated, deficient, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, wanting
    opposite: faultless, flawless, impeccable, perfect
    near: complete, entire, intact, whole, unblemished, undamaged, unimpaired, unspoiled

  7. having undergone organic breakdown

    "I think the milk has turned bad"

    similar: addled, corrupted, decayed, decomposed, putrefied, putrid, rotten, spoiled
    related: curdled, fermented, off, rancid, rank, sour, soured, sourish, turned, contaminated, defiled, fouled, impure, polluted, tainted, corroded, crumbled, degenerated, deteriorated, disintegrated, decaying, decomposing, disintegrating, mildewy, moldering, moldy, putrefying, putrescent, rotting, gangrenous
    opposite: undecomposed
    near: fresh, good, sweet, preserved, pristine, uncontaminated, undefiled, unpolluted, unspoiled, untainted, untouched

  8. not giving pleasure to the mind or senses

    "the air in the damp basement had a very bad smell"

    similar: bitter, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, harsh, icky, nasty, rotten, sour, uncongenial, unlovely, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpleasing, unsavory, unwelcome, wicked, yucky
    related: abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, beastly, bilious, disgusting, dreadful, foul, ghastly, gnarly (slang), god-awful, gross, hateful, hellish, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, invidious, loathsome, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, revulsive, scandalous, seamy, shocking, sick, sickening, ugly, unholy, vile, villainous, aggravating, annoying, galling, irritating, vexing, crappy (slang), cruddy, crummy, lousy, miserable, sucky (slang), wretched
    opposite: agreeable, congenial, good, grateful, gratifying, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, welcome
    near: delectable, delicious, delightful, dreamy, felicitous, amiable, charming, cheery, friendly, jolly, kindly, sweet

  9. of low quality

    "bad shoes that fell apart within a week"

    similar: bargain-basement, bum, cheap, cheapjack, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy (slang), cut-rate, el cheapo, execrable, gimcrack, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, rubbishy, schlock, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, terrible, trashy, trumpery, wretched
    related: useless, valueless, worthless, indifferent, lackluster, second-class, brummagem, flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank, tawdry, seedy, shabby, tacky, counterfeit, fake, phony, sham, supercheap, ultracheap
    opposite: excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, high-grade, superior, top-notch
    near: elegant, handsome, tasteful, handcrafted, polished, refined

  10. temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body

    "I've been feeling bad all week with this cold"

    similar: ailing, down, ill, indisposed, peaked, peaky, poorly, punk, run-down, sick, sickened, unhealthy, unsound, unwell, out of sorts, under the weather
    related: symptomatic, cruddy, lousy, seedy, sickish, nauseated, nauseous, qualmish, queasy, squeamish, airsick, carsick, seasick, dizzy, light-headed, shaky, woozy, achy, feverish, diseased, disordered, decrepit, feeble, fragile, frail, infirm, invalid, sickly, weak, weakly, afflicted, troubled, debilitated, disabled, incapacitated, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal
    opposite: hale, healthful, healthy, sound, well, whole, wholesome
    near: able-bodied, conditioned, fit, well-conditioned, cured, better, convalescing, improved, mending, recovering, recuperating, rehabilitated, hardy, hearty, lusty, robust, rugged, stalwart, strong, tough, blooming, bouncing, chipper, flourishing, flush, thriving

  11. having no legal or binding force

    "all known claims on the property were dismissed by the court as bad"

    similar: inoperative, invalid, nonbinding, nonvalid, nugatory, null, null and void, void
    related: illegal, useless, worthless, ineffective, ineffectual
    opposite: binding, good, valid
    near: legal, working

  12. having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it

    "with all of his tattoos and piercings, that skinhead looks like one really bad dude"

    similar: bitchy, catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, vicious, virulent
    related: devious, scoundrelly, scurvy, snakelike, acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful, vindictive, vitriolic, contemptuous, deprecating, derogatory, disdainful, disparaging, mean-spirited, obnoxious, opprobrious, scornful, snide, snotty, unkind, unkindly, unloving, baleful, baneful, evil, harsh, hostile, inimical, acrid, caustic, poisonous, scathing, venomous
    opposite: benevolent, benign, benignant, loving, unmalicious
    near: compassionate, good, good-hearted, kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, warm, warmhearted, affable, agreeable, amiable, cordial, friendly, genial, gracious, nice, pleasant, affectionate, amorous, sweet, tender, tenderhearted, humane, altruistic, high-minded, humanitarian, magnanimous, noble, philanthropic

Bad (adverb) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. in an unsatisfactory way

    "you didn't do too bad on the treadmill test"

    similar: badly, deficiently, inadequately, lousily, poorly, unacceptably, unsatisfactorily, wretchedly
    related: abysmally, atrociously, awfully, damnably, deplorably, detestably, disastrously, dreadfully, execrably, horrendously, horribly, horrifically, rottenly, terribly, intolerably, unbearably, inappropriately, incorrectly, indecently, reprehensibly, unsuitably, vulgarly, naughtily, egregiously, flagrantly, grossly, miserably, shoddily, sleazily, trashily, unspeakably, abominably, odiously, vilely, inferiorly, insufficiently, meagerly, meanly, scantily, scantly, shabbily, skimpily, sparely, stingily
    opposite: acceptably, adequately, all right, fine, good, nicely, OK, palatably, passably, satisfactorily, so-so, tolerably, well
    near: appropriately, congruously, correctly, decently, decorously, felicitously, fittingly, meetly, rightly, seemly, suitably, exactly, faithfully, ideally, precisely, respectably, gratifyingly, satisfyingly

Bad (noun) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. that which is morally unacceptable

    "there's bad and good in people of every race and nationality"

    similar: evil, evildoing, ill, immorality, iniquity, sin, villainy, wrong
    related: atrociousness, atrocity, badness, balefulness, darkness, depravedness, devilishness, diabolism, enormity, evilness, heinousness, iniquitousness, satanism, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness, devilry, fiendishness, cancer, canker, decay, rot, squalor, corruption, debauchery, degeneracy, depravity, indecency, malefaction, perversion, pervertedness, scurrility, scurrilousness, abomination, anathema, taboo
    opposite: good, morality, right, virtue
    near: decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, uprightness, righteousness, virtuousness

Related Entry: Bad blood (noun)

Bad blood is a different word from Bad. The synonyms below are for bad blood, not for bad.

  1. a deep-seated ill will

    "there's been bad blood between the two families for years"

    similar: animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bitterness, enmity, gall, grudge, hostility, jaundice, rancor
    related: blood feud, feud, score, vendetta, hate, hatred, loathing, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol, alienation, disaffection, estrangement, conflict, coolness, discord, friction, strain, tension, inhospitableness, unfriendliness, malice, malignancy, malignity, spite, spitefulness, venom
    opposite: amity
    near: amiability, amicability, civility, cordiality, friendliness, hospitality, neighborliness, comity, empathy, friendship, goodwill, sympathy, understanding

Related Entry: Bad-mouth (verb)

Bad-mouth is a different word from Bad. The synonyms below are for bad-mouth, not for bad.

  1. to express scornfully one's low opinion of

    "she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"

    similar: belittle, cry down, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, diminish, dis (slang), discount, dismiss, disparage, kiss off, minimize, play down, poor-mouth, put down, run down, talk down, trash, trash-talk, vilipend, write off, dump on
    related: discommend, abuse, scold, disapprove (of), dislike, censure, condemn, criticize, denounce, reprehend, reprobate, asperse, defame, malign, rip, slander, slur, traduce, vilify, discredit, disgrace
    opposite: acclaim, applaud, exalt, extol, glorify, laud, magnify, praise
    near: approve, countenance, endorse, favor, recommend, sanction, commend, compliment, eulogize

Related Entry: Bad faith (noun)

Bad faith is a different word from Bad. The synonyms below are for bad faith, not for bad.

  1. as in dishonesty, deceit

    similar: deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, lying, mendaciousness, mendacity, untruthfulness, artifice, cozenage, crookedness, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, fakery, falseness, falsity, fraudulentness, hypocrisy, insincerity, two-facedness, beguilement, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, furtiveness, guile, indirection, insidiousness, oiliness, perfidy, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, smoothness, treacherousness, trickery, underhandedness, unscrupulousness, wiliness, equivocation, prevarication, exaggeration, inaccuracy
    opposite: artlessness, candidness, candor, forthrightness, frankness, good faith, guilelessness, ingenuousness, plainspokenness, sincerity, straightforwardness, honesty, integrity, probity, truthfulness, veracity, verity, honor, honorableness, incorruptibility, rectitude, righteousness, right-mindedness, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, uprightness

Related Entry: Bad-mouthing (noun)

Bad-mouthing is a different word from Bad. The synonyms below are for bad-mouthing, not for bad.

  1. as in vilification, disparagement

    similar: aspersion, belittlement, disparagement, revilement, vilification, expletive, swearword, castigation, chastisement, criticism, excoriation, opprobrium, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, epithet, insult, put-down, slur, broadside, diatribe, harangue, polemic, tirade, blasphemy, curse, execration, imprecation, malediction, profanity, blackguardism, abuse, billingsgate, fulmination, invective, obloquy, scurrility, vitriol, vituperation
    opposite: acclaim, applause, commendation, praise, compliments, congratulations, endearments, felicitations, adulation, blarney, flattery, overpraise, soft soap

Related Entry: Bad-mouthed (verb)

Bad-mouthed is a different word from Bad. The synonyms below are for bad-mouthed, not for bad.

  1. to express scornfully one's low opinion of

    "she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"

    similar: belittled, cried down, decried, denigrated, deprecated, depreciated, derogated, diminished, discounted, dismissed, disparaged, dissed (slang), kissed off, minimized, played down, poor-mouthed, put down, ran down, talked down, trashed, trash-talked, vilipended, wrote off, dumped on
    related: discommended, abused, scolded, disapproved (of), disliked, censured, condemned, criticized, denounced, reprehended, reprobated, aspersed, defamed, maligned, ripped, slandered, slurred, traduced, vilified, discredited, disgraced
    opposite: acclaimed, applauded, exalted, extolled, glorified, lauded, magnified, praised
    near: approved, countenanced, endorsed, favored, recommended, sanctioned, commended, complimented, eulogized

Related Entry: Bad-mouths (verb)

Bad-mouths is a different word from Bad. The synonyms below are for bad-mouths, not for bad.

  1. to express scornfully one's low opinion of

    "she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"

    similar: belittles, cries down, decries, denigrates, deprecates, depreciates, derogates, diminishes, discounts, dismisses, disparages, disses (slang), kisses off, minimizes, plays down, poor-mouths, puts down, runs down, talks down, trashes, trash-talks, vilipends, writes off, dumps on
    related: discommends, abuses, scolds, disapproves (of), dislikes, censures, condemns, criticizes, denounces, reprehends, reprobates, asperses, defames, maligns, rips, slanders, slurs, traduces, vilifies, discredits, disgraces
    opposite: acclaims, applauds, exalts, extols, glorifies, lauds, magnifies, praises
    near: approves, countenances, endorses, favors, recommends, sanctions, commends, compliments, eulogizes

Related Entry: Bad-mouthing (verb)

Bad-mouthing is a different word from Bad. The synonyms below are for bad-mouthing, not for bad.

  1. to express scornfully one's low opinion of

    "she promptly bad-mouthed that awful movie to everyone she knew"

    similar: belittling, crying down, decrying, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, derogating, diminishing, discounting, dismissing, disparaging, dissing (slang), kissing off, minimizing, playing down, poor-mouthing, putting down, running down, talking down, trashing, trash-talking, vilipending, writing off, dumping on
    related: discommending, abusing, scolding, disapproving (of), disliking, censuring, condemning, criticizing, denouncing, reprehending, reprobating, aspersing, defaming, maligning, ripping, slandering, slurring, traducing, vilifying, discrediting, disgracing
    opposite: acclaiming, applauding, exalting, extolling, glorifying, lauding, magnifying, praising
    near: approving, countenancing, endorsing, favoring, recommending, sanctioning, commending, complimenting, eulogizing

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Another Word for Bad

The most common words with a similar meaning to Bad:

Slang: wack, crappy
bastard, bush, bush-league, crummy, deficient, dissatisfactory, ill, inferior, lame, lousy, off, paltry, poor, punk, sour, suboptimal, subpar, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wanting, wretched, wrong, dark, evil, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious, rotten, sinful, unethical, unlawful, unrighteous, unsavory, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, adverse, baleful

Antonyms & Opposite Words for Bad

Words with the opposite meaning of Bad:

acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK, passable, respectable, satisfactory, standard, tolerable, ethical, good, honest, honorable, just, moral, right, righteous, sublime, upright, virtuous, anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe

Related Words for Bad

abysmal, atrocious, awful, bitchin', brutal, damnable, deplorable, detestable, disastrous, dreadful, gnarly, horrendous, horrible, pathetic, stinky, sucky, unspeakable, egregious, flagrant, gross, lesser, reprehensible, abominable, odious, useless, valueless, worthless, inadequate, insufficient, lacking

Near Antonyms of Bad

classic, classical, A1, bang-up, banner, boss, capital, choice, crackerjack, dandy, divine, fabulous, grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-test, jim-dandy, keen, marvelous, mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, premium, prime, sensational, slick, splendid

Word Forms of Bad

Inflections: worse, worst

Derived words: badness (noun)

Origin & Etymology of Bad

Middle English badde, bad, of obscure origin

First known use: 13th century

Vocabulary Lists & Topics for Bad

Words & Phrases Containing Bad

bad actor, bad apple, bad blood

Frequently Asked Questions about Bad

What does "Bad" mean?

"Bad" means failing to reach an acceptable standard, poor. As an an adjective, a noun and an adverb, it is defined as: failing to reach an acceptable standard, poor. It has 14 distinct senses.

What is another word for "Bad"?

Other words for "Bad" include bastard, bush, bush-league, crummy, deficient, dissatisfactory, ill and inferior. The best synonym depends on which meaning of "Bad" you intend.

What are different ways to say "Bad"?

There are 668 words and phrases with a similar meaning to "Bad". Common alternatives include bastard, bush, bush-league, crummy, deficient, dissatisfactory, ill, inferior, lame and lousy.

What is the opposite of "Bad"?

Antonyms of "Bad" include acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK, passable and respectable. Near antonyms include classic, classical, A1 and bang-up.

How do you use "Bad" in a sentence?

Examples of "Bad" in a sentence: "a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess"; "stealing is just plain bad"; "sitting too close to the television is said to be bad for the eyes".

Is "Bad" a noun, verb, or adjective?

"Bad" can be used as an adjective, a noun and an adverb, depending on the context.

Is "Bad" useful for IELTS, TOEFL, and other English exams?

As an A1-level word, "Bad" is typical of Cambridge A1 Movers (Young Learners), TOEIC Listening & Reading 120+.

How do you pronounce "Bad"?

"Bad" is pronounced /ˈbad/.