/bæd/
Translation
Not good; of low quality, or causing harm or trouble.
Word origin
Comes from an Old English word whose first meaning is not fully known.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- baeddel
Examples
, .
"Bad" shows the food was not good to eat.
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Here "bad" means the day was not happy or easy.
Smoking .
"Bad for" means it can hurt or harm your health.
is the opposite of good. A bad thing is poor in quality, or it can cause harm or trouble. The form worse means more bad, and worst means the most bad of all.
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Stories
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Grammar articles
(19)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Comparatives and superlatives in English: the complete guide
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Phrasal verbs: 100 examples with meanings
Phrasal Verbs with Get: 16 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Go: 14 Meanings You Actually Need
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
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