bad
English
/bæd/, /bæːd/, /bɛd/, /bɛʔ/, /beəd/
adj
Definitions
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Evil; wicked.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of food) spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- (of breath) malodorous; foul.
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- (informal) Bold and daring.
- (slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of a) Severe, urgent.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- (slang) Not covered by funds on account.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English bad derived from Old English bæddel (hermaphrodite, effeminate man) derived from Proto-Germanic *bad-.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bad-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -er English
- arse English
- ass English
- bad-looking English
- badarse English
- badass English
- badassery English
- badassitude English
- badassness English
- badden English
- baddest English
- baddie English
- baddish English
- baddishness English
- badfic English
- badlands English
- badling English
- badly English
- badman English
- badness English
- badnik English
- badsome English
- badthink English
- badware English
- dirty English
- dirtybadwrong English
- do English
- do-badder English
- fic English
- lands English
- looking English
- man English
- nonbad English
- superbad English
- think English
- wrong English
- bader French
- *bad- Proto-Germanic
- bæddel Old English
- *badling Middle English
- bad Middle English
- badde Middle English
- badly Middle English
- bað Old Norse
- bad Danish
- badebukser Danish
- blodbad Danish
- skumbad Danish
- vandbad Danish
- Baad Pennsylvania German
- Baadschtubb Pennsylvania German
- mako sica Lakota