bad
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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It means that the two concepts of "BAD" and "SEVERE" are colexified in Spanish.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024
Sister Pat’s coalition took out a full-page ad in the New York Times with a mocking spin on GE’s slogan: “On the Hudson, G.E. Brings BAD Things to Life.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022
Lakers fell to 2-7 with a loss to the Cavaliers on Sunday and Times columnist Bill Plaschke has one word to describe who, or what, they are: BAD.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2022
OR BAD O: New Mexico ran 18 plays in the first half, three of them punts.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2021
We referred to ourselves as the BAD Club, and each letter in the acronym represented our relationship with him.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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