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bad

adjective as in harmful

adjective as in immoral

adjective as in disobedient or mischievous

adjective as in of food, decayed or rotten

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adjective as in severe, serious

adjective as in sick

adjective as in unpleasant, unfavorable

adjective as in (informal) impressively tough or skillful

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Example Sentences

It had some serious downsides — some bad stuff got out there that ended up creating a lot of confusion — but overall, I think that was a net positive.

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"It's as whimsical as if someone were to have a bad day, they could refuse the container," he said.

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His output was all the more impressive considering the training staff had told Cronin about a half-hour before the game that they didn’t know if Mara could play because of bad headaches.

“I feel like this is probably one of his worst games of the season. But that’s what you get playing against the best defense in the world.”

So with those caveats, let's consider the question that prompted this piece: just how bad has this week been for Chancellor Rachel Reeves?

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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.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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