Another word for bad
Noun
bad, badness - that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
Example:- take the bad with the good
Adjective
bad - having undesirable or negative qualities
Example:- a bad report card
bad, regretful, sorry - feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
Example:- felt regretful over his vanished youth
Example:- a bad headache
bad, forged - reproduced fraudulently
Example:- like a bad penny...
bad, unfit, unsound - physically unsound or diseased
Example:- has a bad back
bad, defective - not working properly
Example:- a bad telephone connection
bad, high-risk, risky, speculative - not financially safe or secure
Example:- a bad investment
bad, uncollectible - not capable of being collected
Example:- a bad (or uncollectible) debt
bad - nonstandard
Example:- so-called bad grammar
bad, tough - feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
Example:- my throat feels bad
bad - characterized by wickedness or immorality
Example:- led a very bad life
bad - capable of harming
Example:- bad air
bad - below average in quality or performance
Example:- a bad chess player
bad, spoiled, spoilt - (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
Example:- bad meat
Adverb
bad, badly - with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
Example:- the injury hurt badly
bad, badly - very much; strongly
Example:- I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it