From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bad
adv 1: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for
`badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were
badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad" [syn:
badly, bad]
2: very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard
for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in
need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
[syn: badly, bad]
adj 1: having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report
card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a
bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut";
"bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were
bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading";
"the movie was a bad choice" [ant: good]
2: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big
(or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn:
bad, big]
3: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally
used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she
felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless
night" [syn: bad, tough]
4: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad
meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [syn: bad,
spoiled, spoilt]
5: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss
over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his
vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he
felt bad about breaking the vase" [syn: regretful, sorry,
bad] [ant: unregretful, unregretting]
6: not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible)
debt" [syn: bad, uncollectible]
7: below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess
player"; "a bad recital"
8: nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
9: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high
risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much
can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
[syn: bad, risky, high-risk, speculative]
10: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad
heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
[syn: bad, unfit, unsound]
11: capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
12: characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad
life"
13: reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged
twenty dollar bill" [syn: bad, forged]
14: not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a
defective appliance" [syn: bad, defective]
n 1: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics
or decency; "take the bad with the good" [syn: bad,
badness] [ant: good, goodness]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bad \Bad\ (b[a^]d), imp. of Bid.
Bade. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bad \Bad\ (b[a^]d), a. [Compar. Worse (w[^u]s); superl.
Worst (w[^u]st).] [Probably fr. AS. b[ae]ddel
hermaphrodite; cf. b[ae]dling effeminate fellow.]
Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious,
hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious;
wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad
conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad
crop; bad news.
Note: Sometimes used substantively.
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The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope.
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Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious;
hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious;
imperfect.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bid \Bid\ (b[i^]d), v. t. [imp. Bade (b[a^]d), Bid, (Obs.)
Bad; p. p. Bidden, Bid; p. pr. & vb. n. Bidding.]
[OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.
biddian, Icel. bi[eth]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,
ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to
persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this
word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.
be['o]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[=o][eth]a,
Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.
bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to
learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present
OSlav. bud[=e]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has
the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden
to command, except in "to bid beads." [root]30.]
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1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer
to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at
auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be
done under a contract).
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2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a
threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid
good morning, farewell, etc.
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Neither bid him God speed. --2. John 10.
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He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille.
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3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly
obs.] "Our banns thrice bid !" --Gay.
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4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
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That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope
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Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.
xiv. 28
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I was bid to pick up shells. --D. Jerrold.
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5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.
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As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
--Matt. xxii.
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To bid beads, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;
to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]
To bid defiance to, to defy openly; to brave.
To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair
promise; to seem likely.
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Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;
direct; charge; enjoin.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
BAD
/B-A-D/ Broken As Designed, a play on "working as designed",
from IBM. Failing because of bad design and misfeatures
rather than because of bugs.
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(2002-04-14)
From Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) [jargon]:
BAD
/B.A.D/, adj.
[IBM: acronym, "Broken As Designed"] Said of a program that is bogus
because of bad design and misfeatures rather than because of
bugginess. See working as designed.