Bad (băd),
a. [Compar. Worse (wûs); superl. Worst (wûst).]
[Probably fr. AS. bæddel hermaphrodite; cf. bædling 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.
Sometimes
used substantively.
The strong antipathy of good to bad.
Pope.
Syn. -- Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious; hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious; imperfect.
Bad (băd),
imp. of Bid. Bade. [Obs.]
Dryden.
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