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bad
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæd/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /bæ?d/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /b?d/
- (Singapore) IPA(key): /b??/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): /be?d/
- Rhymes: -æd
Etymology 1
From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel (“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English my?el, and Middle English wenche from Old English wen?el), or at least related to it and/or to bædan (“to defile”), from Proto-Germanic *bad- (compare Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”)). Alternatively, perhaps a loan from Old Norse into Middle English, compare Norwegian bad (“effort, trouble, fear”, neuter noun), East Danish bad (“damage, destruction, fight”, neuter noun), from the Proto-Germanic noun *bada-.
Adjective
bad (comparative worse or (slang) badder, superlative worst or (slang) baddest)
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.
- Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Evil; wicked.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- (informal) Bold and daring.
- (slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- You is [sic] bad, man!
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- (US, slang) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- (slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
Synonyms
- (not good): unfavorable, negative; see also Thesaurus:bad
- (not suitable or fitting): inappropriate, unfit; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
- (not appropriate, of manners etc.):
- (liable to cause health problems): unhealthful, unwholesome; see also Thesaurus:harmful
- (unhealthy; unwell): ill, poorly, sickly; see also Thesaurus:ill
- (tricky; stressful; unpleasant): foul, loathsome; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant
- (evil; wicked): wicked, evil, vile, vicious; see also Thesaurus:evil
- (not functional): faulty, inoperative; see also Thesaurus:out of order
- (of food): rotten; see also Thesaurus:rotten
- (of breath): malodorous, foul; see also Thesaurus:malodorous
- (false; counterfeit): false, spurious; see also Thesaurus:fake
- (of limited ability): bungling, inept; see also Thesaurus:unskilled
- (of poor physical appearance): repulsive, unsightly; see also Thesaurus:ugly
- (bold, daring): badass; see also Thesaurus:brave
- (good): see also Thesaurus:good
- (of a need or want): dire, severe, urgent; see also Thesaurus:urgent
- (overly promiscuous): see also Thesaurus:promiscuous
- (of a draft/check): rubber, hot
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Adverb
bad (comparative worse, superlative worst)
- (now colloquial) Badly.
Translations
Noun
bad (uncountable)
- (slang) Error, mistake.
- Sorry, my bad!
- (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
Translations
References
Etymology 2
From Middle English bad, from Old English bæd, first and third-person singular indicative past tense of biddan (“to ask”).
Verb
bad
- (archaic) alternative past of bid. See bade.
Etymology 3
Unknown
Verb
bad (third-person singular simple present bads, present participle badding, simple past and past participle badded)
- (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).
- 1876, The Gloucester Journal, Oct. 7, 1876, reported in A. Gregory, “Gloucestershire Dialect,” Notes and Queries, 5th ser., 6, 148 (1876?10?28): 346
- A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect came out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ‘badding’ walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial: to ‘bad’ walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called a ‘bannut,’ and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ‘Come an’ bad the bannuts.’
- 1876, The Gloucester Journal, Oct. 7, 1876, reported in A. Gregory, “Gloucestershire Dialect,” Notes and Queries, 5th ser., 6, 148 (1876?10?28): 346
Anagrams
- ABD, ADB, Abd., BDA, D.B.A., DAB, DBA, abd., d/b/a, dab, dba
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b?t]
Noun
bad (plural [please provide])
- bath
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bað, Proto-Germanic *baþ? (“bath”), cognate with English bath and English Bad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?að]
- Rhymes: -ad
Noun
bad n (singular definite badet, plural indefinite bade)
- bath, shower, swim
- bathroom
Inflection
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?æ?ð], [?b?æð?]
Verb
bad
- past tense of bede
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?æ?ð], [?b?æð?]
Verb
bad
- imperative of bade
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?t/
- Hyphenation: bad
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bat, from Old Dutch *bath, from Proto-Germanic *baþ?.
Noun
bad n (plural baden, diminutive badje n)
- bath
Derived terms
Related terms
- baden
Descendants
- Afrikaans: bad
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
bad
- singular past indicative of bidden
Gothic
Romanization
bad
- Romanization of ????????????
Indonesian
Etymology
From Persian ???? (bâd, “wind”).
Noun
bad (first-person possessive badku, second-person possessive badmu, third-person possessive badnya)
- (archaic) wind
- Synonym: angin
Lushootseed
Noun
bad
- father
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bað, from Proto-Germanic *baþ? (“bath”).
Noun
bad n (definite singular badet, indefinite plural bad, definite plural bada or badene)
- a bath
- et varmt bad - a hot bath
- a bathroom (see also baderom)
Derived terms
- blodbad
- boblebad
Related terms
- bade
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- (of be) ba
Verb
bad
- imperative of bade
- simple past of be
- simple past of bede
References
- “bad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bað.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??d/
Noun
bad n (definite singular badet, indefinite plural bad, definite plural bada)
- a bath
- eit varmt bad - a hot bath
- a bathroom
Synonyms
- (bathroom): baderom
Derived terms
- blodbad
- boblebad
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??/
Verb
bad
- past of be
References
- “bad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??d/
Verb
b?d
- first/third-person singular preterite of b?dan
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- bed
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bað/
Verb
bad
- inflection of is:
- third-person singular past subjunctive
- third-person singular/second-person plural imperative
Mutation
Palauan
Etymology
From Pre-Palauan *baðu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Cognate with Kavalan btu,Tagalog bato, Malay batu, Maori whatu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bað/
Noun
bad
- stone; rock
Polish
Etymology
From German Bad, from Middle High German, from Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþ?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bat/
Noun
bad m inan
- (obsolete) health resort, bath
Declension
Synonyms
- kurort
Further reading
- bad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
bad m (genitive singular baid, plural badan)
- place, spot
- tuft, bunch
- flock, group
- thicket, clump (of trees)
Synonyms
- (place): spot
Derived terms
- anns a' bhad
- reul-bhad
Somali
Noun
bad ?
- sea
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish badh, from Old Norse bað, from Proto-Germanic *baþ?, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??d/
Noun
bad n
- a bath, the act of bathing
- a bath, a place for bathing (badplats, badhus)
Declension
Related terms
- bada
- badkar
- badrum
- havsbad
- kallbad
- karbad
- varmbad
- vinterbad
- ångbad
Verb
bad
- past tense of be.
- past tense of bedja.
References
- bad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Volapük
Noun
bad (nominative plural bads)
- evil, badness
Declension
See also
- badik
- badiko
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?d/
Etymology 1
From Old English b?t.
Noun
bad m (plural badau)
- boat
- Synonyms: cwch, llong
Derived terms
- bad achub (“lifeboat”)
Etymology 2
Noun
bad f (uncountable)
- plague, pestilence
- Synonyms: pla, haint
Derived terms
- y fad fawr (“the Great Plague”)
Mutation
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forbidding
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /f??b?d??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??b?d??/
- Rhymes: -?d??
- Hyphenation: for?bid?ding
Adjective
forbidding (comparative more forbidding, superlative most forbidding)
- Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
- 1726, Alexander Pope (translator), The Odyssey of Homer, London, 1760, Volume 3, Book 15, lines 57-58, p. 100,[1]
- What cause, cry’d he, can justify our flight,
- To tempt the dangers of forbidding night?
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, London: T. Egerton, Volume I, Chapter 3,[2]
- […] he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
- 1922, Emily Post, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1923, Chapter 28, p. 498,[3]
- The writer of the “blank” letter begins fluently with the date and “Dear Mary,” and then sits and chews his penholder or makes little dots and squares and circles on the blotter—utterly unable to attack the cold, forbidding blankness of that first page.
- 1988, “If You Can’t Fight City Hall, Here’s a Different Idea: Sell It,” The New York Times, 10 January, 1988,[4]
- Its forbidding brick and concrete exterior looms over a vast, windswept brick plaza in a style architectural critics, not without admiration, call “The New Brutalism.”
- 1726, Alexander Pope (translator), The Odyssey of Homer, London, 1760, Volume 3, Book 15, lines 57-58, p. 100,[1]
Antonyms
- approachable
- inviting
- welcoming
Translations
Verb
forbidding
- present participle of forbid
Noun
forbidding (plural forbiddings)
- The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece,[5]
- But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him;
- 1920, St. John G. Ervine, The Foolish Lovers, London: W. Collins & Sons, Chapter 3, VIII, p. 228,[6]
- All law was composed of hindrances and obstacles and forbiddings, and therefore he was entirely opposed to Law.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece,[5]
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