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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)

1. Unfavorable; negative; not good.

2. Not suitable or fitting.

3. Not appropriate, of manners etc.

4. 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.

5. Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.

6. Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.

   Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!

7. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

8. Evil; wicked.

9. Faulty; not functional.

10. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.

11. (of breath) Malodorous; foul.

12. False; counterfeit; illegitimate.

13. Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.

14. Of poor physical appearance.

15. (informal) Bold and daring.
16. (slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

    You is ^[sic] bad, man!

17. (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
18. (US, slang) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
19. (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)

1. (now colloquial) Badly.

Translations

Noun

bad (uncountable)

1. (slang) Error, mistake.

   Sorry, my bad!
2. (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

1. (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)

1. (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.’

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])

1. 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)

1. bath, shower, swim
2. bathroom

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?æ?ð], [?b?æð?]

Verb

bad

1. past tense of bede

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?æ?ð], [?b?æð?]

Verb

bad

1. 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)

1. bath

Derived terms

Related terms

• baden

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bad

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bad

1. singular past indicative of bidden

Gothic

Romanization

bad

1. Romanization of ????????????

Indonesian

Etymology

From Persian ???? (bâd, “wind”).

Noun

bad (first-person possessive badku, second-person possessive badmu, third-person possessive badnya)

1. (archaic) wind

   Synonym: angin

Lushootseed

Noun

bad

1. 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)

1. a bath

   et varmt bad - a hot bath

2. a bathroom (see also baderom)

Derived terms

• blodbad
• boblebad

Related terms

• bade

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (of be) ba

Verb

bad

1. imperative of bade
2. simple past of be
3. 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)

1. a bath

   eit varmt bad - a hot bath

2. a bathroom

Synonyms

• (bathroom): baderom

Derived terms

• blodbad
• boblebad

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??/

Verb

bad

1. past of be

References

• “bad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??d/

Verb

b?d

1. first/third-person singular preterite of b?dan

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bað/

Verb

bad

1. inflection of is:
   1. third-person singular past subjunctive
   2. 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

1. 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

1. (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)

1. place, spot
2. tuft, bunch
3. flock, group
4. thicket, clump (of trees)

Synonyms

• (place): spot

Derived terms

• anns a' bhad
• reul-bhad

Somali

Noun

bad ?

1. 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

1. a bath, the act of bathing
2. a bath, a place for bathing (badplats, badhus)

Declension

Related terms

• bada
• badkar
• badrum
• havsbad
• kallbad
• karbad
• varmbad
• vinterbad
• ångbad

Verb

bad

1. past tense of be.
2. past tense of bedja.

References

• bad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Volapük

Noun

bad (nominative plural bads)

1. 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)

1. boat

   Synonyms: cwch, llong

Derived terms

• bad achub (“lifeboat”)

Etymology 2

Noun

bad f (uncountable)

1. plague, pestilence

   Synonyms: pla, haint

Derived terms

• y fad fawr (“the Great Plague”)

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Middle French infernal, from Medieval Latin infernalis, from Latin ?nfernus, from ?nferum (“netherworld, underworld, hell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?f??(?)n?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?f??n?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?l

Adjective

infernal (comparative more infernal, superlative most infernal)

1. Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
2. (by extension) Of or relating to a fire or inferno.
3. Stygian, gloomy.
4. Diabolical or fiendish.

   • Th' infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile

     Stird up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd

     The Mother of Mankind

   • the instruments or abettors in such infernal dealings

5. (as an expletive, not vulgar) Very annoying; damned.
   • 1905, Bram Stoker, The Man

     As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]

Antonyms

• (of or relating to hell): heavenly
• (of or relating to hell, underworld or fire): celestial

Related terms

• infernal device
• infernally
• infernal machine
• inferno

Translations

Noun

infernal (plural infernals)

1. (obsolete) An inhabitant of the infernal regions.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infern?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.f??.nal/

Adjective

infernal (feminine singular infernale, masculine plural infernaux, feminine plural infernales)

1. infernal (relating to hell)
2. (figuratively) infernal, hellish, awful, terrible

Related terms

• enfer

Further reading

• “infernal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

From Latin infern?lis

Adjective

infernal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular infernale)

1. infernal (relating to hell)

Declension

Descendants

• English: infernal
• French: infernal
• Norman: înfèrna

Portuguese

Adjective

infernal m or f (plural infernais, comparable)

1. (Christianity) hellish; infernal (from or relating to hell)
2. diabolical; evil; infernal

   Synonyms: mau, diabólico, maldoso

Related terms

• inferno

Romanian

Etymology

From French infernal, from Latin infernalis.

Adjective

infernal m or n (feminine singular infernal?, masculine plural infernali, feminine and neuter plural infernale)

1. infernal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin infernalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /infe??nal/, [??.fe??nal]

Adjective

infernal (plural infernales)

1. (relational) hell; infernal (of or relating to hell)
2. infernal, hellish (diabolical, fiendish)
3. infernal, hellish, hellacious, hell of (very annoying, damned)

Related terms

• infierno

Further reading

• “infernal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.