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(adj) tough
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
(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
bad meat; a refrigerator full of spoilt food
(adj) defective
not working properly
a bad telephone connection; a defective appliance
(adj) forged
reproduced fraudulently
like a bad penny...; a forged twenty dollar bill
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
physically unsound or diseased
has a bad back; a bad heart; bad teeth; an unsound limb; unsound teeth
(adj) big
very intense
a bad headache; in a big rage; had a big (or bad) shock; a bad earthquake; a bad storm
(adj) high-risk, risky, speculative
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
(adj) uncollectible
not capable of being collected
a bad (or uncollectible) debt
(adv) badly
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
(adv) badly
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
(noun) badness
that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
take the bad with the good