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# bad

adjective (bad, worse, worst); adverb (bad — informal); noun (the bad)

«bad» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Not good; of low quality: "bad weather". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#m1)
2. Wrong or naughty: "bad behaviour". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#m2)
3. Harmful: "Smoking is bad for you." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#m3)
4. Serious or severe: "a bad cut". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#m4)
5. Rotten, spoiled: "The milk has gone bad." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#m5)
6. Feeling ill or sorry: "I feel bad about it." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#m6)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety: bad food can make you sick; bad weather can be dangerous; "bad touch" means touch that is not OK. In stories, "the bad guy" is the villain. Phrases: go bad, feel bad, too bad, not bad (quite good), bad at, bad for, bad luck.

### Examples

- Sugar is bad for your teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#x1)
- We stayed in because of bad weather. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#x2)
- The milk smells bad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#x3)
- I feel bad that I broke your pencil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#x4)
- He is bad at catching. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#x5)
- That was a bad cut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#x6)
- Hitting is bad behaviour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#x7)
- Not bad for a first try! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#x8)
- Geppetto had a very bad temper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/#x9)

### Note

Comparison is irregular: bad, worse, worst. "Feel bad" (adjective), not "feel badly". "Badly" is the adverb: "He played badly." "Not bad" usually means good.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life and safety: bad food can make you sick; bad weather can be dangerous; "bad touch" means touch that is not OK. In stories, "the bad guy" is the villain. Phrases: go bad, feel bad, too bad, not bad (quite good), bad at, bad for, bad luck.

### Examples

- And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bad/#x1)
- Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said: 'The thing proceedeth from the LORD; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. (Torah GEN.24.50, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bad/#x2)
- And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be. (Torah LEV.27.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bad/#x3)
- 'It is bad, it is bad', saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. (Writings PRO.20.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bad/#x4)
- And Absalom spoke unto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. (Prophets 2SA.13.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bad/#x5)
- One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. (Prophets JER.24.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bad/#x6)

### Note

Comparison is irregular: bad, worse, worst. "Feel bad" (adjective), not "feel badly". "Badly" is the adverb: "He played badly." "Not bad" usually means good.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bad» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bad/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bad» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bad.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «bad» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bad/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bad» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bad.html) on Mova free.