WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Bad
Part of Speech : imp.
Definition : Defn: of Bid. Bade. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bad
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Probably fr. AS. b?ddel hermaphrodite; cf. b?dling effeminate fellow.]
Definition : Defn: 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 health; bad crop; bad news.

Note: 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.

[Compar. Worse; superl. Worst. ]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913