bad - Meaning in Tamil

bad - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of bad in English

bad adjective

1. feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

   Synonyms

   tough

   Examples

   • "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
   • "my throat feels bad"
   • "she felt bad all over"
2. not capable of being collected

   Example

   • "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
3. below average in quality or performance

   Examples

   • "a bad chess player"
   • "a bad recital"
4. nonstandard

   Example

   • "so-called bad grammar"
5. not financially safe or secure

   Examples

   • "a bad investment"
   • "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"
   • "high risk investments"
   • "speculative business enterprises"
6. very intense

   Examples

   • "a bad earthquake"
   • "a bad headache"
   • "a bad storm"
   • "had a big (or bad) shock"
   • "in a big rage"
7. physically unsound or diseased

   Examples

   • "a bad heart"
   • "an unsound limb"
   • "bad teeth"
   • "has a bad back"
   • "unsound teeth"
8. capable of harming

   Examples

   • "bad air"
   • "smoking is bad for you"
9. feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

   Examples

   • "felt regretful over his vanished youth"
   • "he felt bad about breaking the vase"
   • "regretful over mistakes she had made"
10. characterized by wickedness or immorality

    Example

    • "led a very bad life"
11. having undesirable or negative qualities

    Examples

    • "a bad cut"
    • "a bad little boy"
    • "a bad report card"
    • "bad luck"
    • "clothes in bad shape"
    • "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"
    • "it was a bad light for reading"
    • "the movie was a bad choice"
    • "the news was very bad"
    • "the pay is bad"
    • "the reviews were bad"
12. reproduced fraudulently

    Examples

    • "a forged twenty dollar bill"
    • "like a bad penny..."
13. not working properly

    Examples

    • "a bad telephone connection"
    • "a defective appliance"
14. (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition

    Examples

    • "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
    • "bad meat"

bad abverb

1. very much; strongly

   Examples

   • "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
   • "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"
   • "the cables had sagged badly"
   • "they were badly in need of help"
2. with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

   Examples

   • "it hurts bad"
   • "the buildings were badly shaken"
   • "the injury hurt badly"
   • "we need water bad"

bad noun

1. that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

   Example

   • "take the bad with the good"

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