British English : bad bæd Someone who is bad does things they should not do.I'm not a bad person. ADJECTIVEwicked
adjective
not good; of poor quality; inadequate; inferior ⇒ bad workmanship , bad soil , bad light for reading
(often followed by at) lacking skill or talent; incompetent ⇒ a bad painter , bad at sports
(often followed by for) harmful ⇒ bad air , smoking is bad for you
immoral; evil ⇒ a bad life
naughty; mischievous; disobedient ⇒ a bad child
rotten; decayed; spoiled ⇒ a bad egg
severe; intense ⇒ a bad headache
incorrect; wrong; faulty ⇒ bad pronunciation
ill or in pain (esp in the phrase feel bad)
regretful, sorry, or upset (esp in the phrase feel bad about)
unfavourable; distressing ⇒ bad news , a bad business
offensive; unpleasant; disagreeable ⇒ bad language , bad temper
not valid or sound; void ⇒ a bad cheque
not recoverable ⇒ a bad debt
Word forms: badder , baddest (slang ) good; excellent
See go bad
See go from bad to worse
See in a bad way
See in someone's bad books
See make the best of a bad job
See not bad
See not half bad
See too bad
noun
unfortunate or unpleasant events collectively (often in the phrase take the bad with the good)
an immoral or degenerate state (often in the phrase go to the bad)
the debit side of an account ⇒ £200 to the bad
See my bad
adverb
(not standard ) badly ⇒ to want something bad
verb
a variant of bade
verb
past tense of bid
verb
often foll by for or against to offer (an amount) in attempting to buy something, esp in competition with others as at an auction
(business ) to respond to an offer by a seller by stating (the more favourable terms) on which one is willing to make a purchase
(transitive) to say (a greeting, blessing, etc) ⇒ to bid farewell
to order; command ⇒ do as you are bid!
(intransitive) usually foll by for to attempt to attain power, etc
(transitive) to invite; ask kindly ⇒ she bade him sit down
(bridge ) to declare in the auction before play how many tricks one expects to make
See bid defiance
See bid fair
noun
an offer of a specified amount, as at an auction the price offered
an offer of a specified amount, as at an auction
the price offered
(business ) a statement by a buyer, in response to an offer by a seller, of the more favourable terms that would be acceptable the price or other terms so stated
a statement by a buyer, in response to an offer by a seller, of the more favourable terms that would be acceptable
the price or other terms so stated
an attempt, esp an attempt to attain power
(bridge ) the number of tricks a player undertakes to make a player's turn to make a bid
the number of tricks a player undertakes to make
a player's turn to make a bid
short for bid price
an offer of a specified amount, as at an auction
the price offered
a statement by a buyer, in response to an offer by a seller, of the more favourable terms that would be acceptable