bad
- adverb
- /bæd/
- Informal
- I just want it over with so bad, so, so bad.
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Watch on YouTubeBro, I can't tell you how bad that one rocked me.
- Bro, I can't tell you how bad that one rocked me.
- Your breath stinks so bad I'm about to beat your ass.
- Of course he did and how bad did you want it?
- So because I wanted to watch it so bad and be there so bad.
- And man, I was sucking like bad, bad.
Examples
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And then finally, how bad do you want to win?
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Personally, the way I look at it is: How bad do we want it?
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God, this is going to go so bad the whole time.
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How bad do you want this to end?
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How bad do you want this?
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How bad do you want change?
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My throat hurts so bad behind the scenes.
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See, you want it so bad, but you can't get it yet.
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It hurts so bad, but let's go.
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I want to do it so bad that I'm willing to make sacrifices.
Synonyms
In a very bad way
In a very bad way that shows poor quality or failure
To happen in a very bad or unpleasant way
Idioms
- Informal
To put someone into a bad or difficult situation because of bad luck
- Specialized
When people use bad money, they keep better money and it disappears
- Informal
Put someone into a difficult situation they cannot control because of bad luck
Compounds
- Informal
A feeling of anger or dislike between people that often leads to hostility
- Specialized
A check from an account without enough money that the bank does not pay
A treatment that is not helpful or is unpleasant but sometimes needed to make you better
- Informal
A place believed to be for punishment after death or a very bad situation
- Specialized
A part of a disk where data cannot be read or written because it is damaged
- Specialized
A block in a blockchain that the network computers do not accept because it breaks the rules
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Etymology
Bad is related to the older adverb badly, and in everyday speech people often shorten badly to bad. A helpful way to remember this is that bad can be used like 'very' or 'seriously' in informal speech.