the bad place
- noun
- Informal
:
el mal lugar
- Some people think life without kindness is the bad place.
Examples
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Many people believe that if you live a dishonest life, you will end up in the bad place after you die.
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She referred to her job as the bad place because of the stressful environment and difficult coworkers.
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After the scandal, the company was in the bad place with the public.
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He tried hard to avoid ending up in the bad place because of his actions.
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Some people believe that telling lies will send you to the bad place.
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He believes that sinners go to the bad place.
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He often joked about how his messy room felt like the bad place, where no one would want to visit.
Synonyms
581
2.1
A place after death where the dead are punished in some religions
51
7.9
A very dirty, unpleasant, and dangerous place
9
6.8
A place or situation that causes great suffering and pain
1
9.9
A place of suffering for the dead in religious stories
A place of fire and suffering where bad people are punished after death
Antonyms
How Unpleasant
- Informal
- Informal
51
7.9
- Informal
3
7.3
438
3.1
69
5.2
215
1.0
4
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'bad' + 'place', so a B1 learner who knows those words will readily infer a general meaning of an unpleasant or morally bad location. However, the specific euphemistic sense of 'hell' or a place of punishment is culturally specific and not fully predictable from the parts without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase the bad place started as a gentle way to say 'hell' when people did not want to use the scary name, so they used the simple words bad and place. That's why it now means 'a very bad place' or any very bad situation.