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Webster 1913 Edition
Bad
Bad
(băd)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Worse
(wûs)
; sup
erl.
Worst
(wûst)
.] [Probably fr. AS.
bæddel
hermaphrodite; cf. bædling
effeminate fellow.] 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
air; bad
health; a bad
crop; bad
news 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bad
BAD
, a.[Heb. to perish or destroy]1.
Ill; evil; opposed to good; a word of general use, denoting physical defects and moral faults, in men and things; as a bad man, a bad heart, a bad design, bad air, bad water, bad books.2.
Vicious; corrupt; depraved, in a moral sense; as a bad life; a bad action.3.
Unwholesome; as bad provisions.4.
Unfortunate; unprosperous; as a bad state of affairs.5.
Unskillful; as a bad player.6.
Small; poor; as a bad crop.7.
Infirm; as a bad state of health.8.
Feeble, corrupt, or oppressive; as a bad government.9.
Hurtful; pernicious; as, fine print is bad for the eyes. 10. Unfavorable; as a bad season.
11. Poor; sterile; as a bad soil.
12. Rough or muddy; as a bad road. In short, bad expresses whatever is injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, unlawful or immoral; whatever is offensive, painful or unfavorable; or what is defective.