Слово англійською: bad

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unpleasant

1. unpleasant; full of problems
   • I have some bad news for you, I'm afraid.
   • bad weather/dreams/habits
   • I'm having a really bad day.
   • It was the worst experience of her life.
   • Bad breath may be helped by regularly using mouthwash.
   • War is always a bad thing.
   • That was just bad luck.
   • Things are bad enough without our own guns shelling us.

poor quality

2. of poor quality; below an acceptable standard
   • I thought it was a very bad article.
   • Bad diet and lack of exercise can lead to serious health problems.
   • The movie wasn't as bad as I'd expected.
   • That's not a bad idea.

serious

3. serious; severe
   • You're heading for a bad case of sunburn.
   • The engagement was a bad mistake.
   • My headache is getting worse.
   • It was a very bad winter that year.

not appropriate

4. [only before noun] not appropriate in a particular situation
   • I know that this is a bad time to ask for help.
   • He now realized that it had been a bad decision on his part.

wicked

5. morally unacceptable
   • The hero gets to shoot all the bad guys.
   • He said I must have done something bad to deserve it.
   • I will not tolerate this bad behaviour.
   • That girl's a bad influence on Tom.

children

6. [usually before noun] (especially of children or pet animals) not behaving well synonym naughty
   • Have you been a bad boy?

not good at something

7. (of a person) not able to do something well or in an acceptable way synonym poor
   • a bad teacher
   • You're a bad liar!
   • He's a bad loser (= he complains when he loses a game).
   • bad at (doing) something She is so bad at keeping secrets.

harmful

8. [not before noun] bad for somebody/something harmful; causing or likely to cause damage
   • Those shoes are bad for her feet.
   • Weather like this is bad for business.
   • Too much work is bad for your health.

painful

9. [usually before noun] (of parts of the body) not healthy; painful
   • I've got a bad back.

food

10. not safe to eat because it has decayed (= started to be destroyed by natural processes)
    • Put the meat in the fridge so it doesn't go bad.

temper/mood

11. bad temper/mood the state of feeling annoyed or angry
    • It put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day.
    • John's in a pretty bad mood this morning.

guilty/sorry

12. feel bad to feel guilty or sorry about something
    • She felt pretty bad about leaving him.
    • Why should I want to make you feel bad?
    • I feel bad enough without you constantly telling me how it was all my fault!

ill/sick

13. feel/look bad to feel or look ill
    • I'm afraid I'm feeling pretty bad.
    Vocabulary Building Bad and very badBad and very badInstead of saying that something is bad or very bad, try to use more precise and interesting adjectives to describe things:

    • an unpleasant/a foul/a disgusting smell
    • appalling/dreadful/severe weather
    • an unpleasant/a frightening/a traumatic experience
    • poor/weak eyesight
    • a terrible/serious/horrific accident
    • a wicked/an evil/an immoral person
    • an awkward/an embarrassing/a difficult situation
    • We were working in difficult/appalling conditions.

    To refer to your health, you can say:

    • I feel unwell/​sick/​terrible
    • I don't feel (very) well.

    In conversation, words like terrible, horrible, awful and dreadful can be used in most situations to mean ‘very bad’.

excellent

14. (comparative badder, superlative baddest)
    (especially North American English, slang) good; excellent
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old English bǣddel ‘hermaphrodite, womanish man’.