bad

adjective (bad, worse, worst); adverb (bad — informal); noun (the bad)

«bad» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Not good; of low quality: "bad weather". tree →
Wrong or naughty: "bad behaviour". tree →
Harmful: "Smoking is bad for you." tree →
Serious or severe: "a bad cut". tree →
Rotten, spoiled: "The milk has gone bad." tree →
Feeling ill or sorry: "I feel bad about it." tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and safety: bad food can make you sick; bad weather can be dangerous; "bad touch" means touch that is not OK. In stories, "the bad guy" is the villain. Phrases: go bad, feel bad, too bad, not bad (quite good), bad at, bad for, bad luck.

Examples

Sugar is bad for your teeth. tree →
We stayed in because of bad weather. tree →
The milk smells bad. tree →
I feel bad that I broke your pencil. tree →
He is bad at catching. tree →
That was a bad cut. tree →
Hitting is bad behaviour. tree →
Not bad for a first try! tree →
Geppetto had a very bad temper. tree →

Note

Comparison is irregular: bad, worse, worst. "Feel bad" (adjective), not "feel badly". "Badly" is the adverb: "He played badly." "Not bad" usually means good.

In Jewish tradition

Examples

And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917) tree →
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said: 'The thing proceedeth from the LORD; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. (Torah GEN.24.50, JPS 1917) tree →
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be. (Torah LEV.27.12, JPS 1917) tree →
'It is bad, it is bad', saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. (Writings PRO.20.14, JPS 1917) tree →
And Absalom spoke unto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. (Prophets 2SA.13.22, JPS 1917) tree →
One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. (Prophets JER.24.2, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Comparison is irregular: bad, worse, worst. "Feel bad" (adjective), not "feel badly". "Badly" is the adverb: "He played badly." "Not bad" usually means good.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «bad» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«bad» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «bad» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«bad» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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