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bad

adverb
  1. very much
    heaps
  2. with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
    “the injury hurt badly”
    badly
adjective
  1. feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
    “my throat feels bad”
    tough
  2. not in an edible or usable condition, in referring to foodstuffs
    “The meat was bad.”
    spoilt
  3. not working properly
    “a bad telephone connection”
    defective
  4. reproduced fraudulently
    “like a bad penny...”
    forged
  5. having undesirable or negative qualities
    “a bad report card”
  6. characterized by wickedness or immorality
    “led a very bad life”
  7. feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
    sorry
  8. capable of harming
  9. physically unsound or diseased
    “has a bad back”
    unsound
  10. very intense
    “a bad headache”
    big
  11. not financially safe or secure
    “a bad investment”
    speculative
  12. nonstandard
    “so-called bad grammar”
  13. below average in quality or performance
    “a bad chess player”
  14. not capable of being collected
    “a bad (or uncollectible) debt”
    uncollectible
noun
  1. that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
    “take the bad with the good”
    badness