bad
How to Use Bad
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe opposite of good — low quality, unpleasant, wrong, or broken — though slang usage can flip this to mean impressively cool.
Don't confuse the comparative/superlative forms: "bad" becomes "worse" and "worst," not "badder" and "baddest" (except in playful slang).
Word Forms
worse comparative, badder comparative, more bad comparative, badder comparative, more bad comparative, worse comparative, badded past tense, bads plural, bads singular, worst superlative, baddest superlative, most bad superlative, baddest superlative, most bad superlative, worst superlative
Fill the Gap
Can you complete this real example?
The food at that restaurant was surprisingly _____.
Etymology
From Middle English bad, badde, of uncertain and much-debated origin — possibly linked to an Old English word for a hermaphrodite, or borrowed from a similar Old Norse word meaning trouble or damage.