BADLY vs BAD: NOUN
- N/A
- That which is bad. A bad condition: as, to go to the bad (see below). A bad thing: as, there are bads and goods among them.
- Preterit of bid.
- That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
BADLY vs BAD: ADJECTIVE
- Ill, unwell
- Not achieving an adequate standard; poor.
- Immoral or evil.
- Vulgar or obscene.
- Disobedient or naughty.
- Disagreeable, unpleasant, or disturbing.
- Physically unsound or diseased
- Unfavorable.
- Not fresh; rotten or spoiled.
- Characterized by wickedness or immorality
- Capable of harming
- Keenly sorry or regretful
- Having undesirable or negative qualities
- Reproduced fraudulently
- Full of or exhibiting faults or errors.
- Not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
- Not capable of being collected
- Below average in quality or performance
- Nonstandard
- Not financially safe or secure
- Very intense
- Not working properly; defective.
- Evil; wicked.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
- Not good; unfavorable; negative.
- Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- This sense?) (slang) Fantastic.
- 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.
- Malodorous, foul.
- Faulty; not functional.
- Injurious in effect; detrimental.
- Being so far behind in repayment as to be considered a loss.
- Severe; intense.
- Being in poor health or in pain.
- Being in poor condition; diseased.
- Sorry; regretful.
- Very good; great.
- Having no validity; void.
BADLY vs BAD: VERB
- N/A
- To shell (a walnut).
- Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
BADLY vs BAD: ADVERB
- Very much; to a great degree.
- In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.
- Very much; greatly.
- In a bad manner.
- Unfavorably or with disapproval
- (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
- Evilly or wickedly
- In a disobedient or naughty way
- With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
- Very much; strongly
- To a severe or serious degree
- Without skill or in a displeasing manner
- With unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
- In a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- Very much; strongly
- With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
- Badly.
BADLY vs BAD: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To someone's disadvantage
- Not well
- Very much
- Strongly
- In a disadvantageous way
- Evil; ill; vicious; wicked; depraved: applied to persons, conduct, character, influence, etc.: as, a bad man; bad conduct; a bad life; a bad heart; bad influence, etc.
- Offensive; disagreeable; troublesome; painful; grievous: as, bad treatment; a bad temper; it is too bad that you had to wait so long.
- Hurtful; noxious; having an injurious or unfavorable tendency or effect: with for: as, bad air or bad food; late hours are bad for the health; this step would be bad for your reputation or prospects.
- Ill; in ill health; sick; in unsound condition: as, to feel bad; to be bad with rheumatism; a bad hand or leg.
- Not good; defective; worthless; poor; of no value: as, bad coin; bad debts; a bad soil; a bad crop; a bad piece of work; bad health.
- Incorrect; faulty: as, a bad aim; bad English; a bad pronunciation.
- Not valid; not sound: as, a bad claim; a bad plea.
- Unfavorable; unfortunate: as, bad news; bad success.
- [Bad is the ordinary antithesis of good, in all its senses, whether positively, ‘evil,’ ‘harmful,’ or negatively, ‘not good,’ ‘not satisfactory,’ and whether substantively, ‘being evil,’ or causally, ‘causing harm.’ The senses run into one another, the precise application being determined by the context.]
- Very much
- Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- Serious or severe
- Strongly
- (idiom) (that's too bad) Used in response to a protest or complaint to express insistence that the speaker's expectation be met.
- (idiom) (that's too bad) Used to express sadness or sympathy.
- (idiom) (half/so) Reasonably good.
- (idiom) (my bad) Used to acknowledge that one is at fault.
- (idiom) (in bad) In trouble or disfavor.
- (imperative) Bade.
BADLY vs BAD: RELATED WORDS
- Terribly, Dreadfully, Sorely, Miserably, Grievously, Horribly, Disadvantageously, Naughtily, Mischievously, Ill, Bad, Seriously, Gravely, Severely, Poorly
- Sad, Wicked, Negative, Mediocre, Tough, Shitty, Atrocious, Rotten, Poor, Crappy, Dreadful, Awful, Horrid, Lousy, Terrible
BADLY vs BAD: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Well, Ineptly, Dismally, Desperately, Terribly, Dreadfully, Sorely, Miserably, Horribly, Naughtily, Ill, Bad, Seriously, Severely, Poorly
- Sad, Wicked, Negative, Mediocre, Tough, Shitty, Atrocious, Rotten, Poor, Crappy, Dreadful, Awful, Horrid, Lousy, Terrible
BADLY vs BAD: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Why did the colonists want freedom so badly?
- Which eventually get affected very badly by this!
- Sometimes things start off badly and get better.
- The message received was unexpected or badly formatted.
- You predict that things will turn out badly.
- Our army was badly equipped and terribly disorganized.
- So how badly do you want that house?
- He saw Neath with a badly discolored left eye, nose and mouth bleeding and Ashford also had a badly discolored left eye.
- It is something that is badly, badly needed if you are trying to restructure an agency.
- Men and women behave badly, particularly badly with the people they are closest to.
- Office Bad Check Restitution Program to assist local merchants with bad check losses.
- Goto is not bad, its how people use them that can be bad.
- These few bad actors are going to give us a bad name.
- Unbelievably bad service and bad faith demonstrated over a fraudulent charge.
- OK to put pictures on your resume is BAD, very bad.
- My view is that bad managers create bad employees.
- City Furniture for bad service, bad furniture, bad attention.
- It is bad for the user experience, bad for SEO, and bad for developers who have to maintain pages.
- Mere negligence or bad judgment is insufficient for a finding of bad faith, at least under the bad faith statute.
- Bad things happen in every society, and bad people often get away with doing bad things.
BADLY vs BAD: QUESTIONS
- Should I replace a badly leaking (oil) vacuum pump?
- Are uniforms at major sporting events getting badly designed?
- Do you think magazines are badly influencing teens?
- Why are movies about disability portrayed so badly?
- Do athletes sleep badly before an important competition?
- What happens when Saturn aspects are badly aspected?
- What happens when a child is badly underperforming?
- Why do organic photovoltaic cells perform so badly?
- Is Arbonne telling its consultants to behave badly?
- Are streaming music companies treating artists badly?
- Was target hiding bad news from vulnerable customers?
- Are exclamation marks bad in professional environments?
- Does overthinking prevent bad things from happening?
- Is polyethylene terephthalate bad for the environment?
- Are Bad Bunny and Gabriela from 'Bad Bunny' engaged?
- Is Bad Moon's transformation scene in American Werewolf in London bad?
- Is it easier to leave a bad spouse than a bad neighbor?
- How to prevent bad smell or bad taste from a new Kettle?
- Are bad debts still bad when you use cash accounting principles?
- Is Seven Samurai better than the Good Bad Bad and ugly?