adj.
1 not good; serious
VERBS
▪ be , look , sound
▪ get
▪
The weather got very ~ later in the day.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
John's in a pretty ~ mood this morning.
▪ appallingly ( esp. BrE ), incredibly , terribly , truly , unbelievably
▪ embarrassingly , laughably ( esp. BrE )
▪
The service was laughably ~.
▪ especially , particularly
▪
He is particularly ~ at remembering names.
▪ notoriously
▪
Jim was a notoriously ~ driver.
▪ enough
▪
Things are ~ enough without our own guns shelling us.
▪ equally
▪
The problem is equally ~ in many other countries.
▪ inherently
▪
Watching television is not inherently ~ for children.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
He's really ~ at languages.
▪ for
▪
Smoking is very ~ for you.
PHRASES
▪ not half ~ (= good)
▪
I saw him yesterday, and he wasn't looking half ~.
2 not safe to eat
VERBS
▪ be , look , smell , taste
▪
The sausages tasted ~.
▪ go , turn
▪
This meat has gone ~.
3 guilty/sorry
VERBS
▪ feel
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ enough
▪
I feel ~ enough without you constantly telling me how it was all my fault!
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
She felt pretty ~ about leaving him.
Bad is used with these nouns: ↑ accident , ↑ acne , ↑ acting , ↑ advice , ↑ allergy , ↑ analogy , ↑ ankle , ↑ arm , ↑ attack , ↑ attitude , ↑ back , ↑ ball , ↑ behaviour , ↑ bet , ↑ bout , ↑ boy , ↑ breakup , ↑ breath , ↑ business , ↑ case , ↑ cause , ↑ character , ↑ cheque , ↑ chest , ↑ chill , ↑ choice , ↑ cholesterol , ↑ circulation , ↑ cold , ↑ concussion , ↑ condition , ↑ conductor , ↑ conscience , ↑ consequence , ↑ cough , ↑ cramp , ↑ cut , ↑ day , ↑ deal , ↑ debt , ↑ decision , ↑ deed , ↑ diet , ↑ dog , ↑ dream , ↑ driver , ↑ driving , ↑ economy , ↑ egg , ↑ end , ↑ ending , ↑ etiquette , ↑ example , ↑ excuse , ↑ experience , ↑ eyesight , ↑ fairy , ↑ faith , ↑ fall , ↑ father , ↑ feeling , ↑ film , ↑ fit , ↑ flu , ↑ food , ↑ fortune , ↑ grade , ↑ grammar , ↑ guy , ↑ habit , ↑ haircut , ↑ hand , ↑ handwriting , ↑ harvest , ↑ headache , ↑ health , ↑ hearing , ↑ heart , ↑ hip , ↑ housekeeping , ↑ housing , ↑ idea , ↑ imitation , ↑ impression , ↑ incident , ↑ influence , ↑ injury , ↑ insult , ↑ intelligence , ↑ intention , ↑ investment , ↑ job , ↑ joke , ↑ judge , ↑ kind , ↑ knee , ↑ language , ↑ leg , ↑ liar , ↑ light , ↑ lighting , ↑ link , ↑ loan , ↑ loser , ↑ luck , ↑ man , ↑ management , ↑ manner , ↑ mark , ↑ meat , ↑ memory , ↑ mistake , ↑ moment , ↑ mood , ↑ mother , ↑ move , ↑ movie , ↑ name , ↑ neighbourhood , ↑ nerve , ↑ news , ↑ night , ↑ omen , ↑ outcome , ↑ parent , ↑ patch , ↑ people , ↑ performance , ↑ person , ↑ play , ↑ poetry , ↑ point , ↑ posture , ↑ precedent , ↑ presentation , ↑ pronunciation , ↑ publicity , ↑ reaction , ↑ reception , ↑ recession , ↑ record , ↑ reference , ↑ report , ↑ reputation , ↑ review , ↑ risk , ↑ road , ↑ run , ↑ science , ↑ score , ↑ seed , ↑ sense , ↑ service , ↑ shape , ↑ shot , ↑ side effect , ↑ sign , ↑ smell , ↑ soul , ↑ spell , ↑ squint , ↑ stammer , ↑ start , ↑ state , ↑ storm , ↑ strain , ↑ strategy , ↑ stutter , ↑ swear word , ↑ tackle , ↑ taste , ↑ teacher , ↑ temper , ↑ thing , ↑ thought , ↑ throat , ↑ time , ↑ timing , ↑ tooth , ↑ traffic , ↑ translation , ↑ trouble , ↑ weather , ↑ winter , ↑ word , ↑ workmanship , ↑ writing , ↑ year