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{ "term": "bad", "partOfSpeech": "adjective", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "unpleasant; full of problems", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I have some **bad news** for you, I'm afraid." }, { "text": "bad weather/dreams/habits" }, { "text": "I'm having a really bad day." }, { "text": "It was the worst experience of her life." }, { "text": "Bad breath may be helped by regularly using mouthwash." }, { "text": "War is always a **bad thing**." }, { "text": "That was just **bad luck**." }, { "text": "Things are **bad enough** without our own guns shelling us." }, { "text": "The picnic was cancelled due to bad weather." }, { "text": "The weather got very bad later in the day." }, { "text": "On the last day the weather turned bad." }, { "text": "I'd rather not drive in such bad conditions." }, { "text": "I'm afraid I've got some bad news." }, { "text": "Sunbeds have received a lot of bad publicity in recent years. Are they safe?" }, { "text": "The situation couldn't get any worse." }, { "text": "Things were bad enough without her interfering." }, { "text": "Her husband had many bad habits, including gambling." } ], "topics": ["Weather"], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"], "preposition": ["at", "for"], "phrases": ["not half bad"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "of poor quality; below an acceptable standard", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I thought it was a very bad article." }, { "text": "Bad diet and lack of exercise can lead to serious health problems." }, { "text": "The movie wasn't as bad as I'd expected." }, { "text": "That's not a bad idea." }, { "text": "The service was laughably bad." }, { "text": "I blame it on your bad driving." }, { "text": "Inspectors are looking into the problem of bad prison conditions." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"], "preposition": ["at", "for"], "phrases": ["not half bad"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "serious; severe", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "You're heading for a bad case of sunburn." }, { "text": "The engagement was a bad mistake." }, { "text": "My headache is getting worse." }, { "text": "It was a very bad winter that year." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "not appropriate in a particular situation", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I know that this is a bad time to ask for help." }, { "text": "He now realized that it had been a bad decision on his part." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "morally unacceptable", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The hero gets to shoot all the bad guys." }, { "text": "He said I must have done something bad to deserve it." }, { "text": "I will not tolerate this bad behaviour." }, { "text": "That girl's a bad influence on Tom." } ], "topics": ["Personal qualities"] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "not behaving well", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Have you been a bad boy?" } ], "synonyms": "naughty" }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "not able to do something well or in an acceptable way", "sensetop": "bad at (doing) something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a bad teacher" }, { "text": "You're a bad liar!" }, { "text": "He's a bad loser *(= he complains when he loses a game)*." }, { "text": "She is so bad at keeping secrets.", "contextForm": "bad at (doing) something" }, { "text": "He is particularly bad at remembering names." }, { "text": "He's really bad at languages." }, { "text": "Jim was a notoriously bad driver." }, { "text": "I would be a really bad teacher—I've no patience." } ], "synonyms": "poor", "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"], "preposition": ["at", "for"], "phrases": ["not half bad"] } }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "harmful; causing or likely to cause damage", "sensetop": "bad for somebody/something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Those shoes are bad for her feet." }, { "text": "Weather like this is bad for business." }, { "text": "Too much work is bad for your health." }, { "text": "Smoking is very bad for you." }, { "text": "Watching television is not inherently bad for children." }, { "text": "All those sugary drinks are bad for your teeth." }, { "text": "Eating too much salt is bad for you." }, { "text": "It's bad for you to eat too much salt." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "not healthy; painful", "cefr": "a2", "examples": [ { "text": "I've got a bad back." } ], "topics": ["Health problems"] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "not safe to eat because it has decayed (= started to be destroyed by natural processes)", "examples": [ { "text": "Put the meat in the fridge so it doesn't **go bad**." }, { "text": "The sausages tasted bad." }, { "text": "This meat has gone bad." }, { "text": "There was a smell of bad eggs." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look", "smell"] } }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "the state of feeling annoyed or angry", "sensetop": "bad temper/mood", "cefr": "b1", "examples": [ { "text": "It put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day." }, { "text": "John's in a pretty bad mood this morning." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "to feel guilty or sorry about something", "sensetop": "feel bad", "examples": [ { "text": "She felt pretty bad about leaving him." }, { "text": "Why should I want to make you feel bad?" }, { "text": "I feel bad enough without you constantly telling me how it was all my fault!" } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["feel"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"], "preposition": ["about"] } }, { "senseNumber": 13, "definition": "to feel or look ill", "sensetop": "feel/look bad", "cefr": "a2", "examples": [ { "text": "I'm afraid I'm feeling pretty bad." } ], "topics": ["Health problems"] }, { "senseNumber": 14, "definition": "good; excellent", "labels": "(especially North American English, slang)", "examples": [], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"], "preposition": ["at", "for"], "phrases": ["not half bad"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to try to persuade somebody to agree that something is good", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "You'll save fifty dollars, which can't be bad, can it?" } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be very much in love", "labels": "(informal, humorous)", "examples": [ { "text": "You're not seeing him again tonight, are you? That's five times this week—you've got it bad!" } ], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "quite good; better than you expected", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "‘How are you?’ ‘Not too bad.’" }, { "text": "That wasn't bad for a first attempt." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "used to say ‘bad luck’ or ‘it’s a shame’ when you do not really mean it", "labels": "(ironic)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "If sometimes they're the wrong decisions, too bad." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a shame; a pity", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Too bad every day can't be as good as this." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "annoying", "labels": "(old-fashioned)", "examples": [ { "text": "Really, it was too bad of you to be so late." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/bæd/", "audio": "ba/bad/bad__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/wɜːs/", "audio": "wo/bad/worse__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/wɜːst/", "audio": "wo/bad/worst__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/bæd/", "audio": "ba/bad/bad__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/wɜːrs/", "audio": "wo/bad/worse__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/wɜːrst/", "audio": "wo/bad/worst__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: perhaps from Old English bǣddel ‘hermaphrodite, womanish man’." }