bad
/bæd/adjective
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बुरा, खराब
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unpleasant; full of problems
बुरा, खराब
- bad news
- bad weather
- I have some bad news about the match.
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- The roads are bad during the monsoon.
- It was a bad day for the whole team.
Synonyms unpleasant disagreeable awful terrible dreadful
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of poor quality; below an acceptable standard
घटिया, खराब
- a bad result
- The bad road made the journey to the village very slow.
- Her handwriting is really bad.
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- He did a bad job of painting the wall.
- The film got bad reviews.
Synonyms poor inferior substandard inadequate faulty
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harmful; causing or likely to cause damage
हानिकारक
- Smoking is bad for health.
- Too much screen time is bad for your eyes.
- Too much sugar is bad for your teeth.
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- Late nights are bad for your eyes.
- Pollution is bad for everybody's health.
Synonyms harmful damaging injurious detrimental unhealthy
Opposite good beneficial healthy
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
bad at + noun / -ing
Use 'at' for a skill or subject in which someone is weak. The opposite is 'good at'.
जिस कौशल या विषय में कोई कमज़ोर हो उसके लिए 'at' आता है। इसका विपरीत 'good at' है।
- Radhika is bad at drawing.
- He is bad at remembering names.
bad for + noun
Use 'for' when something harms a person or does not suit a purpose.
जब कोई वस्तु किसी व्यक्ति को हानि पहुँचाए या उद्देश्य के अनुकूल न हो तब 'for' आता है।
- Too much sugar is bad for your teeth.
- Late nights are bad for your results.
bad: comparative and superlative
The forms are irregular: bad, worse, worst. 'Badder' and 'baddest' are not used in standard writing.
इसके रूप irregular हैं: bad, worse, worst। मानक लेखन में 'badder' और 'baddest' का प्रयोग नहीं होता।
- Today's traffic is worse than yesterday's.
- That was the worst match of the season.
feel bad about / for; go bad
'Feel bad about' gives guilt, 'feel bad for' gives sympathy. 'Go bad' says that food has spoiled.
'Feel bad about' अपराध-बोध बताता है, 'feel bad for' सहानुभूति। 'Go bad' का अर्थ भोजन का सड़ जाना है।
- I feel bad about missing your call.
- The milk has gone bad in the heat.
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bad + noun
habitnewsweatherdebtluckinfluence
- Smoking is a bad habit.
'Bad debt' वह ऋण है जिसकी वसूली संभव न हो।
adverb + bad
reallyprettysotoonot so
- The roads were really bad after the monsoon.
'Not so bad' का अर्थ काफ़ी अच्छा है।
verb + bad
gosmelllooktastefeel
- The mangoes went bad in the heat.
'Go bad' खाद्य पदार्थों के सड़ने के लिए आता है।
fixed phrases
bad mannersbad bloodbad moodtoo badin a bad way
- It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.
'Too bad' का अर्थ 'अफ़सोस की बात' है।
“More examples 5
- I had a bad cold during the exams.
परीक्षा के दिनों में मुझे बहुत बुरा ज़ुकाम था।
- Bad news travels fast in a small town.
छोटे शहर में बुरी खबर तेज़ी से फैलती है।
- The reception on this phone is bad in the hostel.
छात्रावास में इस फ़ोन का नेटवर्क खराब है।
- It was bad of him to lie to his teacher.
अपने शिक्षक से झूठ बोलना उसकी बुरी बात थी।
- The storm did a lot of bad damage to the crops.
तूफ़ान ने फ़सलों को बहुत हानि पहुँचाई।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He is badder than his brother.
✓ He is worse than his brother.
The comparative of 'bad' is the irregular form 'worse'. There is no word 'badder'.
'Bad' का comparative irregular रूप 'worse' है। 'Badder' नाम का कोई शब्द नहीं है।
✗ She sings very bad.
✓ She sings very badly.
A verb is described by an adverb, so use 'badly', not the adjective 'bad'.
Verb का वर्णन adverb करता है, इसलिए adjective 'bad' की जगह 'badly' लिखिए।
✗ I feel badly about your loss.
✓ I feel bad about your loss.
After a linking verb such as 'feel', use the adjective 'bad'. 'Badly' is wrong in this meaning.
'Feel' जैसे linking verb के बाद adjective 'bad' आता है। इस अर्थ में 'badly' गलत है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adjectives all describe something not good, but they differ in the kind and strength of badness.
ये adjectives अच्छे न होने का वर्णन करते हैं, पर बुराई के प्रकार और तीव्रता में भिन्न हैं।
The general word for not good, unpleasant or harmful.
अच्छा न होने, अप्रिय या हानिकारक होने के लिए सामान्य शब्द।
- It was a bad day for the team.
Extremely bad, causing shock or fear.
अत्यंत बुरा, आघात या भय पैदा करने वाला।
- There was a terrible accident on the highway.
¶Idioms 7
not bad
(informal) quite good
बुरा नहीं, काफ़ी अच्छा
- 'How was the film?' 'Not bad.'
- Ninety marks? Not bad at all!
too bad
(informal) used to say that sth cannot be changed, or that you do not feel sorry for sb
अफ़सोस है, (पर कुछ नहीं हो सकता); बला से
- Too bad you missed the party.
- If you don't like it, too bad.
go bad
to become rotten and not fit to eat
ख़राब हो जाना, सड़ जाना
- The milk has gone bad.
- Fish goes bad quickly in hot weather.
in a bad way
very ill or in trouble
बहुत बीमार या बुरी हालत में
- After the accident he was in a bad way.
- The company is in a bad way financially.
with (a) bad grace
in an unwilling or unfriendly way
बेमन से, अनिच्छा से
- He apologised with bad grace.
- She accepted the decision with a bad grace.
feel bad about sth
to feel guilty or sorry about sth
(किसी बात पर) बुरा लगना, अफ़सोस होना
- I feel bad about shouting at him.
- Don't feel bad about it – it wasn't your fault.
be bad news
(informal) to be likely to cause trouble
मुसीबत का कारण होना
- That boy is bad news – stay away from him.
- The new tax is bad news for small shops.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Bad, worse, worst (irregular comparison, like good, better, best); use bad (adjective) after verbs of the senses ('I feel bad', 'It smells bad'), not badly.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: bad, worse, worst (अनियमित तुलना, good, better, best की तरह); इंद्रियों के verbs के बाद bad (adjective) लगाएँ ('I feel bad', 'It smells bad'), badly नहीं।
Bad for sth ('bad for your eyes'), bad at sth ('bad at maths').
Adjective bad के साथ दो अलग prepositions आते हैं। 'bad for sth' (किसी चीज़ के लिए हानिकारक होना) जैसे 'bad for your eyes', और 'bad at sth' (किसी काम में कमज़ोर होना) जैसे 'bad at maths'।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Go from bad to worse, not bad (quite good), a bad egg (a dishonest person), in bad taste (offensive), bad blood (ill feeling between people).
Idioms: go from bad to worse, not bad (काफ़ी अच्छा), a bad egg (बेईमान व्यक्ति), in bad taste (आपत्तिजनक), bad blood (लोगों में वैमनस्य)।