bad
US
/bæd/
UK
/bæd/
Meaning
Not good, pleasant, acceptable, or of the quality you want.
बुरा या खराब; जो अच्छा, संतोषजनक या स्वीकार करने लायक न हो।
Examples
“The soup tasted bad, so we ordered something else.”
“It was a bad idea to leave without checking the weather.”
“The traffic got worse, so we arrived twenty minutes late.”
Useful patterns
Word toolkit
Build natural usageWord family
Common collocations
Common mistakes
Not natural: I am bad in maths.
Better: I am bad at maths.
Use bad at to describe a skill or subject someone does not do well.
किसी skill या subject में कमज़ोर होने के लिए bad at कहते हैं, bad in नहीं।
Not natural: I feel badly about what happened.
Better: I feel bad about what happened.
Use feel bad to describe feeling sorry or upset; feel badly usually refers to a poor sense of touch.
पछतावा या दुख जताने के लिए feel bad कहें। Feel badly आमतौर पर छूने की कमजोर क्षमता बताता है।
Word Relationships
See how this word connects to related ideas.
Target word
Target word
Learner tip
Use bad at for skills, bad for for harmful effects, and feel bad for regret or sadness.
किसी काम में कमज़ोर होने के लिए bad at, नुकसान के लिए bad for, और दुख या पछतावे के लिए feel bad कहें।