bad — EN↔HI

bad

/bæd बैड्‌/ adj.

( worse /wɜːs वस्‌/ , worst /wɜːst वस्‍ट्‌/ )

1 not good; unpleasant बुरा, ख़राब, अप्रिय

Our family’s had a bad time recently.

bad weather

2 of poor quality; of a low standard घटिया, निम्‍नस्‍तरीय

Many accidents are caused by bad driving.

bad management

3 bad (at something/at doing something) not able to do something well or easily; not skilful अयोग्‍य, अक्षम; अकुशल

a bad teacher/driver/cook

I’ve always been bad at sport.

4 serious; severe बहुत ख़राब; गंभीर

The traffic was very bad on the way to work.

She went home with a bad headache.

That was a bad mistake!

5 (used about food) not fresh or fit to eat; rotten (भोजन) बासी या खाने के अयोग्‍य; सड़ा हुआ

These eggs will go bad if we don’t eat them soon.

6 (used about parts of the body) not healthy; painful (शरीर के अंग) अस्‍वस्‍थ; पीड़ाक्रांत, दर्दीला

He’s always had a bad heart.

bad back

7 (used about a person or behaviour) not good; morally wrong (व्‍यक्ति या आचरण) बुरा, दुष्‍ट, अनैतिक

He was not a bad man, just rather weak.

8 (not before a noun)] bad for somebody/something likely to damage or hurt somebody/something नुक़सानदेह, हानिकर (संभावित रूप से)

Sugar is bad for your teeth.

9 bad (for something/to do something) difficult or not suitable मुश्किल या अनुपयुक्त, ग़लत

This is a bad time to phone, everyone’s out to lunch.

IDM

not bad ( informal ) quite good बुरा या बुरी नहीं, ठीक-ठाक, अच्‍छा

‘What was the film like?’ ‘Not bad.’

too bad ( informal ) used to show that nothing can be done to change a situation स्थिति बदली नहीं जा सकती, यह बताने के लिए प्रयुक्त

‘I’d much rather stay at home.’ ‘Well that’s just too bad. We’ve said we’ll go.’