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bad

 
 
/bæd/ adjective (worse, worst)

Translation

NOT PLEASANT not pleasant
hoş olmayan, nahoş
bad weather bad news a bad dream My phone bill was even worse than I'd expected. He's in a bad mood today.9632110
LOW QUALITY of low quality
kötü
bad behaviour The service was really bad. He's always been bad at maths.963
SEVERE very serious or severe
çok kötü, ciddi, zor, çetin, fena
a bad injury the worst flooding for years21101245
NOT LUCKY not lucky, not convenient, or not happening how you would like
uygun değil, şans getirmeyen, istenildiği gibi olmayan
It was just bad luck that she heard us. Is this a bad time to ask?1760
not bad satisfactory
fena değil, fena sayılmaz
"There are about 10 people in a group." "Oh well, that's not bad." That's not bad for such a small company.956
be bad for sb/sth to be harmful for someone or something
birisine/birşeye zarar vermek, kötü olmak
Looking at a computer screen for too long can be bad for your eyes. The negative publicity has been bad for business.1973
feel bad about sth/doing sth to feel guilty or sorry about something that has happened
olan bir şeyden ötürü kendini kötü veya suçlu hissetmek
I felt bad about letting her down.984
too bad mainly US informal used to say that you are sorry about a situation
fena, tüh, eyvah, kötü
"He didn't get the job." "Oh, that's too bad."1027
used to say that nothing can be done to change a situation
Çok fena, çok kötü, eyvah, ne yazık
I know you don't want to go but it's too bad, we have to.1031
EVIL evil
kötü, kötülük yapan, şeytanca davranan
She's a really bad person.970
NOT FRESH Bad food is not fresh and cannot be eaten.
bozulmuş, çürük
907
PAINFUL [always before noun] If you have a bad arm, leg, heart, etc, there is something wrong with it and it is painful.
ağrıyan, sızlayan, kötü durumda olan
→ See also bad blood → See also be in sb's good/bad books581
(Definition of bad adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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