S vs. Bad

S

the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, débris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, 255-261.

Badadjective

Unfavorable; negative; not good.

‘You have bad credit.’; ‘The weather looks pretty bad right now.’; ‘Don't talk to him; he's in a bad mood.’;

Snoun

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

Badadjective

Not suitable or fitting.

‘Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?’;

Snoun

an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)

Badadjective

Not appropriate, of manners etc.

‘It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.’;

Snoun

the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

Badadjective

Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.

‘Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.’;

Snoun

a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm

Badadjective

Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.

‘Joe's in a bad way; he can't even get out of bed.’; ‘I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state.’; ‘I've had a bad back since the accident.’;

Snoun

the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet

Badadjective

Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

‘Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.’;

Snoun

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work;

‘entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity’;

Badadjective

Evil; wicked.

‘Be careful. There are bad people in the world.’;

Snoun

the nineteenth letter of the alphabet.

Badadjective

Faulty; not functional.

‘I had a bad headlight.’;

Snoun

denoting the next after R in a set of items, categories, etc.

Badadjective

(of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.

‘These apples have gone bad.’;

Snoun

a shape like that of a capital S

‘an S-bend’;

Badadjective

(of breath) Malodorous; foul.

‘Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone.’;

S

S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is ess (pronounced ), plural esses.

Badadjective

False; counterfeit; illegitimate.

‘They were caught trying to pass bad coinage.’;

Badadjective

Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.

‘I'm pretty bad at speaking French.’; ‘He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying.’;

Badadjective

Of poor physical appearance.

‘I look really bad whenever I get less than seven hours of sleep.’; ‘I don't look bad in this dress, do I?’;

Badadjective

(informal) Bold and daring.

Badadjective

(hip-hop slang) Good; superlative.

Badadjective

Severe, urgent.

‘He is in bad need of a haircut.’;

Badadjective

Overly promiscuous, licentious.

Badadjective

(slang) Fantastic.

‘You is SIC bad, man!’;

Badadverb

Badly.

‘I didn't do too bad in the last exam.’;

Badnoun

(slang) Error, mistake.

‘Sorry, my bad!’;

Badnoun

An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.

Badverb

(archaic) lang=en. See bade.

Badverb

To shell (a walnut).

Bad

Bade.

Badadjective

Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; - the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad crop; bad news.

‘The strong antipathy of good to bad.’;

Badnoun

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency;

‘take the bad with the good’;

Badadjective

having undesirable or negative qualities;

‘a bad report card’; ‘his sloppy appearance made a bad impression’; ‘a bad little boy’; ‘clothes in bad shape’; ‘a bad cut’; ‘bad luck’; ‘the news was very bad’; ‘the reviews were bad’; ‘the pay is bad’; ‘it was a bad light for reading’; ‘the movie was a bad choice’;

Badadjective

very intense;

‘a bad headache’; ‘in a big rage’; ‘had a big (or bad) shock’; ‘a bad earthquake’; ‘a bad storm’;

Badadjective

feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad');

‘my throat feels bad’; ‘she felt bad all over’; ‘he was feeling tough after a restless night’;

Badadjective

(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition;

‘bad meat’; ‘a refrigerator full of spoilt food’;

Badadjective

not capable of being collected;

‘a bad (or uncollectible) debt’;

Badadjective

below average in quality or performance;

‘a bad chess player’; ‘a bad recital’;

Badadjective

nonstandard;

‘so-called bad grammar’;

Badadjective

not financially safe or secure;

‘a bad investment’; ‘high risk investments’; ‘anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky’; ‘speculative business enterprises’;

Badadjective

physically unsound or diseased;

‘has a bad back’; ‘a bad heart’; ‘bad teeth’; ‘an unsound limb’; ‘unsound teeth’;

Badadjective

capable of harming;

‘bad habits’; ‘bad air’; ‘smoking is bad for you’;

Badadjective

keenly sorry or regretful;

‘felt bad about letting the team down’; ‘was sorry that she had treated him so badly’; ‘felt bad about breaking the vase’;

Badadjective

characterized by wickedness or immorality;

‘led a very bad life’;

Badadjective

reproduced fraudulently;

‘like a bad penny...’; ‘a forged twenty dollar bill’;

Badadjective

not working properly;

‘a bad telephone connection’; ‘a defective appliance’;

Badadverb

with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly');

‘the injury hurt badly’; ‘the buildings were badly shaken’; ‘it hurts bad’; ‘we need water bad’;

Badadverb

very much; strongly;

‘I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it’; ‘the cables had sagged badly’; ‘they were badly in need of help’; ‘he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it’;