blood n. Ill feeling.

- books see *book.

- breath n. Unpleasant-smelling breath.

- debt n. Debt that is not recoverable.

- egg see *egg1.

- faith n. Intent to deceive.

- lot n. Person of bad character.

- news n. Colloq. Unpleasant or troublesome person or thing.

- —adj. (worse, worst) 1 inadequate, defective (bad work, light).

- unpleasant (bad weather).

- harmful (is bad for you).

- (of food) decayed.

- colloq. Ill, injured (feeling bad today; a bad leg).

- colloq. Regretful, guilty (feels bad about it).

- serious, severe (a bad headache, mistake).

- a morally unacceptable (bad man; bad language). B naughty.

- not valid (a bad cheque). 10 (badder, baddest) esp. Us slang excellent. —n. Ill fortune; ruin. —adv. Us colloq. Badly. not (or not so) bad colloq. Fairly good. Too bad colloq. Regrettable. [old english]