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.”
— Pope.