"too bad" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-too bad.ogg
Etymology: Shortening of "That is too bad" or "It is too bad that..." Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} too bad
  1. (idiomatic) That's a pity. Tags: idiomatic Translations (that's a pity): жа́лко (žálko) (Bulgarian), llàstima (Catalan), škoda! (Czech), wat jammer (Dutch), jammer (Dutch), ikävää (Finnish), harmillista (Finnish), tant pis (French), dommage (French), quel dommage (French), que mágoa (Galician), moito mal (Galician), schade (German), κρίμα (kríma) (Greek), חֲבָל (ẖavál) (Hebrew), kár (Hungarian), is mór an trua (Irish), peccato [masculine] (Italian), 残念です (zan'nendesu) (Japanese), schaad [German-Low-German] (Low German), штета (šteta) (Macedonian), kasihannya! (Malay), schod (Plautdietsch), jaka szkoda (Polish), que pena (Portuguese), păcat (Romanian), как жа́лко (kak žálko) (Russian), жаль (žalʹ) (Russian), штета [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), šteta [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), que lástima (Spanish), ni modo [Mexico, familiar] (Spanish), qué mal (Spanish), น่าเสียดาย (nâa-sǐia-daai) (Thai), น่าสงสาร (nâa-sǒng-sǎan) (Thai), yazık (Turkish), đáng tiếc (Vietnamese), hen dro (Welsh), bechod (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-too_bad-en-phrase-BYEMXL3M Disambiguation of "that's a pity": 98 0 2
  2. (idiomatic) It is sad that. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-too_bad-en-phrase-kP~2WDWS
  3. (idiomatic, sarcasm) A mockingly sarcastic expression of uncaring or schadenfreude as an answer to someone when upset. Tags: idiomatic, sarcastic
    Sense id: en-too_bad-en-phrase-RnasKZYf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German Low German translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 0 87 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 0 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 0 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 0 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 0 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 0 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 0 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 0 85 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 0 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 15 0 85 Disambiguation of Terms with German Low German translations: 17 0 83 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 0 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 0 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 14 0 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 0 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 16 0 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 0 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 0 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 15 0 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 15 0 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 7 0 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 0 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 14 0 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 15 0 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 0 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 15 0 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 0 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 15 0 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 14 0 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 15 0 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 22 0 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pity, shame, alas, that's a pity, that's a shame, that's too bad, what a pity, what a shame Derived forms: too bad, so sad Related terms: it is what it is, such is life Translations (it is unfortunate that): dommage que (French), que mágoa (Galician), moito mal (Galician), szkoda że (Polish), que pena que (Portuguese), к сожале́нию (k sožaléniju) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'it is unfortunate that': 56 0 44
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          "text": "You can't come to the party? Too bad.",
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        {
          "ref": "1964, Harry S. Truman, 1:38 from the start, in MP2002-288 Former President Truman Discusses the Battle of Okinawa, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162, archived from the original on 2022-03-13:",
          "text": "We had to kill 110,000 Japanese before we took Okinawa, and when the officers of the Japanese are killed- or defeated- they commit suicide. They cost us 12,000 men and they had to kill 110,000 Japs. And it's a terrible thing- don't know what you're gonna do with any crazy outfit like that except all you can do is to destroy them, and that's too bad.",
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          "text": "Foxtrot B I L LA MENDE ଜ IT'S TOO BAD \" PAIGE \" DOESN'T RHYME WITH \" GODZILLA . ' There once was a girl named Paige ... who was frequently filled with räge .... 3 13 8 One day she decided to be more peaceful and quiet ...Now no one ever says, Paige, act your age...",
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        "(idiomatic) That's a pity."
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          "_dis1": "98 0 2",
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          "sense": "that's a pity",
          "word": "škoda!"
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          "word": "wat jammer"
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          "word": "ikävää"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "that's a pity",
          "word": "que mágoa"
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          "sense": "that's a pity",
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          "sense": "that's a pity",
          "word": "schade"
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          "sense": "that's a pity",
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          "sense": "that's a pity",
          "word": "חֲבָל"
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "that's a pity",
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          "sense": "that's a pity",
          "word": "qué mal"
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          "roman": "nâa-sǐia-daai",
          "sense": "that's a pity",
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          "sense": "that's a pity",
          "word": "น่าสงสาร"
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          "sense": "that's a pity",
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          "_dis1": "98 0 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "that's a pity",
          "word": "đáng tiếc"
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          "sense": "that's a pity",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pity"
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      "word": "shame"
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      "word": "alas"
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      "word": "that's a pity"
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      "word": "that's a shame"
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      "word": "that's too bad"
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      "word": "what a pity"
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      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "dommage que"
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      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "que mágoa"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "moito mal"
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      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "szkoda że"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "que pena que"
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      "_dis1": "56 0 44",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "k sožaléniju",
      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "к сожале́нию"
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "too bad, so sad"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shortening of \"That is too bad\" or \"It is too bad that...\"",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "it is what it is"
    },
    {
      "word": "such is life"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You can't come to the party? Too bad.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964, Harry S. Truman, 1:38 from the start, in MP2002-288 Former President Truman Discusses the Battle of Okinawa, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162, archived from the original on 2022-03-13:",
          "text": "We had to kill 110,000 Japanese before we took Okinawa, and when the officers of the Japanese are killed- or defeated- they commit suicide. They cost us 12,000 men and they had to kill 110,000 Japs. And it's a terrible thing- don't know what you're gonna do with any crazy outfit like that except all you can do is to destroy them, and that's too bad.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997 August 20, Bill Amend, Come Closer, Roger, There's a Mosquito on Your Nose (Foxtrot Collection), Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 28:",
          "text": "Foxtrot B I L LA MENDE ଜ IT'S TOO BAD \" PAIGE \" DOESN'T RHYME WITH \" GODZILLA . ' There once was a girl named Paige ... who was frequently filled with räge .... 3 13 8 One day she decided to be more peaceful and quiet ...Now no one ever says, Paige, act your age...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That's a pity."
      ],
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          "pity",
          "pity"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) That's a pity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Too bad you can't come to the party.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "It is sad that."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sad",
          "sad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) It is sad that."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mockingly sarcastic expression of uncaring or schadenfreude as an answer to someone when upset."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "sarcastic",
          "sarcastic#English"
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          "uncaring#English"
        ],
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          "schadenfreude#English"
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        "(idiomatic, sarcasm) A mockingly sarcastic expression of uncaring or schadenfreude as an answer to someone when upset."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "sarcastic"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pity"
    },
    {
      "word": "shame"
    },
    {
      "word": "alas"
    },
    {
      "word": "that's a pity"
    },
    {
      "word": "that's a shame"
    },
    {
      "word": "that's too bad"
    },
    {
      "word": "what a pity"
    },
    {
      "word": "what a shame"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "žálko",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "жа́лко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "llàstima"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "škoda!"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "wat jammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "jammer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "ikävää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "harmillista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "tant pis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "dommage"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "quel dommage"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "que mágoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "moito mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "schade"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kríma",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "κρίμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ẖavál",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "חֲבָל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "kár"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "is mór an trua"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peccato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zan'nendesu",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "残念です"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
      ],
      "word": "schaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šteta",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "штета"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "kasihannya!"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "schod"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "jaka szkoda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "que pena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "păcat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kak žálko",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "как жа́лко"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žalʹ",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "жаль"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "штета"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "šteta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "que lástima"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "familiar"
      ],
      "word": "ni modo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "qué mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nâa-sǐia-daai",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "น่าเสียดาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nâa-sǒng-sǎan",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "น่าสงสาร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "yazık"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "đáng tiếc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "hen dro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "that's a pity",
      "word": "bechod"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "dommage que"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "que mágoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "moito mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "szkoda że"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "que pena que"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "k sožaléniju",
      "sense": "it is unfortunate that",
      "word": "к сожале́нию"
    }
  ],
  "word": "too bad"
}

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