See bad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "bad",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "worse",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "worst",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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"3": "worst"
},
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "The man who killed his wife was very bad."
},
{
"text": "Skipping school is a bad thing to do."
},
{
"text": "Debts can go bad when a debtor has gone bankrupt."
},
{
"text": "Could things get any worse than this?"
},
{
"text": "This is the worst time I've had all year!"
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something is bad, it is not good."
],
"id": "simple-bad-en-adj-4PjeEJB-"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bæd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bæːd/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɛd/",
"raw_tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"bed"
],
"raw_tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-bad.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-bad.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"word": "bad"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "bad",
"tags": [
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "worse",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "worst",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
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"1": "bad",
"2": "worse",
"3": "worst"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "The man who killed his wife was very bad."
},
{
"text": "Skipping school is a bad thing to do."
},
{
"text": "Debts can go bad when a debtor has gone bankrupt."
},
{
"text": "Could things get any worse than this?"
},
{
"text": "This is the worst time I've had all year!"
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something is bad, it is not good."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bæd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/bæːd/",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɛd/",
"raw_tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"bed"
],
"raw_tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-bad.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-bad.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"word": "bad"
}
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