Băd or Bād or Bāde, a.

a. [Cf. Per. bad, bad, wicked, Ger. böse, O. H. Ger. bösi, pۆsi, bad, Goth. bauths, deaf, dumb, dull.] Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, whether physically or morally so; evil; ill; vicious; as, a bad man, a bad heart, a bad design, bad air, bad water, bad books, a bad road, bad health.

Bād, Bāde (bād, 57). The past tense of bid. See BID.