Bad or BAD may refer to:

Common meanings

Evil Evil, in a general sense, is defined as the opposite or absence of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, although in everyday usage it is often more narrowly used to talk about profound wickedness and against common good. It is general ...

, the opposite of moral good * Erroneous, inaccurate or incorrect * Unhealthy, or counter to well-being * Antagonist, the threat or obstacle of moral good

Acronyms

* BAD-2, a Soviet armored trolley car *

Bank account debits tax Bank account debits tax (BADT or BAD) was an Australian bank transaction tax levied on customer withdrawals from bank accounts with a cheque facility (both withdrawals made by cheque or by another means, such as EFTPOS). The tax was introduced ...

, an Australian tax *

Bcl-2-associated death promoter The BCL2 associated agonist of cell death (BAD) protein is a pro-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 gene family which is involved in initiating apoptosis. BAD is a member of the BH3-only family, a subfamily of the Bcl-2 family. It does not contain a C ...

, a pro-apoptotic protein *

Team B.A.D. Sasha Banks and Naomi, originally known as Team B.A.D., were an American professional wrestling tag team that performed in WWE, where they are former WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. The inceptive variation of the team began and ended as a duo ...

, a professional wrestling tag team

Films

* '' Andy Warhol's Bad'', a 1977 film * ''Bad'', an unfinished film by Theo van Gogh

Music

Performers

* B. A. D., the Taiwanese boy band, who formed in 1998 * Big Audio Dynamite, Mick Jones' post-Clash band, from London * Royce da 5'9", the American rapper known as Bad, in the group Bad Meets Evil

Albums

* ''Bad'' (album), a 1987 album by Michael Jackson * ''BAD'', or ''

Bigger and Deffer ''Bigger and Deffer'' (abbreviated as ''BAD'' on the album cover) is the second studio album by American rapper LL Cool J, released on May 29, 1987 by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. It features the hit single “I’m Bad”, and th ...

'', the second album by LL Cool J, 1987

Songs

* "Bad" (U2 song), 1984 * "Bad" (Michael Jackson song), 1987 * "Bad", from the 2011 album ''

Symphony Soldier ''Symphony Soldier'' is the second and most recent studio album by American rock band The Cab. It was self released by the band on August 23, 2011. The Cab first rose to prominence at the peak of the mid-2000s emo pop trend with their debut alb ...

'' by The Cab * "Bad" (Wale song), 2013 * "Bad" (David Guetta and Showtek song), 2014 * "Bad!" (XXXTentacion song), 2018 * "Bad" (James Bay song), 2019 * "Bad", by

Don Diablo Don Pepijn Schipper (; born 27 February 1980), better known by his stage name Don Diablo, is a Dutch DJ, digital artist, record producer, musician and songwriter of electronic dance music from Coevorden. He is one of the pioneers of the future h ...

, featuring Zak Abel, 2020

Other music

Bad (tour) Bad was the first solo concert tour by American singer Michael Jackson, launched in support of his seventh studio album '' Bad'' (1987). Sponsored by Pepsi and spanning 16 months, the tour included 123 concerts for over 4.4 million fans across ...

, a Michael Jackson world tour

Places

* "Bad" is the German word for "bath/spa" and so is found in many placenames in German-speaking Europe, e.g.

Bad Kissingen Bad Kissingen is a German spa town in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia and seat of the district Bad Kissingen. Situated to the south of the Rhön Mountains on the Franconian Saale river, it is one of the health resorts, which beca ...

* Bad, Azerbaijan, a village in the Quba District * Bad, a village in the Agra district of India * Bad, Uttar Pradesh, a census town in India * Bād, alternate name for Badrud, a city in Iran * Bad River (disambiguation), various rivers

Other uses

* Bad (economics), the opposite of a good * Bad (cuneiform), a cuneiform sign * Little Miss Bad, a character in the ''Little Miss'' series of books by Roger Hargreaves * Banda languages, spoken in Central Africa (ISO 639-2 and -5 codes "bad") * Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City, Louisiana, US (IATA airport code BAD)