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 An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist. Etymology The English word antagonist comes from the Greek ἀνταγωνιστής – ''antagonistēs'', "opponent, competitor, villain, enemy, ri ...

, the threat or obstacle of moral good

Acronyms

BAD-2 BAD-2 was a Soviet experimental amphibious armored car, that could be also converted to run on railroad tracks (see ''draisine''). The changing for rail mode took 30 minutes. Only one prototype was built in 1932, designed by engineer P. N. Sya ...

, 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 c ...

, a professional wrestling tag team

Films

* ''

Andy Warhol's Bad ''Andy Warhol's Bad'' is a 1977 comedy film directed by Jed Johnson and starring Carroll Baker, Perry King, and Susan Tyrrell. It was written by Pat Hackett and George Abagnalo, and was the last film produced by Andy Warhol before his death ...

'', 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 Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) were an English band, formed in London in 1984 by Mick Jones, former lead guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the Clash. The band mixed various mu ...

, Mick Jones' post-Clash band, from London *

Royce da 5'9" Ryan Daniel Montgomery, known professionally as Royce da 5'9" (or simply Royce 5'9"), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Montgomery is currently one half of the rap duo Bad Meets Evil with fellow Detroit rapper Eminem, a ...

, 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 the ...

'', 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'' 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, 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 Bad is a village in the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of ...

, a village in the Quba District * Bad, a village in the

Agra district Agra district is one of the 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is the historical city of Agra. Agra district is a part of Agra division. Geography The district lies in the cultural region of Braj. Agra district is ...

of India *

Bad, Uttar Pradesh Baad is a census town in Mathura district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located on NH2, near Indian Oil corporation and Baad railway station, Mathura refinery Township. Demographics As of the 2001 Census of India The 2001 Cen ...

, a census town in India * Bād, alternate name for Badrud, a city in Iran *

Bad River (disambiguation) Bad River may refer: Rivers * Bad River (Michigan), a tributary of the Shiawassee River in the US * Bad River (South Dakota), a tributary of the Missouri River in the US * Bad River (Wisconsin), flowing into Lake Superior in the US * Bad River (Bri ...

, various rivers

Other uses

Bad (economics) An economic bad is the opposite of an economic good. A 'bad' is anything with a negative value to the consumer, or a negative price in the marketplace. Refuse is an example of a bad. A bad is a physical object that lowers a consumer's level of h ...

, the opposite of a good *

Bad (cuneiform) The cuneiform bad, bat, be, etc. sign is a common multi-use sign in the mid 14th-century BC Amarna letters, and the '' Epic of Gilgamesh''. In the Epic it also has 5 sumerogram uses (capital letter (majuscule)). From Giorgio Buccellati (Buccella ...

, a cuneiform sign *

Little Miss Bad The following is a list of '' Little Miss characters'' from the children's book series by Roger Hargreaves, also adapted into the children's television programme ''The Mr. Men Show''. Books one (''Little Miss Bossy'') to thirty (''Little Miss ...

, a character in the ''Little Miss'' series of books by Roger Hargreaves *

Banda languages Banda is a family of Ubangian languages spoken by the Banda people of Central Africa. Banda languages are distributed in the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. Languages Olson (1996) Olson (1996) class ...

, spoken in Central Africa (ISO 639-2 and -5 codes "bad") *

Barksdale Air Force Base Barksdale Air Force Base (Barksdale AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in northwest Louisiana, United States, in Bossier Parish. It is contiguous to Bossier City, Louisiana, along the base's western and northwestern edge. Barksdale AF ...

, Bossier City, Louisiana, US (IATA airport code BAD)