Bad or BAD may refer to:

Common meanings

* Evil, the opposite of moral good * Erroneous, inaccurate or incorrect *

Unhealthy Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

, 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, riv ...

, 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. Syac ...

, 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 b ...

, an Australian tax * Bcl-2-associated death promoter, 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 ''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, and ...

, the American rapper known as Bad, in the group Bad Meets Evil

Albums

* Bad (album), ''Bad'' (album), a 1987 album by Michael Jackson * ''BAD'', or ''Bigger and Deffer'', the second album by LL Cool J, 1987

Songs

* Bad (U2 song), "Bad" (U2 song), 1984 * Bad (Michael Jackson song), "Bad" (Michael Jackson song), 1987 * "Bad", from the 2011 album ''Symphony Soldier'' by The Cab * Bad (Wale song), "Bad" (Wale song), 2013 * Bad (David Guetta and Showtek song), "Bad" (David Guetta and Showtek song), 2014 * Bad! (XXXTentacion song), "Bad!" (XXXTentacion song), 2018 * Bad (James Bay song), "Bad" (James Bay song), 2019 * "Bad", by Don Diablo, featuring Zak Abel, 2020

Other music

* Bad (tour), 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, Azerbaijan, a village in the Quba District * Bad, a village in the Agra district of India * Bad, Uttar Pradesh, a census town in India * Badrud, 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)