bad Copy link Outline 1. mălus2. imprŏbus (usu. in moral sense)3. prāvus (prop. crooked, mis-shapen)4. perversus5. nēquam (indec.) • bad: 1. mălus: comp. pējor; sup. pessĭmus: bad goods (of a good for nothing person), mala merx, Pl.: b. weight, malum pondus, Pl.: a b. smell, m. odor, Hor.: a b. and worthless fellow, m. et nequam homo, Pl.: b. philosophers, m. philosophi, Cic.: a b. habit, m. consuetudo, Hor.: a very b. example, pessimum exemplum, Liv.: to have a b. opinion of any one, m. opinionem de aliquo habere, Cic.: a b. citizen, m. civis, Quint.: b. poems, m. carmina, Hor.: a b. conscience, m. conscientia, Quint.: a b. and weak voice, m. et imbecilla vox, Quint. 2. imprŏbus (usu. in moral sense): a b. disposition, ingenium im., Plin.: a b. and treacherous man, im. homo et perfidiosus, Cic.: a b. will, i. e. informal, im. testamentum, Cic.: b. bread, im. panis, Mart. 3. prāvus (prop. crooked, mis-shapen): a very b. rule, pravissima regula, Cic.: b. morals, p. mores, Sall.: a b. man, p. vir, Sen. 4. perversus: a b. custom, p. mos, Cic.: v. perverse, wilful. 5. nēquam (indec.): v. nothing, good for. Phr.: b. weather, tempestas adversa, Cic.; t. foeda (shockingly bad), Liv.: a b. road, vie iniqua, Liv.: a very b. road, via deterrima, Cic.: bad health, valetudo incommoda, Cic.; dura v., Hor.: to bring any one b. news, acerbum nuntium alicui perferre, Cic.: b. money, adulterini numi, Cic.: to have a b. reputation, male audire, Cic.: v. faulty, wrong, wicked.