Clues for the word "BAD"
We've had 293 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 733 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on April 14, 2025.
Definition of bad
- imp. - Bade.
- superl. - Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.
- - of Bid
Referring Clues
- Good, in street talk
- Opposite of 42-Across
- Spoiled
- Defective
- Ill-done
- Evil
- Dog-scolding word
- Dog reprimand
- Scolding word
- Harmful
- Already turned
- Deserving a spanking
- Good, in the 'hood
- Corrupt
- "___ dog!"
- Rotten
- Word to a dog
- Mischievous
- Misbehaving
- Ill-behaved
- One-star
- Failing
- Scolding word to a dog
- Lousy
- No longer edible
- Naughty
- Nonfunctioning
- Slutty
- Stern word to Spot
- With 2-Down, what a villain may come to
- Severe
- Uncooperative
- Reprimand to a dog
- 1987 hit for Michael Jackson
- 1987 Michael Jackson hit
- Like the wolf that tormented the three little pigs
- Very good, slangily
- 1987 Michael Jackson smash
- Like Leroy Brown
- Quip: Part 3
- 17-Across, to you and me
- Follow-up to "Thriller"
- "My ___!" ("Oops!")
- Good, ironically, in slang
- Rotten to the core
- Nefarious
- Word before egg or luck
- Follow-up to the "Thriller" album
- Like Leroy Brown, so the song says
- Inclement
- In trouble, with "off"
- Fourth-rate
- Sinister
- Wicked
- George Thorogood stutter "B-B-B-B-___..."
- Disobedient
- 1987 album with five #1 hits
- With 1-Down, something unlikely to pay off
- Low-quality
- Unhealthy
- Like some tempers
- Counterfeit
- Poor
- Unsatisfactory
- No good
- Sort of seed
- Poorly behaved
- Behaving poorly
- No longer fresh
- Poor-quality
- Poorer than poor
- Not well-behaved
- Awful
- Word with "blood" or "dog"
- It came after "Thriller"
- Word with "blood" or "dog"
- Like a fairy-tale wolf
- "Thriller" follower
- Word with "egg" or "luck"
- Michael Jackson hit
- "___ dog!"
- Word with blood or boy
- Good and ugly partner
- Inedible
- Good, on the street
- Michael Jackson album
- Like some apples
- Reprimand to Rover
- *Michael Jackson, 1987
- Word with "egg" or "luck"
- Certainly not good
- Word with "blood" or "luck"
- Good in the 'hood
- 1987 Michael Jackson album
- Inadequate
- Like some judgment
- Unfit to eat
- Not fresh
- Ready for compost heap
- "Thriller" follower
- It came after "Thriller"
- Reprehensible
- Like Peck's boy
- Good, to some
- Inauspicious
- Abysmal
- 1987 Michael Jackson single from an album of the same name
- 1987 Michael Jackson single
- U2 song about "Spider-Man" in general?
- Disobedient, as a dog
- With 18-Across, no-goodnik
- Foul
- Cameron Diaz's "___ Teacher"
- Terrible
- Malicious
- Unsuitable
- Yucky
- Disgraceful
- Disgusting
- Contemptible
- Troublesome
- Horrible
- Nasty
- Wretched
- Sinful
- "Tsk! Tsk!"
- Great, in slang
- Michael Jackson chart topper
- With 62-Down, rotten sort
- Fifth-rate
- Deserving detention, say
- Like a rotten apple
- ___ Blake (Oscar-winning role for Jeff Bridges)
- Like a bunch-spoiling apple
- Song parodied by "Fat"
- Maleficent
- Fraudulent, say
- Unfavorable
- Rancid, say
- Admonishment to a puppy
- Loathsome
- Song performed by U2 at Live Aid in 1985, and a single for Michael Jackson in 1987
- Like some news
- Word with "blood" or "egg"
- Past the expiration date
- See 34-Across
- Down the tubes
- "Breaking ___" (AMC series)
- Good, in some cases
- Crummy
- Like stormy weather
- Kind of vibes?
- With 54-Across, spa town on the Lahn River
- Malevolent
- Criminal
- Rancid
- Black-hearted
- Definitely not good
- Type of dog?
- Blasphemous
- Not good
- Hardly an angel
- Off, in the fridge
- Unenviable
- "Tsk, tsk!"
- Like 24-Down
- Tainted
- Not even so-so
- Pet scolder's adjective
- Pretty awful
- Detrimental or awful
- Opposite of good
- Putrescent
- Turned
- Good, in street lingo
- Word that can precede the first parts of 17-, 36- and 57-Across, and 11- and 32-Down
- Deleterious
- Serious, as an injury
- Unsound
- Adverse
- Antonym of good
- Not nice
- Immoral
- Another opposite of good
- Album featuring "Smooth Criminal"
- Far from good
- Awesome, at one time
- Well below average
- GnR: "___ Apples"
- James Brown "I Want You So ___"
- Lady Gaga's "Romance"?
- Meat Loaf "___ Attitude"
- Guns N' Roses "___ Apples"
- Weird Al Yankovic "___ Hair Day"
- Gainsay the good
- The rotten fish is sent back
- Fish up what's faulty
- It's no good using second-class publicity
- A good rebuttal
- Rotten piece of job advice
- Rotten fish cast back
- It's awful when the ace turns up
- Crack up, which is awful
- Good opposition
- Poor finish to the job at the end of the road
- Dud notes!
- Deserving of a timeout
- Of poor quality
- First album to produce five #1 singles
- Injurious
- Past its expiration date, maybe
- "A ___ Moms Christmas" (2017 movie)
- Dreadful
- Worth one star, perhaps
- With 105 Down, one causing trouble
- Pitiful
- Word to a dog that has just chewed the sofa
- Faulty
- U-turn from good
- Villainous
- Immoral, evil
- Negative
- "Breaking ___" (longtime AMC series)
- U-turn from well-behaved
- With 38-Across, hex that's hard to shake
- 1987 Michael Jackson album or single
- Good, to the new generation
- Like spoiled milk
- See 58-Down
- Rotten fish is served up
- Disobedient, to Fido
- *Spoil
- Incorrigible
- Deserving to get gonged
- "Breaking ___"
- Past the "use by" date, perhaps
- Spoiled, as food
- "___ Guy" (Billie Eilish song)
- "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very ___ Day": 2014 film
- What spoiled milk has gone?
- Reprimand for a Rottweiler
- Stale, say
- Past the expiration date, perhaps
- Precedes worse
- Big ___ Wolf
- In need of a timeout
- Flawed
- Like a bounced check
- Halsey's "___ at Love"
- Word that oddly can mean "good" in slang
- Past its expiration date, perhaps
- Diamond-selling Michael Jackson album
- Past the expiration date, say
- Like spoiled vegetables
- Sinful centre for troubadours
- Word before "blood" or "faith"
- Rebuke to a dog
- Sailor without sin, but roguish
- Shoddy
- Word before "faith" or "luck"
- Rebuke to Marmaduke
- See 12-Across
- Deserving of a timeout, say
- Unwise, as a choice
- Go from ___ to worse
- "___ Guy": 2019 Billie Eilish #1 hit
- ___ vibes (uncomfy feelings)
- Definitely not good at all
- "Good Girl Gone ___" (Rihanna album)
- How 39 day-old cabbage has turned
- Michael Jackson hit whose title is heard 88 times in the song
- Good? Oh, no, no, no
- Not edible anymore
- Rotten fish, sent back
- It's not good for a legendary hero to be faultless!
- From ___ to worse
- Billie Eilish's "___ Guy"
- Not good at all
- ___ to the bone (totally wicked)
- Past the "sell by" date, perhaps
- "I can make the ___ guys good for a weekend" (Taylor Swift lyric)
- "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very ___ Day"
- Word before "Habit" in a Steve Lacy song title or "Habits" in an Ed Sheeran song title
- Like really old fruit
- Good swung 180 degrees
- Good? No, the opposite
- Base
- Michael Jackson's first concert tour after the Jackson 5
- When fish turns up like this, it's rotten
- Not great
- "___ Blood"
- Unfortunate
- "Now I'm down ___ crying at the gym"
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - April 14, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 12, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 03, 2025
- USA Today - January 31, 2025
- New York Times - January 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 27, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - January 19, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 03, 2025
- New York Times - December 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2024
- USA Today - December 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 12, 2024
- LA Times - November 05, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 05, 2024
- New York Times - October 29, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 27, 2024
- LA Times - October 15, 2024
- Daily American - October 05, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 01, 2024
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