bad vs great

bad

adj
  • Good, superlative, excellent, cool. 

  • Not covered by funds on account. 

  • Not suitable or fitting. 

  • Not appropriate, of manners etc. 

  • Spoiled, rotten, overripe. 

  • Bold and daring. 

  • Malodorous; foul. 

  • Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking! 

  • Unfavorable; negative; not good. 

  • Unskilled; of limited ability; not good. 

  • Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems. 

  • Of poor physical appearance. 

  • False; counterfeit; illegitimate. 

  • Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient. 

  • Evil; wicked. 

  • Severe, urgent. 

  • Overly promiscuous, licentious. 

  • Very attractive; hot, sexy. 

  • Faulty; not functional. 

  • Tricky; stressful; unpleasant. 

  • Sickly, unhealthy, unwell. 

verb
  • To shell (a walnut). 

noun
  • Something that is bad; a harm or evil. 

  • Error; mistake. 

  • An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good. 

intj
  • Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet. 

adv
  • Badly. 

great

adj
  • Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic. 

  • Title referring to an important leader. 

  • Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big. 

  • Of significant importance or consequence; important. 

  • Impressive or striking. 

  • Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic. 

  • Much in use; favoured. 

  • Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths. 

  • Skilful or adroit. 

  • Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind. 

  • Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent. 

  • Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble. 

  • Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). 

  • Extreme or more than usual. 

noun
  • A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. 

  • The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division. 

  • An instance of the word "great" signifying an additional generation in phrases expressing family relationships. 

adv
  • Very well (in a very satisfactory manner). 

intj
  • sarcastic inversion thereof. 

  • Expression of gladness and content about something. 

How often have the words bad and great occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )