feel bad verb 4feel-bad adjective 1forms 3 verb4 •To not feel good; to experience an unpleasant physical sensation.It feels really bad to get hit with a baseball bat. •To feel remorse or shame for one's actions.I feel bad about what I did. I won't do it again.I felt bad that I was leaving my home again. •To feel pity for, to empathize with.With all the things he went through, I felt pretty bad for him. •To feel ill or sick.After chemo, I felt bad. feel-bad adjective1 •Creating a feeling of anxiety or despair.Yes, you get to see Cruise having a fight in his underpants, and doing another of his hanging-off-a-plane routines, but even so, it could be the feel-bad film of the summer. — 2025 formsfelt bad · feeling bad · feels bad