bad news

noun

plural in form but singular in construction

: one that is troublesome, unwelcome, or dangerous

stay away from him, he's bad news

Examples of bad news in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The mayor’s vulnerability is therefore bigger than one controversy or one bad news cycle. —Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026

Wars are big, costly, dangerous events full of shocks, full of bad news. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026

Somebody is getting excellent news and going home, or somebody is getting bad news. —Clayton Davis, Variety, 26 May 2026

When people hear rumblings of bad news, their anxiety begins to fester. —Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

This, of course, is all bad news for Jacobs at the moment. —Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026

These days, that’s very bad news. —Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026

This could be bad news for space mining startups. —New Atlas, 26 May 2026

Manoush Zomorodi has some good and bad news for you. —Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 25 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bad news

• accrues
• accuse
• aircrews
• amuse
• bamboos
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• canoes
• cashews
• chartreuse
• confuse
• construes
• defuse