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badder

[ bad-er ]

/ ˈbæd ər /

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adjective

Slang. comparative of bad¹ (def. 36).

Nonstandard. a comparative of bad¹.

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How to use badder in a sentence

This game is only two hours of what promises to be a twelve hour series, so there is plenty of time to get bigger and badder.
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Oh sure, Osama bin Laden is dead, but that was yesterday and his ghost is back, bigger and badder than ever.
Romney’s Living in a Fantasy Land|Christopher Dickey|October 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Badder seemed to admit more enormity than simply bad, “I—I went in the park to walk and I staid so long that—that––”
A Modern Cinderella|Amanda M. Douglas
She may even meet bolder and badder men than the policeman—Shall we then detain her?
Mary, Mary|James Stephens

And the bad man may perhaps have a still badder man who is preying upon HIM.
Courts and Criminals|Arthur Train
So down he sat and the more he thought about it the badder he felt.
More English Fairy Tales|Various
Rather down; have been for a long time; getting badder and badder.
The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3)|Mrs. Henry Wood