baddish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of baddish
Example Sentences
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I was prepared for baddish news, but not for it to be delivered so swiftly and decisively.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2021
But it was a baddish go, and though I was out of bed in five days, it took me some time to get my legs again.
From The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
However, this is nothing against the novel, which is a goodish sort of bad one, or a baddish sort of good one.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 12, 1890 by Various
To-day is cold and foggy, like a baddish day in June with you; no colder, if so cold.
From Letters from the Cape by Lady Lucie Duff Gordon
I have not had a very good year—a baddish crisis about a twelvemonth ago; but I have gradually worked out of it and the prospect ahead is fairer.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James
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