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
"Yes, colonel, what there is left of them; they certainly had a baddish twelve hours of it."
From The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
He is rather ill-looking, a baddish countenance, but his manner was calm though dejected, and he was civil and respectful, and not sulky.
From The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) by Charles Greville
"He's in a baddish way now, but still."
From Wanderers by W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander) Worster
"It's a baddish business," he added, when the butler had gone.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by George Newnes
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