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
The enemy turned a baddish shrapnel fire on to them, and although they bore it most unflinchingly, old experience told me that their nervous fighting energy was being used up all the time.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir
A baddish wrench parting from de Robeck and Keyes with whom I have been close friends for so long.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir
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 Greville, Charles
This is a part of the town where baddish cigars prevail.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various
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