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
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 Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady
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 James, Henry
"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 Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The Grimaldi on the whole were a baddish line of potentates, and only lacked largeness of scene to have left the memory of world-tragedies.
From Roman Holidays, and Others by Howells, William Dean
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