badness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbæd.nəs/
Etymology
From Middle English baddenes, badnes, badnesse; equivalent to bad + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality or degree of being bad.
The badness of a dignitary harm derives from the victim's belief that a perpetrator is willing to override or ignore her standing as a person with rights, with dignity, as evidenced by the wrongful criminal deed; […]
2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury, page 140:It is easy to assess whether a sentence is acceptable or not: This is just how “good” or “natural” the sentence sounds to a group of fluent speakers of a language. The assessment that the badness is likely due to the grammar is a more complex inference.
2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Preliminaries: Components of Language Structure” (chapter 2), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 25:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| badnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
evilness · depravity · wickedness
Relateds
do evil · evil · troublemaker · bad
Synonyms
wrongness · roguishness · pranksomeness · hanky-panky · deviltry · prankishness · misconduct · puckishness · disobedience · devilishness · devilry · delinquency · wrong · bad manners · misbehavior · roguery · scampishness · naughtiness · monkey business · goings-on · devilment · badness · elfishness · mischief · rascality · misdemeanor · mischievousness · impishness · impropriety
Translations (25)
ka სიცუდე (the quality of being bad) · es maldad (the quality of being bad) · ga donacht (the quality of being bad) · ro răutate (the quality of being bad) · ca bua (the quality of being bad) · ga ainnise (the quality of being bad) · te చెడ్డతనము (the quality of being bad) · hu rosszaság (the quality of being bad) · ga olcas (the quality of being bad) · ka უვარგისობა (the quality of being bad) · vo bad (the quality of being bad) · ckb خِراپە (the quality of being bad) · cy drygioni (the quality of being bad) · de Schlechtigkeit (the quality of being bad) · tr kötülük (the quality of being bad) · eo malbono (the quality of being bad) · he רוע (the quality of being bad) · grc κακία (the quality of being bad) · pt maldade (the quality of being bad) · ru него́дность (the quality of being bad) · pl niegodziwość (the quality of being bad) · pt ruindade (the quality of being bad) · ar سُوء (the quality of being bad) · hi बुराई (the quality of being bad) · fi pahuus (the quality of being bad)