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badness

noun

1 badness

That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency.

synonym: bad.

Roget 649: hurtfulness etc. adj.; virulence.    evil doer etc. 913; bane etc. 663; plague spot etc. (insalubrity) 657; ... show more

Roget 619: evil, ill, harm, hurt.   , mischief, nuisance; machinations of the devil, Pandora's box, ills that flesh is heir to.    blow, buffet, stroke, scratch, bruise, ... show more

2 badness

Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather.

synonyms: severeness, severity.

Dutch: ernst, strengheid
Polish: dotkliwość

3 badness

An attribute of mischievous children.

synonyms: mischievousness, naughtiness.

Dutch: ondeugendheid
Polish: psotliwość


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