There is no objective measure of a word's badness. It all comes down to context.
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Badness
//ˈbæd.nəs//
Synonyms for "badness" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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25 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κακία noun (the quality of being bad)
Arabic
1 entries- سُوء noun (the quality of being bad)
Catalan
1 entries- bua noun (the quality of being bad)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خِراپە noun (the quality of being bad)
Esperanto
1 entries- malbono noun (the quality of being bad)
Finnish
1 entries- pahuus noun (the quality of being bad)
Georgian
2 entries- სიცუდე noun (the quality of being bad)
- უვარგისობა noun (the quality of being bad)
German
1 entries- Schlechtigkeit noun (the quality of being bad)
Hebrew
1 entries- רוע noun (the quality of being bad)
Hindi
1 entries- बुराई noun (the quality of being bad)
Hungarian
1 entries- rosszaság noun (the quality of being bad)
Irish
3 entries- ainnise noun (the quality of being bad)
- donacht noun (the quality of being bad)
- olcas noun (the quality of being bad)
Polish
1 entries- niegodziwość noun (the quality of being bad)
Portuguese
2 entries- maldade noun (the quality of being bad)
- ruindade noun (the quality of being bad)
Romanian
1 entries- răutate noun (the quality of being bad)
Russian
1 entries- него́дность noun (the quality of being bad)
Spanish
1 entries- maldad noun (the quality of being bad)
Telugu
1 entries- చెడ్డతనము noun (the quality of being bad)
Turkish
1 entries- kötülük noun (the quality of being bad)
Volapük
1 entries- bad noun (the quality of being bad)
Welsh
1 entries- drygioni noun (the quality of being bad)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Sheer badness is just one of her fine qualities.
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His badness is only redeemed by his generosity.
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Unfortunately, there's still a lot of badness in the world.
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