badness
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badness
- /ˈbæd.nəs/
Rhymes with -ædnəs
Where it comes from
From Middle English baddenes, badnes, badnesse; equivalent to bad + -ness.
noun badnesses
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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; […]
Similar: bad manners, badness, delinquency, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, disobedience, elfishness, goings-on, hanky-panky, impishness
Opposite: goodness
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noun
Opposite: goodness
Translations
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noun the quality of being bad
| Español | maldad |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | बुराई burāī |
| Português | ruindade, maldade |
| Deutsch | Schlechtigkeit |
| Română | răutate |
| Русский | него́дность negódnostʹ |
| العربية | سُوء sūʔ |
| עברית | רוע ro'a |
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