badness
Meanings
Plural: badnesses
Noun
- that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
- an attribute of mischievous children
- The quality or degree of being bad.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English baddenes, badnes, badnesse; equivalent to bad + -ness.
Synonyms
bad, bad manners, badness, delinquency, devilishness, devilment, devilry, deviltry, disobedience, elfishness, goings-on, hanky-panky, impishness, impropriety, misbehavior, mischief, mischievousness, misconduct, misdemeanor, monkey business, naughtiness, prankishness, pranksomeness, puckishness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, scampishness, severeness, severity, wrong, wrongness
Scrabble Score: 10
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