| NOUN | attribute | badness, bad | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | badness, severity, severeness | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather | |
| attribute | badness, naughtiness, mischievousness | an attribute of mischievous children |
| Sounds | bae'dnahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency. | |
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| Synonym | bad | |
| Narrower | evil | That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune |
| inadvisability | The quality of being ill-advised | |
| liability | The quality of being something that holds you back | |
| undesirability | The quality possessed by something that should be avoided | |
| unsoundness | not mentally or physically healthy | |
| unworthiness | The quality or state of lacking merit or value | |
| worse | Something inferior / inferior in quality or condition or effect | |
| Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| Opposite | good, goodness | That which is pleasing or valuable or useful / useful |
| Spanish | maldad | |
| Catalan | bua, maldat | |
| Adjectives | bad | having undesirable or negative qualities |
| bad | characterized by wickedness or immorality | |
| bad | below average in quality or performance | |
| Meaning | Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather. | |
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| Synonyms | severity, severeness | |
| Narrower | foulness, raininess | (of weather) the badness of the weather |
| seriousness, distressfulness | The quality of arousing fear or distress | |
| Broader | intensity, intensiveness | high level or degree |
| Spanish | agudeza, gravedad, seriedad, severidad | |
| Catalan | agudesa, gravetat, serietat, severitat | |
| Adjectives | bad | very intense |
| bad | feeling physical discomfort or pain ('tough' is occasionally used colloquially for 'bad') | |
| Meaning | An attribute of mischievous children. | |
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| Synonyms | naughtiness, mischievousness | |
| Narrower | prankishness, rascality, roguishness | The trait of indulging in disreputable pranks |
| Broader | disobedience | The trait of being unwilling to obey |
| Spanish | mala conducta, maldad, malicia | |
| Catalan | mala conducta, maldat, malícia | |
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