BADDER

Adjective

badder

(nonstandard or obsolete) comparative form of bad.

• Chaucer

Usage notes

The standard comparative is worse.

Antonyms

• gooder

Anagrams

• Bedard, barded, bredda

Source: Wiktionary


Bad"der,

Definition: compar. of Bad, a. [Obs.] Chaucer.

BAD

Bad, imp.

Definition: of Bid. Bade. [Obs.] Dryden.

Bad, a. [Compar. Worse; superl. Worst. ] Etym: [Probably fr. AS. bæddel hermaphrodite; cf. bædling effeminate fellow.]

Definition: Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.

Note: Sometimes used substantively. The strong antipathy of good to bad. Pope.

Syn.

– Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious; hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious; imperfect.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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