BADNESS

naughtiness, mischievousness, badness

(noun) an attribute of mischievous children

badness, severity, severeness

(noun) used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

bad, badness

(noun) that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; “take the bad with the good”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

badness (countable and uncountable, plural badnesses)

The quality or degree of being bad.

Synonyms

• See badness

Anagrams

• Basdens

Source: Wiktionary


Bad"ness, n.

Definition: The state of being bad.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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