badsome

adj

badsome

adj

Etymology From bad + -some.

1

Markedly bad; characteristically bad

  • What makes people gladsome? Good instead of badsome? Doing all the kindly things / On which true joy depends.1972, Patrici C Clapp, The Invisible Dragon:
  • "Not badsome," he thought, and laughed as he fell asleep.2003, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, John L. Coulehan, Chekhov's Doctors:

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