badness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbædnəs/ UK /ˈbædnəs/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
the quality or state of being bad

The badness of the harvest left the village hungry.

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1 noun · the quality or state of... wickedness evil immorality depravity iniquity wrongdoing

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goodness virtue righteousness

Word family

Related forms bad

Etymology

From bad + the noun suffix -ness; bad is of uncertain origin, possibly from Old English bæddel ('hermaphrodite, effeminate man').

-nes Old English

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# badness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈbædnəs
**IPA (UK):** ˈbædnəs

## Meanings
1. the quality or state of being bad

## Examples
- The badness of the harvest left the village hungry.

## Synonyms
- wickedness
- evil
- immorality
- depravity
- iniquity
- wrongdoing

## Antonyms
- goodness
- virtue
- righteousness

## Related Forms
- bad

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: -nes

## Etymology
From bad + the noun suffix -ness; bad is of uncertain origin, possibly from Old English bæddel ('hermaphrodite, effeminate man').

## AI Etymology
Badness is from bad + the noun suffix -ness; bad is of uncertain origin, possibly from Old English bæddel ('hermaphrodite, effeminate man'). Important recorded forms include -nes (Old English). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers the quality or state of being bad. The wider family includes related words such as bad.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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