baddish
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of baddish
Example Sentences
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I was prepared for baddish news, but not for it to be delivered so swiftly and decisively.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2021
A bit before sundown we were at the edge of the chaparral—a tangle of bushes and quaking asp—rather a baddish place in which to stumble upon her serene highness.
From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various
But it was a baddish go, and though I was out of bed in five days, it took me some time to get my legs again.
From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John
He had an air at once amiable and baddish, with an expression, curiously blended, of monkey-like humor and spaniel-like apprehensiveness.
From The Lady of the Aroostook by Howells, William Dean
He is rather ill-looking, a baddish countenance, but his manner was calm though dejected, and he was civil and respectful, and not sulky.
From The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) by Greville, Charles
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