Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

badify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bad-i-fy
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make bad (in various senses).

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: worsify"
"BTW, I can play this game, too. Combining México and the U.S. would tend to badify the record, wouldn't it?"
"Name three movies you remember having loved as a child or a teenager, but haven't seen since then. Now go out and rent them. ¶ Weren't they awful? Didn't you recognize certain elements from your memory of those movies, but weren't they somehow badified?"
"Indira did her best to keep up the act. "Stole this hammer." She held it out. "I need it... badified.""

Etymology

From bad + -ify.

Inflected Forms

badifies (present, singular) badifying (participle, present) badified (participle, past) badified (past)

Frequently Paired Words

badification

Questions

What does badify mean?: To make bad (in various senses).
Where does badify come from?: From bad + -ify.

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