Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

badsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bad-some
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Markedly bad; characteristically bad

Example Sentences

"What makes people gladsome? Good instead of badsome? Doing all the kindly things / On which true joy depends."
""Not badsome," he thought, and laughed as he fell asleep."

Etymology

From bad + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bad

Inflected Forms

more badsome (comparative) most badsome (superlative)

Questions

What does badsome mean?: Markedly bad; characteristically bad
Where does badsome come from?: From bad + -some.

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