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Word entry · 3 letters

bad

Best crossword clue

"Far from ideal"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /bæd/Part of speech adverb, adjective, nounSorted abdStarts with BEnds with D8 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Poor in quality, wrong, harmful, or badly behaved.

Word origin

From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel (“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English myċel, and Middle English wenche from Old English wenċel), or at least related to it and/or to bǣ̆dan (“to defile”), compare Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”).

Used in a sentence

  • “That movie was really bad!”
  • “A bad guess.”
  • “This sentence has bad grammar!”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues

01“Far from ideal”3 letters
02“Low in quality”3 letters
03“Mischievous, as behavior”3 letters
04“Not up to par”3 letters
05“Poorly behaved”3 letters
06“Poorly done”3 letters
07“Villainous”3 letters
08“Not good”3 letters

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