Baddish
rather bad; not very good.
historical examples
anyhow, we went wrong; and it is a baddish place to go wrong, i can tell you, is the mozambique channel.
a chapter of adventures g. a. henty
“it’s a baddish business,” he added, when the butler had gone.
the strand magazine, volume v, issue 30, june 1893 various
the baddish boy entered, took up a position and remained apparently p-ssive, hands in pockets.
christie johnstone charles reade
to-day is cold and foggy, like a baddish day in june with you; no colder, if so cold.
letters from the cape lady duff gordon
yes, colonel, what there is left of them; they certainly had a baddish twelve hours of it.
the bravest of the brave g. a. henty
july begins unpleasantly with us, cold and showery, but it is often a baddish month.
jane austen, her life and letters william austen-leigh and richard arthur austen-leigh
the baddish boy chuckled, and addressed himself to the nice brown steaks with their rich gravy.
christie johnstone charles reade
well, we were in a baddish way before he came, i own; but this new crotchet of his is past a joke.
tom brown’s school days thomas hughes
a baddish wrench parting from de robeck and keyes with whom i have been close friends for so long.
gallipoli diary, volume 2 ian hamilton
archbishop thereupon gives absolution of his sins; archbishop does,—a baddish, unlikely kind of man, as august well knows.
history of friedrich ii. of prussia, vol. ix. (of xxi.) thomas carlyle
adj.
“rather bad,” 1755, from bad + -ish.
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