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badder

badder

1 9.6
An informal word people use to say something is worse than something else
  • adjective
  • /ˈbædər/
  • Informal
translation icon : peor
  • They want Washington, DC to be bigger, better, badder, meaner, because it's their city.
  • badder than bad

So because anger doesn't show mercy, anger is badder than hatred.

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Examples

  • Badder than bad.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • - Badder things.

    Blackway (2015)

  • All right, final big boom, big badder, boom, big badder boom.

  • Badder than old King Kong

    Home Alone 3 (1997)

  • So because anger doesn't show mercy, anger is badder than hatred.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • Now, when it comes to mascara, this is so good and this is Omar by Sharon C and this is their badder boom.

  • This movie is badder than the first one we watched.

  • After hearing her excuse, I realized things were badder than I thought.

  • His performance in the game was badder than all the others on the team.

Synonyms

worse
vsbadder
12 1.0

Lower in quality or condition than something else

is a nonstandard comparative form used in informal speech

Antonyms

good
∞ 1.0

Showing positive qualities that other people approve of

better
92 1.0

More suitable or healthy than something else

How Bad

worst
9 1.0
badder
  • Informal
1 9.6
bad
∞ 1.0
poor
838 1.0

Surface Forms

badder comparative
bad positive
worst superlative

Etymology

Badder is simply the adjective bad plus the regular English ending -er, just like in taller or bigger, so it means 'more bad'. It is used in casual speech instead of the usual comparative worse, which is the standard form.