badsome

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English

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Etymology

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From bad +‎ -some.

Adjective

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badsome (comparative more badsome, superlative most badsome)

  1. Markedly bad; characteristically bad
    • 1972, Patrici C Clapp, The Invisible Dragon:
      What makes people gladsome? Good instead of badsome? Doing all the kindly things / On which true joy depends.
    • 2003, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, John L. Coulehan, Chekhov's Doctors:
      "Not badsome," he thought, and laughed as he fell asleep.

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