dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/bad_MW.json
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{
"Badarian":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or belonging to an Egyptian predynastic neolithic culture dated about 5000 b.c. and characterized by fine handmade pottery (such as black beakers with incised designs in white), flint tools, and polished stone axes":[],
": one of the ancient Egyptian people who produced the Badarian culture":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1928, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Badari , village in Upper Egypt, where the discoveries were made + English -an":"Adjective"
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8d\u00e4r\u0113\u0259n",
"\""
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000945",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Badge of Ulster":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": red hand":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1867, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-j\u0259\u02c8v\u0259lzt\u0259(r)",
"-lst-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-111315",
"type":[]
},
"bad":{
"antonyms":[
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wrong"
],
"definitions":{
": an evil or unhappy state":[
"Things went from bad to worse."
],
": badly":[
"not doing so bad",
"doesn't want it bad enough"
],
": disagreeable , unpleasant":[
"bad news"
],
": failing to reach an acceptable standard : poor":[
"a bad repair job"
],
": fairly or acceptably good":[
"She eyes the other girls' clothes. A bright orange skirt. Good. A black cocktail dress with a gold belt. Not bad . A white dress with a blousy, frilly top. Hideous.",
"\u2014 Karl Taro Greenfeld",
"For the second time in three games, Patrick Roy blanked the Dallas Stars. Not bad for a player who insists he is not a shutout goalie.",
"\u2014 The New York Times"
],
": fault sense 2":[
"the mistake was my bad"
],
": good , great":[
"one of the baddest songwriters to be found anywhere",
"\u2014 Black Collegian"
],
": inadequate or unsuited to a purpose":[
"a bad plan",
"bad lighting"
],
": incorrect , faulty":[
"bad grammar"
],
": injurious , harmful":[
"a bad influence"
],
": invalid , void":[
"a bad check"
],
": mischievous , disobedient":[
"a bad dog"
],
": morally objectionable : evil":[
"bad men"
],
": not able to be collected":[
"a bad debt"
],
": not fresh : spoiled":[
"bad fish"
],
": not sound : dilapidated":[
"the house was in bad condition"
],
": quite good or impressive":[
"She eyes the other girls' clothes. A bright orange skirt. Good. A black cocktail dress with a gold belt. Not bad . A white dress with a blousy, frilly top. Hideous.",
"\u2014 Karl Taro Greenfeld",
"For the second time in three games, Patrick Roy blanked the Dallas Stars. Not bad for a player who insists he is not a shutout goalie.",
"\u2014 The New York Times"
],
": serious , severe":[
"in bad trouble",
"a bad cough"
],
": something that is bad":[
"There's more good than bad in him.",
"Take the good with the bad ."
],
": sorrowful , sorry":[
"feels bad about forgetting to call"
],
": suffering pain or distress":[
"felt generally bad"
],
": tough , mean":[
"the baddest guy on the block"
],
": unfavorable":[
"make a bad impression"
],
": unhealthy , diseased":[
"bad teeth"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The house is in bad condition.",
"a letter written in bad French",
"He had a bad day at the office.",
"I was having a bad dream.",
"She made a very bad impression on her future colleagues.",
"We've been having bad weather lately.",
"The medicine left a bad taste in his mouth.",
"It's a bad time for business right now.",
"Things are looking pretty bad for us at this point.",
"I have a bad feeling about this.",
"Noun",
"There's more good than bad in him.",
"We need to teach our children the difference between good and bad .",
"teaching children the difference between the good and the bad",
"He believes that the good go to heaven when they die and the bad go to hell.",
"Adverb",
"He hasn't succeeded because he doesn't want it bad enough.",
"you didn't do too bad on the treadmill test",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The even handsomer son John Wilkes had star power but felt cursed with bad luck. \u2014 Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"There are more than 300 brain teasers and riddles in this book \u2014 not bad for something that's less than $10! \u2014 Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
"And while retrogrades often get a bad rap, Neptune's is here to help us rather than harm us. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 1 July 2022",
"The good news is that after a bad performance, the market has always gone back up ... eventually. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"In 1972, Barger was charged with killing a man who had supposedly sold bad drugs to the Angels, but a jury acquitted him. \u2014 Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Contrary to what some may believe, not all consumers with disabilities are accessibility evangelists looking to write letters of complaint to head office or post bad reviews on Amazon. \u2014 Gus Alexiou, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"This all helps make Congress bad at what is ostensibly its job: passing legislation. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"These long-acting bad boys contain 20, 30 and sometimes even 40 percent perfume oil. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Up until this point, the show had led viewers to believe that the big bad was Doomsday, the beast who famously killed Superman in the comics. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"And yet, no, Savathun is not the big bad of the entire Destiny franchise. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Wanda and Captain Marvel, the only other female Avenger to helm her own property so far, are the two members of the team who could have defeated the big bad of the last two Avengers films, Thanos. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"The accidental bumps and sorrys and quiet my bads create a low hum as the group finds its rhythm behind Jaydon. \u2014 Adam Harris, The Atlantic , 29 Aug. 2019",
"And the true halfway point of Mr. Robot would\u2019ve come sometime during S3, which ends by finally putting Elliot in direct odds with big bads White Rose and the Dark Army. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2017",
"Some good news to buffer the bad : Andreas Athanasiou will practice with the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday, and could be in the lineup this trip. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Our big bads in the Hawkins federal lab seem to be ramping up to factor heavily into this modern theme. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Domestic Goods \u2014 and Bads : Robin Thicke and model girlfriend April Love Geary are expecting a baby. \u2026 \u2014 Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com , 19 Aug. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The parents of the Oxford school shooting suspect have reached their limit with the prosecutor and are asking a judge to sanction her for allegedly ignoring their requests to stop bad -mouthing them and calling them liars. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"The Fed\u2019s bad -tasting medicine may slow it down eventually, but the medicine takes some time to work. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Drake got this man down bad after responding to a troll\u2019s comment about his son Adonis\u2026. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 4 May 2022",
"According to the Times, in 2018 Barbara Ledeen, a Republican Senate aide who had reportedly developed Groundswell\u2019s enemies list with Ginni Thomas, participated in a plot to oust McMaster by secretly taping him bad -mouthing Trump. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Although these scenarios correlate with a better global GDP for roughly the next 20 years, things go bad afterward, with the GDP reduced by up to 3 percent for the ensuing 60 years (with no predictions for what happens after that). \u2014 K.e.d Coan, Ars Technica , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Then, the chief of staff began ignoring the aide\u2019s phone calls, lying about meetings being canceled, and bad -mouthing her to Sims, according to the complaint. \u2014 Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"People might also experience fever, chills, peeing a lot or feeling the urge to pee a lot, burning while peeing, nausea, vomiting, pus in the urine, and cloudy, bad -smelling urine. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Avoid disclosing information about current workplace conflicts, a family situation leading to seeking new employment, or bad -mouthing a current supervisor. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun",
"1575, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English badde , noun derivative of badde bad entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English badde, bad , of obscure origin":"Adjective",
"adverbial derivative of bad entry 1":"Adverb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bad"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161734",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"bad apple":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1887, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051935",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad blood":{
"antonyms":[
"amity"
],
"definitions":{
": ill feeling : bitterness":[]
},
"examples":[
"There's been a lot of bad blood between them since their quarrel.",
"there's been bad blood between the two families for years",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Further, there may be lingering bad blood between Gonzalez and Alvarez stretching back more than a decade. \u2014 Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 May 2022",
"That fact, naturally, caused speculation about lingering bad blood between Brady and the organization. \u2014 Jace Evans, USA TODAY , 3 Feb. 2022",
"Some House Republicans have described lingering bad blood over the expulsion vote. \u2014 Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland , 3 July 2021",
"On July 22, 1995, Garner and Bevington locked up in a benches-clearing incident in the seventh inning at Comiskey Park, just the most recent chapter in a lengthy history of bad blood between the two. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 3 June 2022",
"The two will finally meet in the ring on March 19 in Dubai, bringing more than two years of bad blood and the public feud to an endpoint. \u2014 Brett Williams, Men's Health , 14 Mar. 2022",
"There is no bad blood between Cardi B and Billie Eilish, and there are receipts to prove it. \u2014 Starr Bowenbank, Billboard , 3 May 2022",
"The apparent gal pals were all smiles, so there's seemingly no bad blood between the duo. \u2014 Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com , 28 Feb. 2022",
"That has fostered not only a type of siege mentality but also frequent bouts of bad blood . \u2014 New York Times , 13 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1664, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"animosity",
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-194304",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad books":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": disfavor":[
"got into the president's bad books"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1861, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184528",
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"bad boy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who flouts convention":[
"a literary bad boy"
]
},
"examples":[
"He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Bullied out of private school and at odds with her divorced parents, lonely high schooler Jane spirals out of control after falling in with a hard-partying crowd and becoming smitten with a dangerously charismatic bad boy . \u2014 Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter , 16 June 2022",
"Bullied out of private school and at odds with her divorced parents, lonely high schooler Jane spirals out of control after falling in with a hard-partying crowd and becoming smitten with a dangerously charismatic bad boy . \u2014 Rebecca Rubin, Variety , 19 Apr. 2022",
"The portrayal gave the actor a bad boy persona but he was also considered a Western icon, receiving a star on the Western Walk of Stars in Santa Clarita, Calif., in 2017. \u2014 Elise Brisco, USA TODAY , 28 May 2022",
"The power of the memory is strong enough to wrench Billy from the Mind Flayer\u2019s grasp and the former bad boy sacrifices himself. \u2014 Helena Andrews-dyer, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"But when Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes a month before graduation, Chloe is thrust into a bizarre scavenger hunt alongside Smith, Shara's quarterback boyfriend, and Rory, Shara's bad boy neighbor, both of whom Shara also kissed. \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
"Despite his age, Faison hopes his days of playing his bad boy character aren't over. \u2014 Lanae Brody, PEOPLE.com , 6 May 2022",
"Imagine trying to slice up that bad boy for a summer picnic. \u2014 Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day , 12 May 2022",
"Accusations from Brussels that Mr. Orban has eroded democratic standards including judicial independence and media freedom, coupled with arguments with other EU countries over money and culture wars, have given him the status of the EU\u2019s bad boy . \u2014 Laurence Norman, WSJ , 10 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1860, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215902",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad breath":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": breath that smells unpleasant":[
"He has bad breath ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221103",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad practice":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a bad or unwise thing to do":[
"Letting the car get/run very low on fuel is bad practice ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123221",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bad-mouth":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
],
"definitions":{
": to criticize severely":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1941, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02ccmau\u0307t\u035fh",
"\u02c8bad-\u02ccmau\u0307th"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075204",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"badan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a Siberian plant of the genus Saxifraga ( S. crassifolia ) with roots that are used as a tanning material":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1934, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Russian":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8d\u00e4n",
"-an"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-131948",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badass":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a person who is badass":[],
": of formidable strength or skill":[
"such a badass guitar player",
"\u2014 N'Gai Croal"
],
": ready to cause or get into trouble : mean":[
"pretending to be a badass gunslinger",
"\u2014 L. L. King"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1955, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1956, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bad-\u02ccas"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074419",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"badassery":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the actions or behavior characteristic of a badass":[
"Neveldine and Taylor's \u2026 action scenes rely mostly on blood spurts instead of feats of badassery \u2026",
"\u2014 LA Weekly , 3 Sept. 2009"
],
": the state or condition of being a badass : badass quality or character":[
"The Seattle quartet, hailed as godfathers of emo back when that word made you think of something other than \"eyeliner,\" indulged the distorted guitar badassery of their grunge-era brethren \u2026",
"\u2014 Rob Harvilla , Village Voice , 22 Sept. 2009"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1995, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"badass entry 1 + -ery":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bad-\u00a6a-s\u0259-r\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180409",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badawi":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of badawi variant spelling of bedawi"
],
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":[],
"history_and_etymology":[],
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-050358",
"type":[]
},
"badchan":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a professional jester and topical minstrel especially at Jewish wedding celebrations":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew bad\u1e25\u0101n":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133653",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baddie":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His efforts pay off, nominally: Michael Morbius doesn\u2019t want to be a baddie , though his ungodly urges keep pulling him in that direction. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Hillary is still a baddie with an eye for fashion, but unlike Fresh Prince's spoiled princess, this gal's got ambitions that involve more than just shopping. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The girls\u2019 defenses aren\u2019t much slicker; in one episode, a humble oboe plays a key role in defeating a baddie . \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Wraith, whose real name could probably double for that of a DC baddie , has an intriguing, hulking woodenness that makes sense in context. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Maguire\u2019s Spidey, who goes back quite some time with Dafoe\u2019s insane baddie , is a wise sort who talks the teenager out of killing in cold blood, though the Goblin sticks a very sharp object into the helping hero for his efforts. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Only Gadot briefly gets to cut loose as a vamping baddie . \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"But Bond discovers that the main baddie this time is a mysterious figure named Safin (Rami Malek), who has a connection to Swann, a sweet island lair and a vengeful agenda. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Later, fulfilling the standard brief of a Bond baddie , Safin will occupy an island lair and hatch plans to dominate the planet. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba-d\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-022910",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baddy":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{},
"examples":[
"the actor has never been cast as a hero, but he's played every kind of baddie imaginable",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"His efforts pay off, nominally: Michael Morbius doesn\u2019t want to be a baddie , though his ungodly urges keep pulling him in that direction. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Hillary is still a baddie with an eye for fashion, but unlike Fresh Prince's spoiled princess, this gal's got ambitions that involve more than just shopping. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 14 Feb. 2022",
"The girls\u2019 defenses aren\u2019t much slicker; in one episode, a humble oboe plays a key role in defeating a baddie . \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 26 Jan. 2022",
"Wraith, whose real name could probably double for that of a DC baddie , has an intriguing, hulking woodenness that makes sense in context. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Maguire\u2019s Spidey, who goes back quite some time with Dafoe\u2019s insane baddie , is a wise sort who talks the teenager out of killing in cold blood, though the Goblin sticks a very sharp object into the helping hero for his efforts. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 19 Dec. 2021",
"Only Gadot briefly gets to cut loose as a vamping baddie . \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 4 Nov. 2021",
"But Bond discovers that the main baddie this time is a mysterious figure named Safin (Rami Malek), who has a connection to Swann, a sweet island lair and a vengeful agenda. \u2014 Brian Truitt, USA TODAY , 4 Oct. 2021",
"Later, fulfilling the standard brief of a Bond baddie , Safin will occupy an island lair and hatch plans to dominate the planet. \u2014 The New Yorker , 8 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1872, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ba-d\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"fiend",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203402",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badge":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a characteristic mark":[],
": a device or token especially of membership in a society or group":[],
": an emblem awarded for a particular accomplishment":[],
": button sense 1b":[
"Solicitors have reacted with dismay after Staffordshire courts ordered them to remove \"political\" badges .",
"\u2014 Birmingham Post"
],
": to mark or distinguish (someone or something) with or as if with a badge":[
"Guests arrived and were counted and badged .",
"\u2014 The New Yorker",
"They were dressed in uniform, too, but theirs were everyday uniforms, not ceremonial. Dark olive cloth, worn and creased, badged here and there with the unfamiliar insignia of their rank.",
"\u2014 Lee Child",
"My daughter's hands were raw and scraped from shucking four hundred oysters the night before, her knuckles badged with tiny, brilliant, forming scabs.",
"\u2014 William Boyd"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"The policeman flashed his badge .",
"Don't forget to wear your name badge .",
"The receptionist glanced at my visitor's badge .",
"She earned 10 merit badges in scouting.",
"She was wearing a badge that read \u201cSupport your local library.\u201d",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Our research revealed that, among smart notifications sent by gamified apps, those notifications alerting users to a new badge \u2014a pivotal form of recognition and visualized progress\u2014had an open rate of up to 88%. \u2014 George Elfond, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"The press badge of sports journalist John McNamara, a victim of a mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Maryland. \u2014 Katie Mettler, Washington Post , 28 May 2022",
"And there\u2019s a production-number badge on the passenger-side dashboard. \u2014 Michael Harley, Robb Report , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Covered with a tiny blue star, acne feels almost like a badge of honor, not a source of shame. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
"Old hat, yellowed scorecard, weathered press badge , vintage program ... \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
"There's also a badge on the passenger's side grab handle denoting the special-edition as 1 of 200, and a similar emblem on the front fenders with a cool graphic of a G-wagen climbing a mountain. \u2014 Joey Capparella, Car and Driver , 2 Mar. 2022",
"This new episode profiles Katrina Cooke Brownlee, one of an elite group of Black women to reach the highest ranks of the NYPD detective force, who got there after being shot 10 times by her ex-fianc\u00e9, a man with a badge . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 Feb. 2022",
"With no badge and no papers, Tour\u00e9 uses his gifts of wit and deduction to become the best detective in the city. \u2014 Jamie Lang, Variety , 18 Feb. 2022"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English bage, bagge , of obscure origin":"Noun"
},
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"\u02c8baj"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-115154",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"badge of honor/pride":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a mark or expression of pride":[
"He wore his ethnic heritage as a badge of honor/pride ."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-103745",
"type":[
"noun phrase"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": playful repartee : banter":[]
},
"examples":[
"the sophisticated badinage of the characters in plays by Oscar Wilde",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The banality of Ruben Santiago-Hudson\u2019s adapted script suggests satire, yet the film is fairly humorless, despite the musicians\u2019 profane badinage . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 1 Jan. 2021",
"The result is a system that favors cable-ready wisecracks and viral badinage over substantive policy discussions. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 31 July 2020",
"Ironic hyperbole was a form of badinage that came easily to Smith. \u2014 Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Review of Books , 14 May 2020",
"And the fact that this is where supporters have ended up after mere hours of social media badinage tells you just how weak the defense is. \u2014 Megan Mcardle, Alaska Dispatch News , 11 July 2017",
"Too often there\u2019s an emotional monotony to this production, which flattens the narrative into a rather stale bedroom farce with barbed marital badinage and cliche clinches. \u2014 Karen D'souza, The Mercury News , 3 Feb. 2017",
"Scientists have begun decoding the complex badinage between cactuses and pollinating bats. \u2014 Natalie Angier, New York Times , 24 Apr. 2017",
"The hosts of Morning Joe, which debuted in 2007 and more or less dominated the cable-news chatter machine ever since, have long been known for their highly flirtatious office-spouse badinage , squabbling and then making up. \u2014 Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com , 4 May 2017",
"The hosts of Morning Joe, which debuted in 2007 and more or less dominated the cable-news chatter machine ever since, have long been known for their highly flirtatious office-spouse badinage , squabbling and then making up. \u2014 Emily Jane Fox, The Hive , 4 May 2017"
],
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"circa 1658, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from French, going back to Middle French, \"foolishness, stupidity,\" from badiner \"to banter, jest, play the fool\" (verbal derivative of badin \"silly, foolish,\" as noun, \"fool, simpleton,\" borrowed from Occitan, from badar \"to have the mouth wide open, gape\"\u2014going back to Vulgar Latin *bat\u0101re , perhaps of imitative origin\u2014+ -in , adjective suffix) + -age -age":""
},
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"\u02ccba-d\u0259-\u02c8n\u00e4zh"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"banter",
"chaff",
"give-and-take",
"jesting",
"joshing",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051446",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"badly":{
"antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"definitions":{
": fairly or acceptably well":[
"The economy is doing not badly and looks even better than it really is.",
"\u2014 Tom Teepen"
],
": in a bad manner":[
"played badly"
],
": strongly in need of (something or someone)":[
"It may seem pie in the sky in the current financial climate, but few could argue that for a city of its size and prestige, Edinburgh is badly off for large-scale sports facilities.",
"\u2014 The Evening News (Edinburgh)"
],
": to a great or intense degree":[
"want something badly"
],
": to have an unfavorable or low opinion of (someone or something)":[
"\"You shouldn't think badly of the town because of this,\" said Brogan. \"It is a good town.\"",
"\u2014 Neil Gaiman"
]
},
"examples":[
"He played badly but I played even worse .",
"The failure reflects badly on the administration.",
"She wanted the job badly .",
"I'm badly in need of a vacation.",
"His fingers were badly frozen.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Chris Kreke, the chairperson for the high school performing arts department, told the school board in April that a space like this was badly needed and has been on his mind for years. \u2014 Mj Slaby, The Indianapolis Star , 28 June 2022",
"By 1968, Presley badly needed to redefine his image and did so at a comeback concert in Las Vegas. \u2014 CNN , 22 June 2022",
"That lifeline is badly needed, with the price of bread and other basic groceries soaring in the aftermath of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and Tunisians enduring widespread poverty and unemployment. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
"Bottling up grain ships also denies Ukraine badly needed revenue which added up $5 billion 2021. \u2014 Eric Tegler, Forbes , 28 May 2022",
"The Bearcats badly needed the Lindner Center, the Sheakley Athletics Center and a redone Nippert and Fifth Third. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer , 26 May 2022",
"Or did White write it more to understand and test the arguments in favor of that position\u2014or as a possible strategic bluff to elicit badly needed support from other offices",
"Florida badly needed a Game 2 victory Thursday in its second-round playoff series against two-time defending champion Tampa Bay. \u2014 Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel , 19 May 2022",
"With or without desal, drought solutions are badly needed \u2014 just ask the wealthy folks of Calabasas, who worry new water restrictions will affect their koi ponds and fancy cars, The Times\u2019 Brittny Mejia reports. \u2014 Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 19 May 2022"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"\u02c8bad-l\u0113"
],
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"bad",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025641",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wrong"
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"Things went from bad to worse."
],
": badly":[
"not doing so bad",
"doesn't want it bad enough"
],
": disagreeable , unpleasant":[
"bad news"
],
": failing to reach an acceptable standard : poor":[
"a bad repair job"
],
": fairly or acceptably good":[
"She eyes the other girls' clothes. A bright orange skirt. Good. A black cocktail dress with a gold belt. Not bad . A white dress with a blousy, frilly top. Hideous.",
"\u2014 Karl Taro Greenfeld",
"For the second time in three games, Patrick Roy blanked the Dallas Stars. Not bad for a player who insists he is not a shutout goalie.",
"\u2014 The New York Times"
],
": fault sense 2":[
"the mistake was my bad"
],
": good , great":[
"one of the baddest songwriters to be found anywhere",
"\u2014 Black Collegian"
],
": inadequate or unsuited to a purpose":[
"a bad plan",
"bad lighting"
],
": incorrect , faulty":[
"bad grammar"
],
": injurious , harmful":[
"a bad influence"
],
": invalid , void":[
"a bad check"
],
": mischievous , disobedient":[
"a bad dog"
],
": morally objectionable : evil":[
"bad men"
],
": not able to be collected":[
"a bad debt"
],
": not fresh : spoiled":[
"bad fish"
],
": not sound : dilapidated":[
"the house was in bad condition"
],
": quite good or impressive":[
"She eyes the other girls' clothes. A bright orange skirt. Good. A black cocktail dress with a gold belt. Not bad . A white dress with a blousy, frilly top. Hideous.",
"\u2014 Karl Taro Greenfeld",
"For the second time in three games, Patrick Roy blanked the Dallas Stars. Not bad for a player who insists he is not a shutout goalie.",
"\u2014 The New York Times"
],
": serious , severe":[
"in bad trouble",
"a bad cough"
],
": something that is bad":[
"There's more good than bad in him.",
"Take the good with the bad ."
],
": sorrowful , sorry":[
"feels bad about forgetting to call"
],
": suffering pain or distress":[
"felt generally bad"
],
": tough , mean":[
"the baddest guy on the block"
],
": unfavorable":[
"make a bad impression"
],
": unhealthy , diseased":[
"bad teeth"
]
},
"examples":[
"Adjective",
"The house is in bad condition.",
"a letter written in bad French",
"He had a bad day at the office.",
"I was having a bad dream.",
"She made a very bad impression on her future colleagues.",
"We've been having bad weather lately.",
"The medicine left a bad taste in his mouth.",
"It's a bad time for business right now.",
"Things are looking pretty bad for us at this point.",
"I have a bad feeling about this.",
"Noun",
"There's more good than bad in him.",
"We need to teach our children the difference between good and bad .",
"teaching children the difference between the good and the bad",
"He believes that the good go to heaven when they die and the bad go to hell.",
"Adverb",
"He hasn't succeeded because he doesn't want it bad enough.",
"you didn't do too bad on the treadmill test",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The even handsomer son John Wilkes had star power but felt cursed with bad luck. \u2014 Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post , 1 July 2022",
"There are more than 300 brain teasers and riddles in this book \u2014 not bad for something that's less than $10! \u2014 Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping , 1 July 2022",
"And while retrogrades often get a bad rap, Neptune's is here to help us rather than harm us. \u2014 Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com , 1 July 2022",
"The good news is that after a bad performance, the market has always gone back up ... eventually. \u2014 Nicole Goodkind, CNN , 30 June 2022",
"In 1972, Barger was charged with killing a man who had supposedly sold bad drugs to the Angels, but a jury acquitted him. \u2014 Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
"Contrary to what some may believe, not all consumers with disabilities are accessibility evangelists looking to write letters of complaint to head office or post bad reviews on Amazon. \u2014 Gus Alexiou, Forbes , 30 June 2022",
"This all helps make Congress bad at what is ostensibly its job: passing legislation. \u2014 Kate Aronoff, The New Republic , 30 June 2022",
"These long-acting bad boys contain 20, 30 and sometimes even 40 percent perfume oil. \u2014 Justin Fenner, Robb Report , 30 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Up until this point, the show had led viewers to believe that the big bad was Doomsday, the beast who famously killed Superman in the comics. \u2014 Chancellor Agard, EW.com , 26 Jan. 2022",
"And yet, no, Savathun is not the big bad of the entire Destiny franchise. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 8 Sep. 2021",
"Wanda and Captain Marvel, the only other female Avenger to helm her own property so far, are the two members of the team who could have defeated the big bad of the last two Avengers films, Thanos. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Mar. 2021",
"The accidental bumps and sorrys and quiet my bads create a low hum as the group finds its rhythm behind Jaydon. \u2014 Adam Harris, The Atlantic , 29 Aug. 2019",
"And the true halfway point of Mr. Robot would\u2019ve come sometime during S3, which ends by finally putting Elliot in direct odds with big bads White Rose and the Dark Army. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 14 Dec. 2017",
"Some good news to buffer the bad : Andreas Athanasiou will practice with the Detroit Red Wings Wednesday, and could be in the lineup this trip. \u2014 Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press , 25 Oct. 2017",
"Our big bads in the Hawkins federal lab seem to be ramping up to factor heavily into this modern theme. \u2014 Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica , 31 Oct. 2017",
"Domestic Goods \u2014 and Bads : Robin Thicke and model girlfriend April Love Geary are expecting a baby. \u2026 \u2014 Christie D'zurilla, latimes.com , 19 Aug. 2017",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb",
"The parents of the Oxford school shooting suspect have reached their limit with the prosecutor and are asking a judge to sanction her for allegedly ignoring their requests to stop bad -mouthing them and calling them liars. \u2014 Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press , 21 June 2022",
"The Fed\u2019s bad -tasting medicine may slow it down eventually, but the medicine takes some time to work. \u2014 John Dorfman, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Drake got this man down bad after responding to a troll\u2019s comment about his son Adonis\u2026. \u2014 Rania Aniftos, Billboard , 4 May 2022",
"According to the Times, in 2018 Barbara Ledeen, a Republican Senate aide who had reportedly developed Groundswell\u2019s enemies list with Ginni Thomas, participated in a plot to oust McMaster by secretly taping him bad -mouthing Trump. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 21 Jan. 2022",
"Although these scenarios correlate with a better global GDP for roughly the next 20 years, things go bad afterward, with the GDP reduced by up to 3 percent for the ensuing 60 years (with no predictions for what happens after that). \u2014 K.e.d Coan, Ars Technica , 28 Dec. 2021",
"Then, the chief of staff began ignoring the aide\u2019s phone calls, lying about meetings being canceled, and bad -mouthing her to Sims, according to the complaint. \u2014 Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com , 17 Dec. 2021",
"People might also experience fever, chills, peeing a lot or feeling the urge to pee a lot, burning while peeing, nausea, vomiting, pus in the urine, and cloudy, bad -smelling urine. \u2014 Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF , 15 Nov. 2021",
"Avoid disclosing information about current workplace conflicts, a family situation leading to seeking new employment, or bad -mouthing a current supervisor. \u2014 Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY , 28 Sep. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1c":"Noun",
"1575, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English badde , noun derivative of badde bad entry 1":"Noun",
"Middle English badde, bad , of obscure origin":"Adjective",
"adverbial derivative of bad entry 1":"Adverb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bad"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-051503",
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"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"bad faith":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": lack of honesty in dealing with other people":[
"She accused her landlord of bad faith because he had promised to paint the apartment but never did it."
]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152248"
},
"bad/ill feelings":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": feelings of anger, dislike, etc.":[
"I hope this decision won't cause any bad/ill feelings ."
]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-171802"
},
"bad/poor form":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a way of behaving that is improper":[
"It's considered bad/poor form to arrive so early."
]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-191632"
},
"bad/poor loser":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who becomes upset or angry when he or she loses":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-203102"
},
"badger":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
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": any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles ) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere":[],
": the pelt or fur of a badger":[],
": a native or resident of Wisconsin":[
"\u2014 used as a nickname"
],
": to harass or annoy persistently":[
"\u2026 the mill foreman so taunted the workers, so badgered them and told them that they dared not quit \u2026",
"\u2014 Sinclair Lewis"
]
},
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"\u02c8ba-j\u0259r"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for badger Verb bait , badger , heckle , hector , chivy , hound mean to harass by efforts to break down. bait implies wanton cruelty or delight in persecuting a helpless victim. baited the chained dog badger implies pestering so as to drive a person to confusion or frenzy. badgered her father for a car heckle implies persistent annoying or belligerent interruptions of a speaker. drunks heckled the stand-up comic hector carries an implication of bullying and domineering. football players hectored by their coach chivy suggests persecution by teasing or nagging. chivied the new student mercilessly hound implies unrelenting pursuit and harassing. hounded by creditors",
"examples":[
"Verb",
"She finally badgered me into cutting my hair.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez run through Dirty Mad Libs: Father Cleore had a badger tail on his ass. \u2014 Nathaniel Rich, The New York Review of Books , 25 May 2022",
"Earlier this year, a badger in northwest Spain made headlines after digging up a hoard of more than 90 ancient coins, as Jack Guy reported for CNN in January. \u2014 Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine , 5 May 2022",
"When dinosaurs dominated terrestrial ecosystems, the largest mammals topped out at the size of a badger . \u2014 New York Times , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Or what if it is dug up by a badger and carried away by a magpie",
"Theodore Roosevelt was gifted a badger by a girl in Kansas during a train stop. \u2014 Leanne Italie, USA TODAY , 31 Jan. 2022",
"Separately, archaeologists were led to a hoard of more than 200 Roman coins that had been hidden in a cave in Spain for centuries -- thanks to the burrowing habits of a persistent badger . \u2014 Ashley Strickland, CNN , 15 Jan. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"For those making friendly overtures, your concerns are valid: Don\u2019t badger , don\u2019t pry, be mindful of sensitive areas, be ready to pivot. \u2014 Carolyn Hax, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
"It\u2019s what emboldens a group of Republican senators to badger , interrupt and disrespect a highly qualified, Black woman judge nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. \u2014 Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News , 23 Mar. 2022",
"Presumably those praying for you haven\u2019t just tried to badger you out of your beliefs",
"The turning point came when his buddy Cesar tried to badger him into joining the swim team. \u2014 Andrew Heffernan, Men's Health , 8 Feb. 2022",
"When his team needs a big steal late in a game, Jaylen Clark can use his active hands and quick feet to badger his counterpart into a turnover. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
"But there would be far less need for Beijing to badger businesses into making these ad hoc donations if the state itself had a more progressive tax system overall. \u2014 Yvonne Lau, Fortune , 26 Oct. 2021",
"Orwell and the other protester continued to badger schoolchildren congregated outside until two adults approached from the other side of the fence to film them. \u2014 Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone , 7 Oct. 2021",
"Saving some of the Vietnamese whose cause had been betrayed was left to young, volunteer Foreign Service officers willing to badger and cajole their superiors into doing the right and honorable thing. \u2014 Stephen B. Young, Star Tribune , 10 July 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably reduction of bageard, badgerde , from badge entry 1 + -ard ; from the white mark on its forehead":"Noun",
"from the sport of baiting badgers":"Verb"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1523, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1782, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-005307"
},
"badger baiting":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the former sport of setting dogs to pull a badger from an artificially made hole or from a barrel or box":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1790, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055207"
},
"bad cholesterol":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a lipoprotein of blood plasma that is associated with increased probability of developing atherosclerosis : ldl":[
"The two-year study of 507 patients is the most ambitious yet to test whether driving down bad cholesterol turns back the clock on plaque buildup in coronary arteries.",
"\u2014 Steve Sternberg",
"A growing body of research suggests that atherosclerosis probably traces to oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the so-called bad cholesterol .",
"\u2014 Janet Raloff"
],
"\u2014 compare good cholesterol":[
"The two-year study of 507 patients is the most ambitious yet to test whether driving down bad cholesterol turns back the clock on plaque buildup in coronary arteries.",
"\u2014 Steve Sternberg",
"A growing body of research suggests that atherosclerosis probably traces to oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the so-called bad cholesterol .",
"\u2014 Janet Raloff"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bad-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The seeds are good sources of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, which guard against heart attack and stroke and lower levels of bad cholesterol in the blood. \u2014 Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping , 16 June 2022",
"The study\u2019s findings show that both red (a pinot noir in this case) and white wine (a chardonnay-pinot) produced the same cardiac protective properties and lowered bad cholesterol for those who exercised. \u2014 Lauren Steele, Outside Online , 3 Sep. 2014",
"People with chronic kidney disease often have high levels of bad cholesterol , which can increase the risk of heart disease, Dr. Nori tells Health. \u2014 Hallie Levine, Health.com , 13 Dec. 2021",
"Cafestol can increase your bad cholesterol or LDL (low-density lipoproteins). \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 27 Aug. 2021",
"Driven by health trends and the popularity of Mexican cuisine, U.S. per capita consumption of avocados\u2014abundant in monounsaturated fat, which fights bad cholesterol \u2014rose to 8.5 pounds in 2019 from 3.2 pounds in 2015, according to the USDA. \u2014 Jacky Wong, WSJ , 24 Aug. 2021",
"His testosterone and good cholesterol were up, his heart rate and bad cholesterol were down, his eyesight was keener. \u2014 Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker , 11 Aug. 2021",
"Cafestol, however, has also been shown to increase bad cholesterol , or LDL (low-density lipoproteins). \u2014 Sandee Lamotte, CNN , 21 June 2021",
"Green tea, in which leaves are typically processed with heat or steam, is high in flavonoids that can help reduce bad cholesterol and lower chances of blood clotting. \u2014 Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY , 19 June 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1977, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063156"
},
"badger bird":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": marbled godwit":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1888, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-063605"
},
"Badoglio":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Pietro 1871\u20131956 Italian general; prime minister (1943\u201344)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259-\u02c8d\u014dl-(\u02cc)y\u014d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080224"
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"badderlocks":{
"type":[
"noun plural but singular in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": a large brownish black seaweed ( Alaria esculenta ) often eaten as a vegetable in Europe":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8bad\u0259(r)\u02ccl\u00e4ks"
],
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"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1789, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093547"
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"badger dog":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": dachshund":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"translation of German dachshund":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1856, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103008"
},
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"type":[
"noun",
"transitive verb"
],
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": a cement or paste (as of plaster and powdered freestone) used to fill holes or cover defects in wood or stone":[],
": to cover with badigeon":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"b\u0259\u02c8dij\u0259n",
"\""
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"French":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1828, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1910, in the meaning defined above":"Transitive verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121445"
},
"badeous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of a bay color":[]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin badius brown, chestnut-colored":""
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175453"
},
"bad dream":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a dream that is scary or upsetting : nightmare":[
"Scary movies always give me bad dreams ."
]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175552"
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"bad conduct discharge":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a discharge from one of the armed services given at the recommendation of a court-martial after conviction for an offense less serious than one leading to a dishonorable discharge":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203007"
},
"bad seed":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a person who is dishonest, evil, or unprincipled by nature : an innately bad person":[
"\"Dad wants my brother to come back and live with us again, but Lonna says no way, Jos\u00e9, he's a bad seed . \u2026 \"",
"\u2014 Carl Hiaasen"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Despite making it to the league championship for the fifth straight year, the Astros are still MLB\u2019s bad seed following 2019\u2019s cheating scandal. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 27 Oct. 2021",
"The bad seeds at Alphabet, Google\u2019s parent company, are more elusive. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 15 July 2018",
"Goode warned me before the session that this workshop is a sacred space, where young people don\u2019t have to feel like bad seeds or criminals, or be treated like a spectacle. \u2014 Tyrone Beason, The Seattle Times , 12 Apr. 2019",
"Still, some egg donation agencies caution that a few bad seeds have ruined it for everyone, and that many donors do have a positive experience. \u2014 Andrea Stanley, Redbook , 19 Oct. 2017",
"Just for seeming like a bad seed , you could suddenly be stopped, arrested, and jailed by a police officer. \u2014 Lucy Nicholson, Marie Claire , 17 Aug. 2016",
"Loyola has the worst seed in the region but not by much. \u2014 Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity , 21 Mar. 2018",
"Notable The Aztecs are now 0-9 as the worse seed in the NCAA Tournament. \u2014 Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com , 15 Mar. 2018",
"This period\u2019s mothers intrigued, but so did their daughters, no longer the bad seeds or ciphers used to prop up an older actress\u2019 star turn. \u2014 Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle , 22 Dec. 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213234"
},
"badian":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the carminative fruit of the Chinese anise resembling true anise in flavor":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8b\u00e4d\u0113\u0259n",
"\u02c8bad-"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French badiane , from Persian b\u0101di\u0101n anise":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1828, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-044005"
},
"Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"state of southwestern Germany west of Bavaria and bordering France and Switzerland; formed 1951 from former Baden, W\u00fcrttemberg-Baden, and W\u00fcrttemberg-Hohenzollern states; capital Stuttgart area 13,803 square miles (35,750 square kilometers), population 9,822,000":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u02c8wu\u0307r-",
"\u02ccb\u00e4-d\u1d4an-\u02c8w\u0259r-t\u0259m-\u02ccb\u0259rg",
"-\u02c8v\u1d6br-t\u0259m-\u02ccberk"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-045816"
}
}