badder

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbædə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈbæɾɚ]

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• Homophone: batter (in accents with flapping)
• Rhymes: -ædə(ɹ)

Adjective

badder

1. (nonstandard or obsolete for non-slang definitions) comparative form of bad: more bad.
2. (standard for slang definitions) comparative form of bad: more bad.

Usage notes

The standard comparative for non-slang definitions is worse.

Antonyms

• gooder

Related terms

• bad
• baddest

Anagrams

• Bedard, barded, bredda

Middle English

Adjective

badder

1. (rare) more bad, badder, worse
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Squyers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     They demen gladly to the badder ende.

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