badsome

English

Etymology

From bad +‎ -some.

Adjective

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.

Anagrams

• dambose