different between sickening vs bad

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?k(?)n??/
• Hyphenation: sick?en?ing

Verb

sickening

1. present participle of sicken

Adjective

sickening (comparative more sickening, superlative most sickening)

1. Causing sickness or disgust.
2. (LGBT slang) Amazing, fantastic.
   • 2014, The Infamous Todd Kachinski Kottmeier, Drag King Guide: So You Want to Be a Male Impersonator, Lulu.com, ?ISBN, p. 188:

     Richard Cranium does sickening stuff (if your budget permits), stones from Charles Brennan and lots of imagination.

   • 2016, Juackie Huba and Shelly Stewart Kronbergs, Fiercely You: Be Fabulous and Confident by Thinking Like a Drag Queen, Berret-Koehler, ?ISBN, no page number:

     Latrice lives every day by her mantra, “It’s OK to make mistakes. It’s OK to fall down. Get up, look sickening, and make them eat it!” Translation: rise above your downfalls in life, and always look amazing while dismissing the haters.

   • 2017, Mayka Castellando and Heitor Leal Machado, “‘Please come to Brazil!’ The practices of RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Brazilian fandom”, in RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture, ed. by Niall Brennan and David Gudelunas, Springer, ?ISBN, p. 172:

     Back with the seventh season next March 2nd, RuPaul’s Drag Race promises to gather fans and followers in front of the computer to watch the new competition to crown the most sickening queen.

Translations

See also

• loathsome
• disgusting
• abominable
• detestable
• hateful

Noun

sickening (plural sickenings)

1. The act of making somebody sick.
   • 2010, Greg A. Marley, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares

     In the Northeast, one porcini look-alike has been implicated in several sickenings. It is Boletus huronensis, and though some guides call it edible, there have been a few cases of people becoming sickened following a meal of this mushroom.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæd/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /bæ?d/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /b?d/
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /b??/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): /be?d/
• Rhymes: -æd

Etymology 1

From Middle English bad, badde (“wicked, evil, depraved”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a shortening of Old English bæddel (“hermaphrodite”) (for loss of -el compare Middle English muche from Old English my?el, and Middle English wenche from Old English wen?el), or at least related to it and/or to bædan (“to defile”), from Proto-Germanic *bad- (compare Old High German pad (“hermaphrodite”)). Alternatively, perhaps a loan from Old Norse into Middle English, compare Norwegian bad (“effort, trouble, fear”, neuter noun), East Danish bad (“damage, destruction, fight”, neuter noun), from the Proto-Germanic noun *bada-.

Adjective

bad (comparative worse or (slang) badder, superlative worst or (slang) baddest)

1. Unfavorable; negative; not good.

2. Not suitable or fitting.

3. Not appropriate, of manners etc.

4. Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.

   Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.

5. Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.

6. Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.

   Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!

7. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

8. Evil; wicked.

9. Faulty; not functional.

10. (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.

11. (of breath) Malodorous; foul.

12. False; counterfeit; illegitimate.

13. Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.

14. Of poor physical appearance.

15. (informal) Bold and daring.
16. (slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

    You is ^[sic] bad, man!

17. (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
18. (US, slang) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
19. (slang, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.

Synonyms

• (not good): unfavorable, negative; see also Thesaurus:bad
• (not suitable or fitting): inappropriate, unfit; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
• (not appropriate, of manners etc.):
• (liable to cause health problems): unhealthful, unwholesome; see also Thesaurus:harmful
• (unhealthy; unwell): ill, poorly, sickly; see also Thesaurus:ill
• (tricky; stressful; unpleasant): foul, loathsome; see also Thesaurus:unpleasant
• (evil; wicked): wicked, evil, vile, vicious; see also Thesaurus:evil
• (not functional): faulty, inoperative; see also Thesaurus:out of order
• (of food): rotten; see also Thesaurus:rotten
• (of breath): malodorous, foul; see also Thesaurus:malodorous
• (false; counterfeit): false, spurious; see also Thesaurus:fake
• (of limited ability): bungling, inept; see also Thesaurus:unskilled
• (of poor physical appearance): repulsive, unsightly; see also Thesaurus:ugly
• (bold, daring): badass; see also Thesaurus:brave
• (good): see also Thesaurus:good
• (of a need or want): dire, severe, urgent; see also Thesaurus:urgent
• (overly promiscuous): see also Thesaurus:promiscuous
• (of a draft/check): rubber, hot

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Adverb

bad (comparative worse, superlative worst)

1. (now colloquial) Badly.

Translations

Noun

bad (uncountable)

1. (slang) Error, mistake.

   Sorry, my bad!
2. (countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.

Translations

References

Etymology 2

From Middle English bad, from Old English bæd, first and third-person singular indicative past tense of biddan (“to ask”).

Verb

bad

1. (archaic) alternative past of bid. See bade.

Etymology 3

Unknown

Verb

bad (third-person singular simple present bads, present participle badding, simple past and past participle badded)

1. (Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).
   • 1876, The Gloucester Journal, Oct. 7, 1876, reported in A. Gregory, “Gloucestershire Dialect,” Notes and Queries, 5th ser., 6, 148 (1876?10?28): 346

     A curious specimen of Gloucestershire dialect came out in an assault case heard by the Gloucester court magistrates on Saturday. One of the witnesses, speaking of what a girl was doing at the time the assault took place, said she was ‘badding’ walnuts in a pigstye. The word is peculiarly provincial: to ‘bad’ walnuts is to strip away the husk. The walnut, too, is often called a ‘bannut,’ and hence the old Gloucestershire phrase, ‘Come an’ bad the bannuts.’

Anagrams

• ABD, ADB, Abd., BDA, D.B.A., DAB, DBA, abd., d/b/a, dab, dba

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b?t]

Noun

bad (plural [please provide])

1. bath

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bað, Proto-Germanic *baþ? (“bath”), cognate with English bath and English Bad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?að]
• Rhymes: -ad

Noun

bad n (singular definite badet, plural indefinite bade)

1. bath, shower, swim
2. bathroom

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?æ?ð], [?b?æð?]

Verb

bad

1. past tense of bede

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?æ?ð], [?b?æð?]

Verb

bad

1. imperative of bade

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?t/
• Hyphenation: bad
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bat, from Old Dutch *bath, from Proto-Germanic *baþ?.

Noun

bad n (plural baden, diminutive badje n)

1. bath

Derived terms

Related terms

• baden

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bad

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bad

1. singular past indicative of bidden

Gothic

Romanization

bad

1. Romanization of ????????????

Indonesian

Etymology

From Persian ???? (bâd, “wind”).

Noun

bad (first-person possessive badku, second-person possessive badmu, third-person possessive badnya)

1. (archaic) wind

   Synonym: angin

Lushootseed

Noun

bad

1. father

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bað, from Proto-Germanic *baþ? (“bath”).

Noun

bad n (definite singular badet, indefinite plural bad, definite plural bada or badene)

1. a bath

   et varmt bad - a hot bath

2. a bathroom (see also baderom)

Derived terms

• blodbad
• boblebad

Related terms

• bade

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (of be) ba

Verb

bad

1. imperative of bade
2. simple past of be
3. simple past of bede

References

• “bad” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bað.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??d/

Noun

bad n (definite singular badet, indefinite plural bad, definite plural bada)

1. a bath

   eit varmt bad - a hot bath

2. a bathroom

Synonyms

• (bathroom): baderom

Derived terms

• blodbad
• boblebad

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??/

Verb

bad

1. past of be

References

• “bad” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??d/

Verb

b?d

1. first/third-person singular preterite of b?dan

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• bed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bað/

Verb

bad

1. inflection of is:
   1. third-person singular past subjunctive
   2. third-person singular/second-person plural imperative

Mutation

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *baðu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Cognate with Kavalan btu,Tagalog bato, Malay batu, Maori whatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bað/

Noun

bad

1. stone; rock

Polish

Etymology

From German Bad, from Middle High German, from Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþ?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat/

Noun

bad m inan

1. (obsolete) health resort, bath

Declension

Synonyms

• kurort

Further reading

• bad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

bad m (genitive singular baid, plural badan)

1. place, spot
2. tuft, bunch
3. flock, group
4. thicket, clump (of trees)

Synonyms

• (place): spot

Derived terms

• anns a' bhad
• reul-bhad

Somali

Noun

bad ?

1. sea

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish badh, from Old Norse bað, from Proto-Germanic *baþ?, from the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??d/

Noun

bad n

1. a bath, the act of bathing
2. a bath, a place for bathing (badplats, badhus)

Declension

Related terms

• bada
• badkar
• badrum
• havsbad
• kallbad
• karbad
• varmbad
• vinterbad
• ångbad

Verb

bad

1. past tense of be.
2. past tense of bedja.

References

• bad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Volapük

Noun

bad (nominative plural bads)

1. evil, badness

Declension

See also

• badik
• badiko

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?d/

Etymology 1

From Old English b?t.

Noun

bad m (plural badau)

1. boat

   Synonyms: cwch, llong

Derived terms

• bad achub (“lifeboat”)

Etymology 2

Noun

bad f (uncountable)

1. plague, pestilence

   Synonyms: pla, haint

Derived terms

• y fad fawr (“the Great Plague”)

Mutation