Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

badden

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bad-den
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become or make bad (all senses).

Example Sentences

"From then on it's downhill to the California coastal town of Carpinteria, a few miles south of President Reagan's summer White House. Why would any sane human undertake this vertical torture? And why in backlands California far from the baddening crowds?"
"I'm trying to badden up my image, like that Sabrina the Teenage Witch is trying to do."

Etymology

From bad + -en.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bad

Inflected Forms

baddens (present, singular) baddening (participle, present) baddened (participle, past) baddened (past)

Rhymes With

madden mcfadden gladden sadden braddon fadden nevadan gladen

Questions

What does badden mean?: To become or make bad (all senses).
Where does badden come from?: From bad + -en.

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