Meaning

2 senses
  1. Lack of reverence or esteem; poor reputation.

    Near-synonym: ignominy

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, name.

    Angina is a bad name to give to your child.

Examples

32 sentences
  1. That's a bad name for a ship.

    deDas ist ein schlechter Name für ein Schiff.

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  2. She called him every bad name she knew.

    ruОна обзывала его всеми ругательными словами, которые знала.

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  3. Tom called Mary every bad name under the sun.

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  4. Tom called Mary every bad name he could think of.

    deTom beleidigte Mary auf jede erdenkliche Art und Weise.

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  5. It's people like you who give Boston a bad name.

    ruЭто из-за таких, как ты, у Бостона плохая репутация.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: bad names
Singularbad name
Pluralbad names

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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