badness n 1: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good" [syn: {bad}, {badness}] [ant: {good}, {goodness}] 2: used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather [syn: {badness}, {severity}, {severeness}] 3: an attribute of mischievous children [syn: {naughtiness}, {mischievousness}, {badness}]
Badness \Bad"ness\, n. The state of being bad. [1913 Webster]