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"ref": "1995, Robert Girardi, Madeleine’s Ghost, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press",
"text": "There are badasses, and there are badasses. Dothan is one of the latter, from a family full of badasses. I'm not saying he isn't a decent sort. He's fully rational, not like his brother Curtis. But Christ, when the sombitch gets mad …",
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"ref": "2012, Ilsa J. Bick, Drowning Instinct, Minneapolis, Minn.: Carolrhoda Lab",
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"ref": "2013, Susan Nussbaum, “Teddy Dobbs”, in Good Kings Bad Kings: A Novel, Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; republished as Good Kings, Bad Kings, London: Oneworld Publications, 2014, page 222",
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"ref": "2015, Michael Shermer, The Moral Arc: How Science and Reason Lead Humanity toward Truth, Justice, and Freedom, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, page 59",
"text": "They flew the Jolly Roger to signal their reputation for mayhem but, in fact, the pirates didn't actually want a fight, because fighting is costly and dangerous and might result in economic loss. […] Of course, to maintain a reputation that you are a badass, you actually have to occasionally be a badass, so pirates intermittently engaged in violence, reports of which they happily provided to newspaper editors, who duly published them in gory and exaggerated detail.",
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"ref": "1975, Norman Dickens, “Badass”, in Jack Nicholson: The Search for a Superstar, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →OCLC, page 124",
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"ref": "1998, Jason Flores-Williams, chapter 6, in The Last Stand of Mr America, San Francisco, Calif.: Caught Inside Press, →OCLC; republished Seattle, Wash.: Nobody Rocks Press, 2009, page 124",
"text": "The Oakland Raiders are one of the few teams that I have any feelings for besides the Steelers. Nowadays they're a bunch of wannabe badasses, but back in the day they were something to behold.",
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"ref": "2004 May, Vince Flynn, chapter 6, in Memorial Day, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, page 39",
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"ref": "2011 July 21, Ishaan Tharoor, “Top 10 Bad-Ass Wives”, in Time",
"text": "The Rani of Jhansi\n[…]The Rani, also known as Lakshmibai, eventually joined in, and won a few stunning battles. She perished, according to lore, while fighting the British on horseback in full armored splendor. She was only 22.\n[Here, Time is listing Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi - one of the leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and a major National Heroine of contemporary India - as one of the top ten \"Bad-Ass Wives\" of all time.]",
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"ref": "2013 June, Scott McEwen, Thomas Koloniar, chapter 2, in Sniper Elite: One-way Trip: A Novel (Touchstone Book), New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, page 11",
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"ref": "2014 September 24, Boo Marx, chapter 10, in The American Terrorists: The True Story of a Real Telepath who Defeated over Three Hundred Soldiers with His Mind, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, page 100",
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"ref": "2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road Might Already be the Best Action Movie Ever Made”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2018-02-22",
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"ref": "2009 April, Gary C. King, chapter 2, in Butcher, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., page 26",
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"ref": "2015, Colin Quinn, The Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America, New York, N.Y.: Grand Central Publishing",
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"ref": "2004 February 18, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Feb 18, 2004",
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"ref": "2011, Laura Dave, chapter 14, in The First Husband: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Viking; republished New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, 2012, page 95",
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"ref": "2012, Mark Jones, Fear and Loathing in Pattaya, [Phoenix, Ariz.]: Booksmango, page 161",
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"ref": "2012, James R. Tuck, chapter 4, in Spider’s Lullaby, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Publishing Corp.",
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"ref": "2013, Katya Armock, chapter 15, in To Growl or to Groan (Hidden Lines; 2), [s.l.]: Etopia Press",
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most badass",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "badass (comparative more badass, superlative most badass)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bad‧ass"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English vulgarities"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2005, Cupcake Brown, chapter 2, in A Piece of Cake: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Crown, page 21",
"text": "Uncle Jr. was really quiet. Probably because he was a junior high school teacher and was around badass, hollerin' kids all day.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009 April, Gary C. King, chapter 2, in Butcher, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., page 26",
"text": "[There were] lots of really, really bad, badass people … I did not want to be a part of it.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Colin Quinn, The Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America, New York, N.Y.: Grand Central Publishing",
"text": "I worked at one bar on the Upper East Side that was owned by a famous Irish badass thug everyone was scared of.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Belligerent and troublesome."
],
"links": [
[
"Belligerent",
"belligerent"
],
[
"troublesome",
"troublesome"
]
],
"qualifier": "sometimes considered vulgar; negative connotation; sometimes considered vulgar; negative connotation",
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, sometimes considered vulgar, slang, negative connotation) Belligerent and troublesome."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English vulgarities"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "That tough guy looks badass.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2004 February 18, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, Feb 18, 2004",
"text": "\"FAIRY WING GLITTER!!!\" / *sparkle* / \"It's hard to look bad-ass when using fairy powers...\" *sigh*",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Laura Dave, chapter 14, in The First Husband: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Viking; republished New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, 2012, page 95",
"text": "\"Nice coat, lady!\" he said. / I sat down across from him. \"Not a good moment to start with me about it,\" I said. / \"Who's starting with you? It's badass.\" It took me only half a second to see that he was serious. \"Completely badass.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Mark Jones, Fear and Loathing in Pattaya, [Phoenix, Ariz.]: Booksmango, page 161",
"text": "I took another deep breath and plunged under the white caps again safe in the knowledge that these bad ass Thai boys weren't going to follow me anytime soon, out into the storm affected seas; […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, James R. Tuck, chapter 4, in Spider’s Lullaby, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Publishing Corp.",
"text": "She's dressed in badass black and the barest amount of chrome that is acceptable. I love her, but she [a car] is not easy to drive.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Katya Armock, chapter 15, in To Growl or to Groan (Hidden Lines; 2), [s.l.]: Etopia Press",
"text": "Yeah. So stop with the pity party. You really are pretty badass right about now.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Having an extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable."
],
"links": [
[
"extreme",
"extreme#Adjective"
],
[
"appearance",
"appearance"
],
[
"attitude",
"attitude"
],
[
"behavior",
"behavior"
],
[
"admirable",
"admirable"
]
],
"qualifier": "sometimes considered vulgar; positive connotation; sometimes considered vulgar; positive connotation",
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, sometimes considered vulgar, slang, positive connotation) Having an extreme appearance, attitude, or behavior that is considered admirable."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "awesome"
},
{
"word": "cool"
},
{
"word": "sick"
},
{
"word": "wicked"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbædæs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbædˌæs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bædˈæs/",
"note": "older"
},
{
"rhymes": "(older) -æs"
},
{
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/En-us-badass.flac/En-us-badass.flac.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cc/En-us-badass.flac/En-us-badass.flac.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
},
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"audio": "en-au-badass.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/En-au-badass.ogg/En-au-badass.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/En-au-badass.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "genial"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "beníssim (mallorquí)"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"informal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "espaterrant"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"informal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "collonut"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"informal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ben parit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hustej"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ujetej"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "kova"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dur à cuire"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "vagány"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "belevaló"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "zajebisty"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "zarąbisty"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "kozacki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "hardkorowy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "arch.",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "okrutny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "arch.",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "srogi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krutój",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "круто́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kljóvyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "клёвый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "klássnyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "кла́ссный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obaldénnyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "обалде́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otpádnyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "отпа́дный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uljótnyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "улётный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snogsšibátelʹnyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "сногсшиба́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ofigénnyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "офиге́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ofigítelʹnyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "офиги́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oxujénnyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "охуе́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oxuítelʹnyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "охуи́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nevʺjebénnyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "невъебе́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pizdátyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "пизда́тый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zajebístyj",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "заеби́стый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "malvado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "atrevido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "riesgoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "aventurero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "grym"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "having an extreme appearance, etc., considered admirable",
"word": "astig"
}
],
"word": "badass"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": moron vs. otmorózok",
"path": [
"badass"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "badass",
"trace": ""
}
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