"badden" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: baddens [present, singular, third-person], baddening [participle, present], baddened [participle, past], baddened [past]
Rhymes: -ædən Etymology: From bad + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bad|en|id2=inchoative}} bad + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} badden (third-person singular simple present baddens, present participle baddening, simple past and past participle baddened)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To become or make bad (all senses). Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-badden-en-verb-pt9oK7hv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for badden meaning in English (1.9kB)

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