bad name
bad name noun: lack of reverence or esteem; poor reputation.
Noun
bad name (plural bad names)
- Lack of reverence or esteem; poor reputation.
- Near-synonym: ignominy
- The people of the southeasterly clusters—concerning whom, however, but little is known—have a bad name as cannibals; and for that reason their hospitality is seldom taxed by the mariner.1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- ignominy
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, name.
- Angina is a bad name to give to your child.
bad name meaning in Tamil and Punjabi
bad name in Tamil
- அவப்பேர்
bad name in Punjabi
- bad name, ill fame, disrepute, shamelessness
- ਕੁਲੱਜ kulajja
Synonyms of bad name
Forms of bad name
| plural | bad names |
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Questions about bad name
- What does bad name mean?
- Bad name means lack of reverence or esteem; poor reputation.
- What is bad name in Tamil?
- Bad name in Tamil is அவப்பேர். See Bad name meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bad name?
- Bad name is a noun.
- What is the plural of bad name?
- The plural of bad name is bad names.
Words near bad name in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bad name (page history and authors); bad name (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕੁਲੱਜ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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