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bad names

bad names is the plural of bad name.

Meaning of bad name

Noun

bad name (plural bad names)

  1. Lack of reverence or esteem; poor reputation.
    • Near-synonym: ignominy
    Synonyms:
    ignominy
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, name.
    • Angina is a bad name to give to your child.

Questions about bad names

What is bad names the plural of?
Bad names is the plural of bad name.

Words near bad names in the dictionary

  1. bad money drives out good
  2. bad moneys
  3. bad mood
  4. bad moods
  5. bad name
  6. bad names
  7. bad news
  8. bad news bears
  9. bad news travels fast
  10. Bad Oeynhausen
  11. bad off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bad names (page history and authors); bad name (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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