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fake bad

fake bad verb: to present oneself, when being tested or evaluated, in a misleadingly negative manner, exaggerating bad traits and playing down good ones.

Verb

fake bad (third-person singular simple present fakes bad, present participle faking bad, simple past and past participle faked bad)

  1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To present oneself, when being tested or evaluated, in a misleadingly negative manner, exaggerating bad traits and playing down good ones.
    Antonyms:
    fake good

Antonyms of fake bad

Forms of fake bad

third-person singular presentfakes bad
present participlefaking bad
past participlefaked bad
pastfaked bad

Questions about fake bad

What does fake bad mean?
Fake bad means to present oneself, when being tested or evaluated, in a misleadingly negative manner, exaggerating bad traits and playing down good ones.
What part of speech is fake bad?
Fake bad is a verb.
What is the past tense of fake bad?
The past tense of fake bad is faked bad.

Words near fake bad in the dictionary

  1. Fakaofoans
  2. Fakarava
  3. fake
  4. fake and gay
  5. fake as a two-dollar bill
  6. fake bad
  7. fake book
  8. fake books
  9. fake fan
  10. fake fans
  11. fake fen

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