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paha — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bad adj Of low quality, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.
  • dark adj Having little or no light.
  • evil adjective Deeply immoral and cruel; deliberately intending to cause harm.
  • malign verb To say untrue or unfair things about someone in order to damage their reputation.
  • nefarious adj Wicked or criminal, especially in a way that is notorious or widely condemned.
  • sinister adj Suggesting evil intent or hidden danger.
  • ugly adj Unpleasant to look at; not attractive.
  • wicked adj Morally bad; evil or cruel.

Senses

paha is used for these senses in English:

  • bad Bold, daring, and tough.
  • bad (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
  • bad (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
  • bad (originally, _, AAVE, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
  • bad (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
  • bad (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
  • dark Without moral or spiritual light; sinister, malevolent, malign.
  • evil Intending to harm; malevolent.

bad — full definition

  1. adj Of low quality, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.
  2. adj Morally wrong or wicked.
  3. adj Not functioning correctly, spoiled, or faulty.
  4. adj Severe or serious in degree.
  5. adj Informally, excellent, impressive, or admirably tough (a slang meaning that flips the usual sense).

dark — full definition

  1. adj Having little or no light.
  2. adj Deep or intense in shade rather than light and bright.
  3. adj Secretive, sinister, or morally troubling.
  4. noun The absence of light; nightfall.

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