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плохо́й — meaning in English

plokhoy

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English meaning

  • bad adj Of low quality, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.
  • poor adj Having little money or few possessions.
  • wrong adj Incorrect or not true.

Senses

плохо́й is used for these senses in English:

  • bad Bold, daring, and tough.
  • bad (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
  • 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 guy (informal) a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story.
  • baddie (informal) A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.
  • poor Of low quality.
  • wrong Immoral, not good, bad.

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).

poor — full definition

  1. adj Having little money or few possessions.
  2. adj Of low quality or standard.
  3. adj Deserving pity or sympathy.
  4. noun Poor people collectively, especially as a group in society.

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