dålig — meaning in English

English meaning

• bad adj Of low quality, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.
• badly adv In a poor, unsatisfactory, or incorrect way.
• poor adj Having little money or few possessions.

Senses

dålig is used for these senses in English:

• bad (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
• 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.
• badly (Northern England) Ill, unwell.
• poor Of low quality.

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).

badly — full definition

1. adv In a poor, unsatisfactory, or incorrect way.
2. adv To a great degree; very much.

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