sönder — meaning in English

English meaning

• asunder adverb Torn or broken into separate pieces, especially violently.
• bad adj Of low quality, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.
• break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.

Senses

sönder is used for these senses in English:

• asunder (archaic, literary) Into separate parts or pieces.
• 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.
• break (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.

asunder — full definition

1. adverb Torn or broken into separate pieces, especially violently.
2. adverb Apart from one another; separated.

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).

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