feel-badadj.

Brit.

/ˈfiːlbad/, U.S.

/ˈfilˌbæd/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to feel bad at bad adj. 11.

Etymology: < to feel bad at bad adj. 11, in later use after feel-good adj. Compare feel v. 5d.

That induces a feeling of unhappiness or discontentment; characterized by such a feeling; gloomy, pessimistic, downbeat. Cf. feel-good adj.Frequently in political or economic contexts.In quot. 1875 representing the speech of a non-native speaker of English.

ΚΠ

1875 A. Stone New Gospel of Health xxxvii. 489 Indian spirit move medium, medium move the feel-bad, and so the feel-bad peoples become feel-good peoples.

1984 Texas Monthly Nov. 196/2 It's a feel-bad movie for liberals.

1987 W. Grieder Secrets of Temple i. vi. 216 As any experienced politician understood, rising interest rates constituted ‘feel bad’ politics.

1996 ikon Jan. 47/1 A doom-laden masterpiece sucker-punching movie-goers with that gloriously bleak feel-bad ending.

2003 BusinessWeek 19 May 36/2 It's the Feel-Bad Recovery, in which growth exists, but at a level too anemic to reduce unemployment.

2010 Vanity Fair Sept. 211/1 Where were the feel-good moments in this feel-bad crisis?

Compounds

feel-bad factor n. chiefly British Politics a prevailing feeling of unease, pessimism, and (esp. financial) insecurity, viewed as a factor in decreasing consumer spending and creating dissatisfaction with the government in power; the presence or inducement of a feeling of unease or unhappiness; cf. feel-good factor n. at feel-good n. and adj. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1991 Financial Times 10 July 11/4 (headline) How to exploit the ‘feel bad’ factor.

1991 Independent 23 Aug. 1/3 41 per cent of electors say their households have become worse off during the past 12 months... The feel-bad factor is greatest in the South.

1996 Minx Nov. 88/4 The class acting and top script (worth putting up with the constant feel-bad factor for).

2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 13 May a44 This is what I would dub the feelbad factor—for all those people spending the equity on their properties suddenly the world looks a more dangerous place.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	feel-bad
释义	feel-badadj. Brit. /ˈfiːlbad/, U.S. /ˈfilˌbæd/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to feel bad at bad adj. 11. Etymology: < to feel bad at bad adj. 11, in later use after feel-good adj. Compare feel v. 5d. That induces a feeling of unhappiness or discontentment; characterized by such a feeling; gloomy, pessimistic, downbeat. Cf. feel-good adj.Frequently in political or economic contexts.In quot. 1875 representing the speech of a non-native speaker of English. ΚΠ 1875 A. Stone New Gospel of Health xxxvii. 489 Indian spirit move medium, medium move the feel-bad, and so the feel-bad peoples become feel-good peoples. 1984 Texas Monthly Nov. 196/2 It's a feel-bad movie for liberals. 1987 W. Grieder Secrets of Temple i. vi. 216 As any experienced politician understood, rising interest rates constituted ‘feel bad’ politics. 1996 ikon Jan. 47/1 A doom-laden masterpiece sucker-punching movie-goers with that gloriously bleak feel-bad ending. 2003 BusinessWeek 19 May 36/2 It's the Feel-Bad Recovery, in which growth exists, but at a level too anemic to reduce unemployment. 2010 Vanity Fair Sept. 211/1 Where were the feel-good moments in this feel-bad crisis? Compounds feel-bad factor n. chiefly British Politics a prevailing feeling of unease, pessimism, and (esp. financial) insecurity, viewed as a factor in decreasing consumer spending and creating dissatisfaction with the government in power; the presence or inducement of a feeling of unease or unhappiness; cf. feel-good factor n. at feel-good n. and adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1991 Financial Times 10 July 11/4 (headline) How to exploit the ‘feel bad’ factor. 1991 Independent 23 Aug. 1/3 41 per cent of electors say their households have become worse off during the past 12 months... The feel-bad factor is greatest in the South. 1996 Minx Nov. 88/4 The class acting and top script (worth putting up with the constant feel-bad factor for). 2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 13 May a44 This is what I would dub the feelbad factor—for all those people spending the equity on their properties suddenly the world looks a more dangerous place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1875
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