superbadadj.
/ˈsuːpəbad/, /ˈsjuːpəbad/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌbæd/ 1. Extremely bad; very poor, awful.
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1871 J. Garrett Classical Dict. India 65 The Avasarpini time, has six stages, viz., super-good time, good time, good-bad time, bad-good time, bad-time, and super-bad time.
1968 Washington Post 10 Aug. c1/7 I just threw a super-bad pitch to Green, that's all.
1993 J. Burdick in V. Garrard-Burnett & D. Stoll Rethinking Protestantism in Lat. Amer. i. 30 God doesn't want things to become super-bad.
2007 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 2 Apr. 24 Are there any naturally occurring super-bad foods that we should avoid?
2. slang (originally in African-American usage). Of a person: very tough, formidable. Also as a general term of approbation: very good, extremely impressive. Cf. bad adj. 12, 13.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > [adjective]
doubtousa1300
frightya1325
adoubtedc1330
carefulc1340
fearful1340
redoubted1385
doubtful1397
ydouted1399
redoubt1417
redoubtable1421
doubtablec1430
ferdly1440
doubtedc1485
formidable1508
flaited1565
aghasting1593
feared1599
flesh-amazing1679
frightsomea1689
effroyable1689
frightening1715
fearsome1768
fleysome1790
intimidatinga1812
fearable1886
scarifying1916
badass1955
bad-assed1962
superbad1970
1970 J. Brown (title of song) Super bad.
1981 Ebony Nov. 39/1 Her legion of loyal followers..applaud her apparent decision to go for the big buck with, ‘Go ahead, girl, with your super-bad self!’
2002 Stage (Nexis) 27 June 6 McGregor is back down to earth after buying a superbad Mustang automobile.
2003 D. Wondrich Stomp & Swerve ii. 87 Ossman tackled other folk rags... When he was bad, he was superbad.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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