Meanings
plural bad trips
- idiomaticslangdrug useAn acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.
I had a bad trip on shrooms where got a panic attack so bad, I called the paramedics to check on me.
Synonyms: bummer, psychedelic crisis · Antonyms: euphoria
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn acute adverse psychological reaction to the effects produced under the influence of psychoactive substances, namely hallucinogens.
Origin
From bad + trip, first use appears c. 1966 in the periodical Life.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch bad trip
- bad trippsychedelic crisis
Finnish paha matka, paha trippi
- paha matkapsychedelic crisis
- paha trippipsychedelic crisis
French mauvais délire, mauvais voyage
- mauvais délirepsychedelic crisis
- mauvais voyagepsychedelic crisis
- bad trippsychedelic crisis
German Horrortrip
- Horrortrippsychedelic crisis
Hebrew התקף פסיכדלי
- התקף פסיכדליpsychedelic crisis
Norwegian psykedelisk krise
- psykedelisk krisepsychedelic crisis
Polish bad trip
- bad trippsychedelic crisis
Russian бэд трип
- бэд трип (bɛd trip)psychedelic crisis
Spanish mal viaje
- mal viajepsychedelic crisis
Swedish snedtripp, snetripp
- snedtripppsychedelic crisis
- snetripppsychedelic crisis
- snedtändningpsychedelic crisis
Cite this entry
bad trip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bad%20trip
“bad trip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bad%20trip. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bad trip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bad%20trip.
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