Meanings
- nonstandarduncountableThe process by which something becomes bad (in various senses).
Near-synonym: worsification
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Is your bad girl self feeling uptight and out-of-sight? No problem. It happens to the baddest of us. With a little behavior badification, she'll be back in a flash.
2004, Cameron Tuttle, The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting Personal, San Francisco, C.A.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 16Bishop badification achieved. White's bishop on e3 is a sorry sight when compared to Black's d5-knight. Black still needs to take great care since that e5-pawn is troublesome and may be the launching pad for a future attack.
2011, Cyrus Lakdawala, The Slav: Move by Move, London: Everyman Chess, →ISBN, unnumbered pageStill, we can utilize the Chinese government's de-badification technique to goodify some of the problems we're lucky enough to have.
2013 December 28, Rex Huppke, “Learning to look on the bright side, Chinese-style”, in Dayton Daily News, Dayton, O.H.: Cox Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2024"You won't... alter it too much, right? It has some pretty cool magic." ¶ "Can't alter magic. My badification is more about aesthetics."
2021, Scott Reintgen, Breaking Badlands (Talespinners; 3), New York, N.Y.: Crown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 63
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badification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/badification
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