bad name

English

Noun

bad name (plural bad names)

1. Lack of reverence or esteem; poor reputation.
   • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:

     The people of the southeasterly clusters—concerning whom, however, but little is known—have a bad name as cannibals; and for that reason their hospitality is seldom taxed by the mariner.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad,‎ name.

   Angina is a bad name to give to your child.

Related terms

• to give a bad name

Anagrams

• beadman