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bad1 (adj.) drogh: Bad death on you! - Drogh vaase ort! DF idiom; doogh, breaghagh, dangeragh, donney, loau, loghtagh; olk
bad beer (n.) spoodragh, spooyteragh
bad health (n.) asslayntagh
bad lot (n.) drogh-yantagh
bad luck (n.) donnys: Bad luck to them! - Donnys orroo! DF idiom; drogh oor: Bad luck to them! - Drogh-oor orroo! DF idiom; drogh-aigh: I am beset with bad luck - Ta drogh aigh shooyl marym. DF idiom
bad name (n.) drogh-ennym
bad news (n.) drogh-naight
bad report (n.) abghoo, drogh-imraa
bad sign (n.) drogh-vonney
bad sort (n.) drogh-cheintagh
bad taste1 drogh-vlass; neuellynagh: It was in bad taste - V'eh neuellynagh. DF idiom
bad temper (n.) drogh-yien: He is in a bad temper - Ta drogh yien er. DF idiom; ferg: He is in a bad temper - Ta ferg er. DF idiom
bad treatment1 (n.) drogh-ghellal
bad turn drogh-heaym: I had a bad turn today - Haink drogh-heaym orrym jiu. DF idiom; drogh-hurn: I won't do a bad turn in exchange for a good turn - Cha jeanym drogh-hurn y chooilleeney son turn mie. DF idiom
bad way drogh-chummey er: The turf seems to be in a bad way - Ta drogh cummey er y voain. DF idiom; feer ching: He is in a bad way - T'eh feer ching. DF idiom; stayd olk: He is in a bad way - T'eh ayns stayd olk. DF idiom
bad weather (n.) drogh-emshir: We made bad weather - Haink drogh emshir orrin. DF idiom; emshir ghonney; emshir olk: It's bad weather - Ta emshir olk ayn. JJK idiom; drogh earish
bad word (n.) drogh-ockle
very bad feer olk: Mr B has made me a present of a very bad book - Ta Mnr B er chur myr toyrtys dou lioar feer olk. JJK idiom
drogh-emshir (f.) bad weather
glare-vroghe (f.) bad language
bad-looking (adj.) graney, olk
bad-tempered2 (n.) (person) grinn
neuellynagh artless, bad taste, ill-mannered, impolite, inartistic, rude, unmannerly, unrefined, vulgar
bat1 (n.) bad, maidjey; (v.) baddal; (n.) craitnag: He is as blind as a bat - T'eh cha kyagh as craitnag. DF idiom
beforehand rolaue: There are two bad payments, beforehand and never - Daa ghrogh eeck t'ayn, eeck rolaue as dyn eeck edyr. DF idiom
beset (v.) chionney stiagh er, soiaghey mysh, chionney; cochruinnit lesh: I am beset with bad luck - Ta mee cochruinnit lesh drogh aigh. DF idiom
bone1 (n.) craue: Throw a bone into the mouth of a bad dog - Ceau craue ayns beeal drogh voddey. DF idiom
bush (n.) bush, crouw, immyr chorree, immyr correy, thammag; tammag: A bad bush is better than an open field - Ta drogh hammag ny share na magher foshlit. JJK idiom; (v.) cur coob ayn, dossey
claim1 aggyrt: Bad claim - Aggyrt gyn bun. DF idiom; gaggyrt; aggyrtys: I have a just claim to that - Ta aggyrts cair aym da shen. DF idiom
cold feayght; feayr: I fear we shall have cold weather after this - Ta aggle orrym dy bee emshir feayr ain ny lurg shoh. JJK idiom; feayraght; mughane: She has a bad cold - Ta mughane olk eck. JJK idiom
conduct1 aghtey; gurneiley; leeideil; imbea; ymmyrkey: This man's conduct is bad, but that of his companions is worse - Ta ymmyrkey yn dooinney shoh olk, agh ta e heshaghyn ny smessey JJK idiom
example (n.) sambyl, sampyl; sampleyr: He sets his younger brother a bad example - T'eh soiagh sampleyr olk roish e vraar s'aa. JJK idiom
field1 (n.) magher: A bad bush is better than an open field - Ta drogh hammag ny share na magher foshlit. JJK idiom; rheam; (v.) tayrtyn
job kiartag; kiartagh; kiartey; obbyr; startey; thurn; turn: One must make the best of a bad job - Shegin da fer jannoo yn chooid share jeh turn olk. JJK idiom
lifting (v.) troggal: The bad weather is lifting - Ta'n earish troggal seose. DF idiom; girree: The fog is lifting - Ta'n frough girree. DF idiom
mouth1 (n.) beeal: Throwing a bone into a bad dog's mouth - Ceau craue ayns beeal drogh voddey. JJK idiom; gob; (v.) coraaghey, fockley
reaper (n.) beaynee, beayney, buinneyder, folder, greie buinnee, meillagh: A bad reaper never got a good sickle - Cha dooar rieau drogh veaynee corran mie. JJK idiom The best reaper - Yn reih-veaynee. DF idiom
sickle (n.) corran: A bad reaper never got a good sickle - Cha dooar rieau drogh veaynee corran mie. DF idiom
This is She shoh; T'eh shoh: Give me some of that ink, this is bad - Cur dou paart jeh'n doo shen, t'eh shoh olk. JJK idiom; Shoh: This is my kitchen garden - Shoh my gharey-losseree. JJK idiom
weather (n.) earish: The weather is like spring - Ta'n earish goll-rish yn arragh. JJK idiom; emshir: It's bad weather - Ta emshir olk ayn. JJK idiom; emshyr; (v.) ceau, cur fo
asslayntagh bad health, diseased, infirm, invalid, sick, sick person: nagh bee yn jaagh ta cheet voish dy foandagh losht ny stroit, ny my nee eh cur rish keird ny obbyr erbee nee jannoo soar brein ny asslayntagh Coraa
caulgagh (adj.) barbed, bearded, bristly, prickly, waspish; bad-tempered, exasperating, truculent; (f.) lesser weaver
donney (=Ir. donadh) 1 calamitous, ill-advised, inauspicious, unfortunate, unlucky, very ill, woeful a: cha jean eh shirveish deiney donney Bible; 2 unhappy; 3 (of food) bad
donnys affliction, bad luck, mischief, woe: Cha row ny heeasteyryn cosney monney er y skeddan as dy chur baare er y donnys, va earroo mooar dy vaatyn currit mow ayns sterrymyn mooarey NNS; (of weather) badness, vileness
doogh bad, baleful, ill, melancholic: cur lhiat orroo yn laa doogh, as stroie ad lesh toyrt-mow ghooble Bible
drogh (=Ir. droch) abusive, bad, badness, evil, misfortune, unenviable, wicked: hug ad drogh ghellal jee Bible; ill; sinister; vile [O.Ir. droch]
drogh-aigh (f.) bad luck, misfortune: Ny cheayrtyn v'ee cur lhee drogh-aigh as va sleih prowal dy gheddyn rey-ree, keayrtyn elley v'ad jannoo cummey ven ny vabban as cur lhee dy valley lesh onnor myr 'Babban y Mhelliah' Dhoor
drogh aigney (f.) bad faith, evil will, grudge, ill will, malice, malignity: Lhig dauesyn v’er nyn goyrt gys nearey as er nyn gastey: whilleen as t’ayns drogh-aigney gys Sion. Bible
drogh-chorrym (f.) bad justice, foul play, ill-treatment, oppression: Ghell eh shoh dy foalsey rish y chynney ain, as hug eh drogh-chorrym da nyn ayraghyn, myr shen dy row ad eginit nyn ~,loan veggey y hilgey magh, dy ve stroit. Bible
drogh earish COMPARE drogh-emshir adverse weather: Va'n drogh earish shoh ayn rish oor agh v'eh gennaghtyn dy row eh goll er rish ooryn. Dhoor; rough weather; bad weather
drogh-ennym bad name, ill repute: Ta trimshey deiney mychione nyn gallin: agh bee drogh-ennym ny drogh-yantee er ny yarrood. Apoc
drogh-ghellal bad treatment, ill-usage, outrage, outrageous: T'eh cur drogh-ghellal da'n ven ghennish nagh vel gymmyrkey ; chamoo t'eh jannoo mie erbee da'n ven-treoghe. Bible
drogh-haghyrt bad accident, disaster, mischance: Dy beagh drogh-haghyrt olk ec Sellafield, cha beagh sleih abyl cummal ayns Mannin! Carn
drogh-harrooghys bad economy, mismanagement: Agh ta'n verchys cheddin cherraghtyn liorish drogh-harrooghys ; as t'eh geddyn mac as cha vel nhee erbee ny laue. Bible
drogh-hurn bad turn: Ny foshil dty chree gys dy chooilley ghooinney, er-aggle dy gooilleenee eh oo lesh drogh-hurn ennagh. Apoc
drogh-imraa bad report, infamy: Yiow ish, ta ammyssagh da e sheshey, slane goo yn ven chreeney: agh hig faghid as drogh-imraa yn theihll urreeish ta craa e moyrn er. Apoc
drogh-naight bad news: Huitt trimshey vooar er dy chooilley oltey ny Sheshaght Ghailckagh tra haink yn drogh-naight dy row baase er n'ghoaill ersooyl nyn garrey deyr Coraa
drogh vess bad fruit, evil fruit: Myr shen ta dagh billey mie tilgey mess mie: agh ta drogh-villey tilgey drogh vess Bible
drogh villey bad tree, corrupt tree: Son cha vel billey mie tilgey drogh vess: ny drogh villey tilgey mess mie Bible
drogh-yantagh bad lot, wrongdoer: Lhig da foayr ve soilshit da'n drogh-yantagh Bible; culprit; offender; sinner
drogh-yien bad temper, ill-nature: Va mee gennaghtyn dy ve ayns drogh-yien, feayr as faase, as 'scoan va mee jerkal dy chosney yn eaghtyr reesht. LC; sadness
drogh-ynsagh bad manners, ignorance, illiteracy: Cur twoaie, my vac, nagh n'eaisht oo rish y drogh-ynsagh shen Bible
feer ching bad way: va moir ben Simon feer ching ayns y chiassaghey; as ren ad aghin huggey er e son. Bible; very ill
feer olk badly; very bad: as va 'sy vaskad elley figgyn feer olk, nagh voddagh ve eeit, v'ad cha loau shen. Bible
ferg (f.) anger, bad temper, exasperation, ferocity, gust of anger, heat, passion: Ec y traa t'ayn, ta Sostyn eeit seose lesh ferg, troo as sherruid. Carn
loau (=Ir. lofa) 1 carious, corrupt, decayed, gangrenous, putrefactive, putrescent, putrid, rotted, rotten, stagnate, stale, tottering, unsound a: t'ou uss tilgit magh ass dty oaie myr bangan loau Bible; 2 (as meat) bad; 3 (putrid) foul
olk (=Ir. olc) (f.) 1 See smessey, pl. uilk bad, bad-hearted, bad-looking, evil, ill, injury, lousy, morally wrong, truculence, unfavourable, unregenerate, vice, vicious, wicked a: Nagh loayr ad olk jeh dooinney erbee Bible; 2 mischief, naughtiness, wickedness; 3 depressing; 4 naughty; 5 sinful; 6 sinister [O.Ir. olc]
present aaragh; chebbal er; gioot; giootal er; kioneenee; kionefenish; toyrtys: Mr B has made me a present of a very bad book - Ta Mnr B er chur myr toyrtys dou lioar feer olk. JJK idiom; cur: Present my respects to your aunt - Cur m'arrym da nyn naunt. JJK idiom; ayn: He's the most eloquent orator of the present day - T'eh yn oraatagh ny s'jesh-focklee jeh'n laa t'ayn jiu. JJK idiom
worst by vessey; red smessey; smessey: This man's conduct is bad, but that of his companions is worse, they're the worst people I know - Ta ymmyrkey yn dooinney shoh olk, agh ta e heshaghyn ny smessey, t'ad yn sleih smessey shione dou. JJK idiom
friogganagh 1 bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabby, edgy, liverish, offended, ratty, snappish, touchy a: T'eh ny ghooinney friogganagh. DF; 2 bristly, echinoid, finned, finny, prickly, setaceous; 3 (n.) stickleback
graney (=Ir. gránna) 1 bad-looking, execrable, gruesome, hideous, ill-favoured, lousy, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, revolting, rotten, ugly, uncomely, unsavoury, unsightly a: ta ny shiaght booaghyn shang as graney Bible; 2 (as trick) dirty; 3 abhorrent
groamagh bad-tempered, bearish, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressive, disagreeable, dour, forbidding, gloomy, glum, grim, gruff, mopish, morose, saturnine, sombre, sorry, stern, sullen, surly: cre'n-fa t'ou jeeaghyn cha groamagh? Bible; (of weather) bleak
loghtagh (incorrect) bad, defective, faulty, unsatisfactory: Ren eh geddyn shoh son aggyrtys noi yn eear-skimmee echey, lurg smoash kyndagh rish queeyl loghtagh. BS; blameworthy, culpable, defaulter, delinquent, fault-finding, ill-gotten, iniquitous, offending, vicious: Ren eh geddyn shoh son aggyrtys noi yn eear-skimmee echey, lurg smoash kyndagh rish queeyl loghtagh. BS
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