bad trip

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bad trip]
- /bæd trɪp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bad trip]
- /bæd trɪp/

Definitions of bad trip words

noun bad trip a mentally or physically horrifying drug-taking experience, as one accompanied by nightmarish hallucinations or by physical pain. 1
noun bad trip a dismayingly unpleasant experience: He was so ill-prepared that college was a bad trip for him. 1
noun bad trip (Slang) (drug use) A psychedelic crisis, the undesirable dysphoric psychological effects during narcotic drug use, most often fear, paranoia, and especially horrifying hallucinations. 0

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Origin of bad trip

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1965-70

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Parts of speech for Bad trip

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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bad trip popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for bad trip

noun bad trip

bummer — If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
downer — Informal. a depressant or sedative drug, especially a barbiturate. a depressing experience, person, or situation.
drag — drag and drop

All 7 Synonyms of bad trip