seeming bad; looking bad
Describes an appearance or impression of being bad, often used in the pattern 悪げに or 悪げな.
He entered the room with a bad-looking expression.
Hearing that story, she laughed in a way that seemed bad.
Standard kanji spelling for this adjectival noun.
Alternate kanji spelling; less common and may be confused with 悪気 (わるぎ, 'ill will').
Derived from the adjective 悪い (わるい, 'bad') with the suffix げ (indicating appearance or seeming).