to be damaged or injured in such a way as to become useless, valueless, etc.; to decay (as food); to spoil (oneself).

to be avoided (from happening); to be warded off.

to land in a difficult or miserable condition.

to lose in a contest; to be defeated.

to lose wealth, office, status, etc.

to overstep or violate (a rule etc.).

to be lost; to be missed.

to become wicked; to be depraved.

to become morally or religiously defiled.

to cease to exist; to die.

to become blur, dull, lustreless.

to fail to achieve the target, accomplish etc.

to be extinguished; to be put off.

to damage, spoil or injure (something).

ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಗದ್ದೆಗೆ ಮನೆಯ ನೆಲ್ಲು ಏರು ಹಾಕು ketta gaddege maneya nellu ēru hāku (prov.) to spend what little one has, to regain what cannot be got back; ಕೆಟ್ಟ ಮೇಲೆ ಬುದ್ಧಿ ಬರು ketta mēle buddhi baru (prov.) to become wise when it is too late or after the misfortune; every body is wise after the event; ಕೆಟ್ಟವನು keṭṭavanu a wicked man; 2. a man who has incurred loss (money, wealth, status, etc.); ಕೆಟ್ಟವಳು keṭṭavaḷu a wicked woman; 2. a woman who has lost (wealth, status, etc.); 3. a woman who has become unchaste; ಕೆಟ್ಟದು keṭṭadu that which is spoiled or is rendered useless; ಕೆಟ್ಟುಹೋಗು keṭṭuhōgu to be spoiled; to become useless; 2. to abandon; ಕೆಡಬಗೆ keḍabage to intend to spoil; ಕೆಟ್ಟರೆ ಸೈರಿಸುವವನು, ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಸೈರಿಸಲಾರ keṭṭare sairisuvavanu, koṭṭu sairisalāra (prov.) (said of a narrow-minded person) he allows to go something rot, but never allows others to use it; ಕೆಟ್ಟವರ ಜೊತೆಗಿನ ಸಂತೋಷಕೂಟಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯವರ ಜೊತೆ ಗುದ್ದಾಟ ಲೇಸು keṭṭavara jotegina santōṣa kūṭakkinta oḷḷeyavara jote guddāṭa lēsu (prov.) (prov.) it is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools; ಕೆಟ್ಟು ಪಟ್ಟಣ ಸೇರು keṭṭu paṭṭaṇa sēru (prov.) a big city gives refuge to many.

a small, congenital spot on the human skin, usu. dark-coloured; a mole.

the fact or an instance of being spoiled.

anything morally bad or wrong; wickedness; depravity; a sin; an evil.

anything that causes harm, pain, misery, disaster, etc.

the condition of being strewn untidily over.

a misdeed; a mischief.

ಕೇಡಾಗು kēḍāgu (a disaster, misery, pain, harm) to befall; to occur; ಕೇಡು ಬಗೆ kēḍu bage to betray; to fail or desert in times of need; to cheat, deceive; to cause loss, evil to; ಕೇಡು ಬರುವ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಕೂಡುವುದು ದುರ್ಬುದ್ಧಿ kēḍu baruva kālakke kūḍuvudu durbuddhi (prov.) at times of distress, man loses his reasoning power; evil conducts in the root of misery; ತನ್ನ ಕೆಡು ತನ್ನ ತಿಂದಿತು, ಅರಗು ಬಂಗಾರ ತಿಂದಿತು tanna kēḍu tanna tinditu, aragu baŋgāra tinditu he who commits a crime or sin has to have its fruits; as you sow, so you reap.

(one's liking for taste or ability to taste) to be lost temporarily (from sickness).

a kind of tax (now obs.).

having a sharp or strong taste or smell, esp. so as to produce a pricking sensation; pungent; acrid.

bitter; virulent.

that burns or corrodes organic tissue; caustic.

sarcastic, biting (said of words, remarks etc.); reproaching, abusing harshly.

disagreeable; unpleasant (said of behaviour).

hot; impetuous; acting without reasoning.

a flat, coarse fabric made of straw used as a floor covering or to sit on; a straw mat.

the outskirts of a city or town.

a time; period of time; a season.

the hip and loins; the hollow above the hips.

the fleshy side of a person or animal between the ribs and the hip; the flank.

the dead body of a person; corpse.

a place for the burial or cremation of the dead bodies; a cemetry; a crematory.

a portable framework on which a corpse is carried.

a long, broad, thick wooden board; a plank.

a plant lasting or living only one year or one season.

The grass Saccharum sara (= S. munja) of Poaceae family.

plentifulness; bountifulness; excessiveness; abundance.

either of the flat surfaces alongside the forehead, in front of each ear of an elephant; the temples.

either of the two bones or bony parts that hold the teeth and frame the mouth in most vertebrates; the jaw.

a pointed straight missile to be shot from a bow; an arrow.

a social convention carried on by tradition and any violation of which is disapproved by the social system; a custom.

the fine, dust-like mass of grains that are produced in the anthers or microspore sacs of seed plants, containing the male sexual cells (gametophytes) of the plant; pollen.

a place on the bank of a river or tank, where steps are provided for people to go down to have bath.

the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, usu. of smaller circumference than these; the narrower middle part of the normal human figure; the waist.

either of the two fleshy protuberances on the lower rear part of the human body; the posterior; the buttocks.

difficulty - a) the condition or fact of being difficult; b) something that is difficult, as a hard problem or an obstacle or objection.