Complement "-huai le"

The degree complement -坏了 (huài le) is a bit like the complement -死了, and can be used to mean "extremely" in both a a positive and a negative sense.

Structure

Adj. + 坏了

As with many other grammar patterns, both adjectives and psychological verbs work in this pattern.

In these examples, the state is negative or undesirable, so is a natural fit for -坏了.

大家都累坏了。Dàjiā dōu lèi huài le.Everyone was dead-tired.
我早饭和中饭都没吃，饿坏了。Wǒ zǎofàn hé zhōngfàn dōu méi chī, è huài le.I didn't eat anything for breakfast or lunch. I'm starved to death.
发现爸爸又去赌钱了，妈妈气坏了。Fāxiàn bàba yòu qù dǔqián le, māma qì huài le.Discovering the father went gambling again, the mother was incensed.
孩子不见了，妈妈急坏了。Háizi bùjiàn le, māma jí huài le.The child is missing. The mother is worried sick.
一个男人突然拿出一把枪，乘客们都吓坏了。Yī gè nánrén tūrán ná chū yī bǎ qiāng, chéngkè men dōu xià huài le.A man took out a gun all of a sudden and the passengers were scared senseless.
你一晚上没有给我打电话，我担心坏了。Nǐ yī wǎnshang méiyǒu gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà, wǒ dānxīn huài le.You haven't called me all night. I've been worried sick.
面试官太严肃了，我都要紧张坏了。Miànshì guān tài yánsù le, wǒ dōu yào jǐnzhāng huài le.The interviewer was so serious. I was a nervous wreck.

It's also OK to use -坏了 with positive adjectives sometimes, similar to -死了.

听到这个好消息，大家都高兴坏了。Tīng dào zhège hǎo xiāoxī, dàjiā dōu gāoxìng huài le.Everyone was thrilled to hear the good news.
这个笑话让我们都乐坏了。Zhège xiàohua ràng wǒmen dōu lè huài le.We really got a kick out of this joke.
她终于买到了演唱会的门票，她激动坏了。Tā zhōngyú mǎi dào le yǎnchàng huì de ménpiào, tā jīdòng huài le.She was ecstatic when she finally got tickets to the concert.