Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

had a bad time of it

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.38 in modern English

Syllables
had a bad -time of it
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of have a bad time of it

Questions

What does had a bad time of it mean?
simple past and past participle of have a bad time of it

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