Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in a bad way

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English

Syllables: in- a bad way
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Doing badly; in a state of ill health or misfortune.

Example Sentences

"We have seen that the Delhi empire was in a pretty bad way. Indeed, one could almost say that, as an empire, it was in no way at all."

Synonyms

distressed hard-pressed hard put

Questions

What does in a bad way mean?: Doing badly; in a state of ill health or misfortune.

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