Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bad-natured

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables
bad--na-tured
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of ill-natured (“having a bad nature”).

Inflected Forms

more bad-natured (comparative) most bad-natured (superlative)

Phrases

bad-naturedly bad-naturedness

Synonyms

ill-natured

Questions

What does bad-natured mean?
Synonym of ill-natured (“having a bad nature”).

How to pronounce bad-natured

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