Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feel bad

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English

Syllables: feel bad
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To not feel good; to experience an unpleasant physical sensation.

Intransitive verb

verb

To not feel good; to experience an unpleasant physical sensation.

Intransitive verb

verb

To feel remorse or shame for one's actions.

verb

To feel pity for, to empathize with.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It feels really bad to get hit with a baseball bat."
"After chemo, I felt bad."
"I feel bad about what I did. I won't do it again."
"I felt bad that I was leaving my home again."
"With all the things he went through, I felt pretty bad for him."

Usage

Inflected Forms

feels bad (present, singular) feeling bad (participle, present) felt bad (participle, past) felt bad (past)

Questions

What does feel bad mean?: To not feel good; to experience an unpleasant physical sensation.

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