have it bad
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.49 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be obsessed (with); to be enthralled (by); to be in love (with).
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, it, bad. To have a difficult time; to suffer.
Example Sentences
- "Her smile was reward enough for the thought, and realizing it, he knew he had it bad."
- "Only because my brother seems to have it bad for you."
- "I almost feel sorry for him. I mean, you can see that he has it bad—his eyes stay trained on my mother's mouth as she tilts the bottle back, watches as she swallows, as she licks her lips."
- "‘As if the girls didn’t have it bad enough without poncified bastards like you coming and murdering them.’"
- "He thinks he has it bad making new friends in school."
- "From strictly a continent standpoint, Africa still has it bad in places today, but for the other continents, overall, they are much safer places than in the past."