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fly-bitten

fly-bitten adjective: wretched or sordid; mean.

Adjective

fly-bitten (comparative more fly-bitten, superlative most fly-bitten)

  1. (informal) wretched or sordid; mean

Forms of fly-bitten

comparativemore fly-bitten
superlativemost fly-bitten

Origin of fly-bitten

From fly + bitten.

Questions about fly-bitten

What does fly-bitten mean?
Fly-bitten means wretched or sordid; mean.
What part of speech is fly-bitten?
Fly-bitten is an adjective.

Words near fly-bitten in the dictionary

  1. fly without a licence
  2. fly-ass
  3. fly-away
  4. fly-back
  5. fly-backs
  6. fly-bitten
  7. fly-blown
  8. fly-boat
  9. fly-boats
  10. fly-bombed
  11. fly-bottle

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