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in bad

in bad prepositional phrase: out of favour, in (someone's) bad books.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Canada, US, informal) out of favour, in (someone's) bad books
    • to be in bad with someone
    • to get in bad with someone

in bad meaning in Sanskrit

in bad in Sanskrit

in bad or low spirits, sad, melancholy
दुर्मनस् durmanas

Questions about in bad

What does in bad mean?
In bad means out of favour, in (someone's) bad books.
What is in bad in Sanskrit?
In bad in Sanskrit is दुर्मनस् (durmanas). See In bad meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is in bad?
In bad is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in bad in the dictionary

  1. in at the death
  2. in at the deep end
  3. in attendance
  4. in back
  5. in back of
  6. in bad
  7. in bad bread
  8. in bad odor
  9. in bad odour
  10. in bad part
  11. in bad repair

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in bad (page history and authors); दुर्मनस् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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