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in bad part

in bad part prepositional phrase: unfavourably, with offence, resentfully.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Unfavourably, with offence, resentfully.
    • "There's no harm in a kick in the hindquarters when your belly's full," said Captain Nichols, "and personally I never take it in bad part. An officer's got to think about discipline."1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    in ill part
    Antonyms:
    in good part

Synonyms of in bad part

Antonyms

Questions about in bad part

What does in bad part mean?
In bad part means unfavourably, with offence, resentfully.
What part of speech is in bad part?
In bad part is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in bad part in the dictionary

  1. in back of
  2. in bad
  3. in bad bread
  4. in bad odor
  5. in bad odour
  6. in bad part
  7. in bad repair
  8. in bad shape
  9. in bad taste
  10. in ballast
  11. in ballast condition

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