in bad part

prepositional phrase

Unfavourably, with offence, resentfully.

Similar
in ill part
Opposite
in good part
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Meanings

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 & antonyms

prepositional phraseUnfavourably, with offence, resentfully.

Similar
in ill part
Opposite
in good part
Also see
in ill part
Cite this entry
APA

in bad part. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bad%20part

MLA

“in bad part.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bad%20part. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in bad part,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20bad%20part.

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