have it bad

VERB

love

Synonyms

STRONGEST

admire care for cherish choose go for prefer prize treasure worship

STRONG

adulate canonize deify esteem exalt fancy glorify idolize venerate

WEAK

be attached to be captivated by be crazy about be enamored of be enchanted by be fascinated with be fond of be in love with delight in dote on fall for gone on have affection for hold dear hold high long for lose one's heart to put on pedestal think the world of thrive with wild for

Antonyms

STRONGEST

despise dislike hate not care

STRONG

castigate condemn criticize debase degrade humiliate lower mock

WEAK

abstain scorn

Example Sentences

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have it bad

LONDON—When it comes to student debt, Americans think they have it bad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

They sure do have it worse, but it doesn’t invalidate that you have it bad in relation to your experiences.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2023

Caribou have it bad in Alberta as well.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 6, 2018

“Coaching is a disease. I have it bad - and both of my children have it bad.”

From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2018

But if I think I have it bad, I just have to look at Pua.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila