Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

being one's own worst enemy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
be-ing one's own -worst en-e-my
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of be one's own worst enemy

Questions

What does being one's own worst enemy mean?
present participle and gerund of be one's own worst enemy

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