Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Being in poor health; sick.
- adj. Menstruating.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not well; indisposed; not in good healthy; ailing; somewhat ill.
- As a euphemism, menstruant; having courses. Compare sick, adjective, 6. Synonyms Ailing, etc. See
sick .
Wiktionary
- adj. Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing.
- adj. Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing.
- adj. (Med.) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness
Etymologies
- From un- + well. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But we are still unwell, which is a shame, though we're still able to eat and get about.”
“Saying he was "unwell, " Mr. Zhang returned to China the following day after filing charges in connection with the incident.”
“The Hoff seems to be a bit 'unwell' at the moment see comments section here, so I thought he may appreciate this brief Get Well Soon message.”
“He really is a more complicated, kind of unwell guy, in terms of an antisocial behavior pattern.”
“I fear sharing the horrible thoughts I have while 'unwell' will only add to destructive repetoir of thoughts other meatally ill people already have to endure.”
“CCII managing director Richard Young on Thursday said the document was "unwell".”
“One of the hospitals said that some of the people that had stuff either left or accidentally placed inside them became 'unwell' as a result, but it is not known to which objects, or patients, they were referring.”
“Mr Harbage said the prosecution accepted Susan Moody had been "unwell" at the relevant time but the extent of that illness was "open to dispute".”
“A Paris police official said the employees were "unwell" after the incident.”
“Two (?) employees of the US Embassy in Paris were being given medical tests Friday after handling a suspicious package and reporting feeling "unwell," officials said.”
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