'Unwell' definitions:
Definition of 'unwell'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy]
Definition of 'Unwell'
From: GCIDE
- Unwell \Un*well"\, a.
- 1. Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This word was formerly regarded as an Americanism, but is now in common use among all who speak the English language. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unwell'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ailing,
- bad,
- below par,
- critically ill,
- donsie,
- down,
- faint,
- faintish,
- feeble,
- feeling awful,
- feeling faint,
- feeling something terrible,
- frail,
- ill,
- in danger,
- indisposed,
- infirm,
- laid low,
- low,
- mean,
- mortally ill,
- not quite right,
- off-color,
- offish,
- out of sorts,
- poorly,
- qualmish,
- queasy,
- rocky,
- seedy,
- shaky,
- sick,
- sick unto death,
- sickish,
- sickly,
- squeamish,
- taken ill,
- under the weather,
- weakly,
- wobbly