Definition of unwell Unwell

un•well

We found 8 definitions of unwell from 6 different sources.

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What does unwell mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

unwell - 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"
  ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, under the weather, seedy
  ill, sick presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • unwell (a.)
    Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing.
  • unwell (a.)
    Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • unwell
    Not in good health.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • unwell
    un-wel′, adj. not well: not in good health.—n. Unwell′ness

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  • unwell, adjective.

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