English adjective: unhealthy |
| 1. | unhealthy not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind |
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| Samples | Unhealthy ulcers.
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| Similar | angry, arthritic, asthmatic, bad, blebby, blistery, bloodshot, cankerous, carbuncled, carbuncular, carious, caseous, chilblained, colicky, creaky, cytomegalic, dehydrated, diseased, dropsical, edematous, enlarged, flatulent, foaming, foamy, frothing, gangrenous, gassy, icteric, inflamed, inflammatory, ingrowing, ingrown, intumescent, jaundiced, membrane-forming, membranous, mental, morbid, mortified, pathologic, pathological, pro-inflammatory, proinflammatory, puffy, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy, sallow, sickly, sore-eyed, sunburned, sunburnt, tumescent, tumid, turgid, ulcerated, ulcerous, unfit, unsound, varicose, wheezing, wheezy, windburned, windburnt, yellow |
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| See also | frail, ill, sick, unfit, unwholesome |
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| Attribute | health, wellness |
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| Antonyms | healthy |
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| 2. | unhealthy detrimental to health |
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| Synonyms | insalubrious, unhealthful |
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| Similar | unwholesome |
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| Antonyms | wholesome |
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| 3. | unhealthy not conducive to good health |
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| Samples | An unhealthy diet of fast foods.
An unhealthy climate.
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| Similar | unhealthful |
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| Antonyms | healthful |
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