Antonyms for hale

Grammar : Adj

Spell : heyl

Phonetic Transcription : heɪl

Definition of hale

Origin : "healthy," Old English hal "healthy, entire, uninjured" (see health). The Scottish and northern English form of whole; it was given a literary sense of "free from infirmity" (1734). Related: Haleness.

adj strong and healthy

Example sentences :

Southey is as hale as ever, and writes with his usual diligence.
Extract from : « P.'s Correspondence (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hale wrote his ‘Contemplations’ while travelling on circuit.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

The hale can look after themselves, but he is helpless, and will need a friend.'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Hale remarked that she looked very young to have four children. '
Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude

He was hale and hearty, though more than eighty years of age.
Extract from : « Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 » by Various

Robert saw he had a benevolent face; that he was hale and hearty.
Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin

Hale would have spoken, but an impatient gesture from his companions stopped him.
Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte

"But the express messenger and the driver were armed," continued Hale.
Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte

Hale was obliged to admit that he had only taken Eagle's Court in the early spring.
Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte

You knew that Hale was away and these women were here without a man to help them.
Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte

Synonyms for hale

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