Synonyms for unhealthy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-hel-thee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈhɛl θi |
Top 10 synonyms for unhealthy Other synonyms for the word unhealthy
- ailing
- baneful
- below par
- chancy
- debilitated
- degenerate
- deleterious
- demoralizing
- diseased
- down
- dragging
- feeble
- frail
- ill
- in a decline
- in ill health
- in poor health
- infirm
- insalubrious
- invalid
- jeopardous
- laid low
- morbid
- nefarious
- noisome
- out of action
- out of shape
- peaked
- perilous
- perverse
- poisonous
- poorly
- risky
- rotten
- run-down
- shaky
- sickly
- treacherous
- undesirable
- unhealthful
- unsanitary
- unsound
- unwell
- unwholesome
- villainous
- virulent
- weak
- wicked
Définition of unhealthy
Origin :- 1590s, "injurious to health," from un- (1) "not" + healthy. Earlier unhealthsome (1540s), unhealthful (1570s). Of persons, "sickly," it is attested from 1610s. Related: Unhealthily.
- adj sick
- adj very bad in effect on well-being
- And I said that it seemed an unhealthy thing to dump all our refuse so close to the city.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Lorilleux, annoyed at not having any fat himself, said that it was soft and unhealthy.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- And your English lakes—Vindermere, Grasmere they, then, unhealthy?
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- To her mind there was something feverish and unhealthy in its vivid beauty.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- He also saw the unhealthy lines in his cheeks and round his mouth.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- I was just making conversation, to get his mind out of its unhealthy channel.
- Extract from : « The Terror from the Depths » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
- She had gone off—with that unhealthy, fat ass of a journalist.
- Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
- He was disturbed to find himself in such an unhealthy state of mind.
- Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
- So for the last two days he has been away camping in that unhealthy place.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- "It is not unhealthy—not at the present moment," said Venor.
- Extract from : « Cubs of the Wolf » by Raymond F. Jones
Antonyms for unhealthy
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