Synonyms for unhealthy
ʌnˈhɛl θiun·healthy

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1. unhealthyadjective

   Antonyms:
   healthy

2. unhealthyadjective

   The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.

   Antonyms:
   healthy

3. unhealthyadjective

   He was an unhealthy child.

   Antonyms:
   healthy

4. unhealthyadjective

   He liked unhealthy reading material.

   Antonyms:
   healthy

5. unhealthyadjective

   He had an unhealthy interest in fire.

   Antonyms:
   healthy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unhealthy

   Synonyms:
   delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, failing, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, sick, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome

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1. unhealthyadjective

   not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind

   "unhealthy ulcers"

   Synonyms:
   insalubrious, unhealthful

   Antonyms:
   hearty, sound, rosy-cheeked, well-preserved, healthy, healthful, florid, anicteric, sun-loving, rose-cheeked, rubicund, full-blooded, flushed, wholesome, bouncing, firm, whole, sanguine, rosy, red-blooded, hale, lusty, rock-loving, water-loving, ruddy, good

2. insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthyadjective

   detrimental to health

   Synonyms:
   unsanitary, insanitary, insalubrious, unhealthful

   Antonyms:
   anicteric, sound, hearty, full-blooded, good, rock-loving, bouncing, rubicund, sanguine, wholesome, sun-loving, rosy-cheeked, ruddy, red-blooded, whole, well-preserved, lusty, rose-cheeked, water-loving, florid, healthy, rosy, firm, hale, flushed, healthful

3. unhealthyadjective

   not conducive to good health

   "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"

   Synonyms:
   insalubrious, unhealthful

   Antonyms:
   good, sound, florid, flushed, bouncing, hearty, well-preserved, wholesome, rosy-cheeked, sun-loving, water-loving, anicteric, ruddy, sanguine, healthy, full-blooded, rosy, rose-cheeked, rock-loving, healthful, whole, red-blooded, lusty, firm, hale, rubicund

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. carbuncled

   marked with red sores

   Submitted by JohnTravers on September 4, 2019  

2. medical condition

   a type of disease that affect’s physical health

   mark had a medical condition in his heart, luckily the doctors treated it

   Submitted by cj_t on July 9, 2023  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unhealthyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsound, diseased, sickly, not vigorous, not well, out of health

2. unhealthyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unwholesome, insalubrious, deleterious, poisonous, morbific, unhealthful. noxious, unfavorable to health

3. unhealthyadjective

   Synonyms:
   morbid, indicative of disease

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1. unhealthyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unhealthful, unwholesome, insalubrious, noxious, noisome, pestiferous, pernicious, unsanitary, unhygienic, morbid, morbific, pestilent, insalutary, sickly, unsound, diseased, morbid, invalid

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1. List of paraphrases for "unhealthy":

   unsanitary, insanitary, unsound, insalubrious, unhygienic, unsafe, substandard, unwholesome, sick, harmful, bad, non-performing

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1. Maria Rupprecht:

   I thought : This is socially acceptable, the whole world was doing the thing the professionals were telling me was unhealthy.

2. Teena Henson:

   I've pondered that several times, as to why some people would want to be unhealthy when they can be healthy, but there are so many variables in someone's life that you don't know about, i can't sit in judgment as to why that person wants to or doesn't want to. I just know what I needed and what I needed to do to change.

3. Ishwarlal Jialal:

   When people are n’t overweight, they don’t have the incentive to work out and get in shape, but without regular exercise, they just get more and more unhealthy.

4. Marianne Comparet:

   You can spend a lot of resources distributing protein supplements or vitamins, but in the end if you're administering them to people infested with worms then that supplement is just being eaten by the worms, there is a huge overlap in the populations that are the most hungry and at the same time are the most unhealthy, so it makes sense to bridge them both at the same time.

5. Samantha Heller:

   These healthy fats have been shown to improve cognitive function and brain health, conversely, research suggests that eating unhealthy fats like trans fats found in processed foods, and saturated fats in animal foods accelerated cognitive decline, poor memory, and is linked with an increased risk of dementia.