Synonyms for unwell
ʌnˈwɛlun·well

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1. ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedyadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   well

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1. unwelladjective

   Synonyms:
   ill, ailing, sick, indisposed, not well, out of sorts, out of health, on the sick list, laid on the shelf, under the weather

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1. List of paraphrases for "unwell":

   ill, sick

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How to use unwell in a sentence?

1. Mohammad Islam:

   We feel it, it burns our eyes. It makes us cough and makes us unwell.

2. Lena Dunham:

   I feel blessed to have entered this experience as a' sick' person ; otherwise, I don't know how I would have tolerated crossing that threshold from well to unwell, this is the biggest deal in our country, and in the world right now.

3. Cara Charles-Barks:

   We are working with the police to understand the circumstances surrounding this incident and it would be inappropriate to make further comment at this time, while we establish how they became unwell.

4. Teri Miller:

   Liliana was very sick, and this is not– she was not herself, and it's been going on for several months that she has been unwell.

5. Philip Jansen:

   Having felt slightly unwell I decided as a precaution to be tested. As soon as the test results were known I isolated Philip Jansen at home, i've met several industry partners this week so felt it was the responsible thing to do to alert them to this fact as soon as I could.