| Pronunciation: | | un'wel
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| Matching Terms: | | unwelcome, unwelcome guest, unwelcome person, unweld, unwellness
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- [adj] 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"
- [adj] undergoing menstruation
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| | Synonyms: | | ailing, ill, indisposed, menstruating, peaked(p), poorly(p), sick, sickly, under the weather |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Un*well"\, a.
1. Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill;
ailing.
2. (Med.) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with,
or having, catamenial; menstruant.
Note: This word was formerly regarded as an Americanism, but
is now in common use among all who speak the English
language.
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