indisposed

indisposed
Synonyms and related words:
afraid, ailing, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, averse, backward, bad, below par, critically ill, cursory, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, donsie, down, faint, faintish, feeling awful, feeling faint, feeling something terrible, forced, fractious, hesitant, hostile, ill, in danger, indocile, inimical, involuntary, laid low, laid up, loath, low, mean, mortally ill, mutinous, not quite right, off-color, opposed, out of commission, out of sorts, perfunctory, poorly, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, resistant, rocky, seedy, sick, sick unto death, sickish, sickly, sulky, sullen, taken ill, unconsenting, under the weather, uneager, unhealthy, unsound, unwell, unwilling, valetudinarian

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  • indisposed — [adj1] not well ailing, below par, confined, down, down with*, feeling rotten*, got a bug*, ill, infirm, laid up*, on sick list*, out of action*, poorly, sick, sickly, under the weather*, unwell; concept 314 Ant. healthy, well indisposed [adj2]… …   New thesaurus

  • indisposed — index adverse (hostile), averse, disabled (made incapable), disinclined, disobedient, reluctant, renitent …   Law dictionary

  • indisposed — (adj.) c.1400, unprepared; early 15c., not in order, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not + DISPOSED (Cf. disposed); or else from L.L. indispositus without order, confused. Mid 15c. as diseased; modern sense of not very well is from 1590s. A verb indispose… …   Etymology dictionary

  • indisposed — *disinclined, loath, averse, hesitant, reluctant Analogous words: inimical, hostile, antagonistic, antipathetic (see corresponding nouns at ENMITY) Antonyms: disposed Contrasted words: *eager, avid, keen, anxious: friendly, *amicable, neighborly …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • indisposed — ► ADJECTIVE 1) slightly unwell. 2) unwilling …   English terms dictionary

  • indisposed — [in΄di spōzd′] adj. [ME indisposid < in , IN 2 + pp. of disposen, DISPOSE] 1. slightly ill 2. unwilling; disinclined SYN. SICK1 …   English World dictionary

  • Indisposed — Indispose In dis*pose , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indisposed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Indisposing}.] [OE. indispos indisposed, feeble, or F. indispos[ e] indisposed. See {In } not, and {Dispose}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • indisposed — adj. (formal) indisposed to + inf. (she appears indisposed to go) * * * [ˌɪndɪ spəʊzd] (formal) indisposed to + inf. (she appears indisposed to go) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • indisposed — indisposedness /in di spoh zid nis, spohzd /, n. /in di spohzd /, adj. 1. sick or ill, esp. slightly: to be indisposed with a cold. 2. disinclined or unwilling; averse: indisposed to help. [1375 1425; late ME: out of order, not suitable. See IN 3 …   Universalium

  • indisposed — in|dis|posed [ˌındıˈspəuzd US ˈspouzd] adj [not before noun] formal 1.) ill and therefore unable to be present ▪ Mrs Rawlins is temporarily indisposed. 2.) indisposed to do sth not willing to do something …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • indisposed — [[t]ɪ̱ndɪspo͟ʊzd[/t]] ADJ: usu v link ADJ If you say that someone is indisposed, you mean that they are not available because they are ill, or for a reason that you do not want to reveal. [FORMAL] The speaker was regrettably indisposed. Syn:… …   English dictionary

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