under the weather

adjective

somewhat ill or prone to illness

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my poor ailing grandmother

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feeling a bit indisposed today

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you look a little peaked

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feeling poorly

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a sickly child

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is unwell and can't come to work

• Syn:

↑ailing, ↑indisposed, ↑peaked, ↑poorly, ↑sickly, ↑unwell, ↑seedy

• Similar to: ↑ill, ↑sick

• Derivationally related forms: ↑unwellness (for: ↑unwell)

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(informal).See ill adjective sense 1.

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phrasal

1. : somewhat ill

2. : somewhat drunk

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under the weather

1. Indisposed, seedy

2. Drunk (informal)

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Main Entry: ↑weather

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under the weather informal phrase

if a person is under the weather, they do not feel well

I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather this week.

Thesaurus: feeling and being unhealthy or ill_synonym

Main entry: weather

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informal slightly unwell or in low spirits

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under the weather

: not feeling well : feeling sick

She's (feeling) a little under the weather today, so she won't be joining us.

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Main Entry: ↑weather

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under the ˈweather idiom

(informal) if you are or feel under the weather, you feel slightly ill/sick and not as well as usual

Main entry: ↑weather_idiom