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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well; not comfortable |
| Synonyms: | anxious, bilious, concerned, fidgety, green around gills, groggy, ill, ill at ease, indisposed, nauseated, pukish, qualmish, queer, restless, rocky, sick, sick as a dog, sickly, squeamish, troubled, uncertain, uncomfortable, under the weather, uneasy, unwell, upset, worried |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, healthy, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | disgusted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickened; offended |
| Synonyms: | abhorred, appalled, displeased, fastidious, fed up*, full up, grossed out, had bellyful, had enough, had it, nauseated, nauseous, outraged, overwrought, queasy, repelled, repulsed, revolted, satiated, scandalized, sick, sick and tired of, sick of, squeamish, teed off, tired, turned off, unhappy, up to here, weary |
| Antonyms: | attracted, delighted, desirous, happy, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fastidious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very careful, meticulous |
| Synonyms: | captious, choosy, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, discriminating, easily disgusted, exacting, finical, finicky, fussbudgety, fussy, hard to please, hypercritical, nice, nit-picky, overdelicate, overnice, particular, persnickety*, picky, punctilious, queasy, squeamish, stickling |
| Antonyms: | indifferent, indiscriminating, uncareful, uncouth, uncritical, undemanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | green around the gills |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick |
| Synonyms: | blah, crummy, miserable, nauseated, pale, queasy, shaky, sick as a dog, sick to one's stomach, throwing up, under the weather, vomiting |
| Main Entry: | ill |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick |
| Synonyms: | a wreck, afflicted, ailing, below par, bummed, diseased, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, got the bug, indisposed, infirm, laid low, off one's feet, on sick list, out of sorts, peaked, poorly, queasy, rotten, run-down, running temperature, sick as a dog, under the weather, unhealthy, unwell, woozy |
| Antonyms: | good, healthy, sound, strong, well |
| Main Entry: | nauseous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, brackish, detestable, distasteful, ill, loathsome, nauseated, nauseating, offensive, queasy, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rocky, seasick, sick, sick as dog, sickening, squeamish |
| Notes: | nauseated means feeling about to vomit, while nauseous means causing or able to cause nausea |
| Antonyms: | nice, pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | queer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not feeling well |
| Synonyms: | dizzy, faint, giddy, green*, ill, lightheaded, pukish, qualmish, qualmy, queasy, reeling, sick, squeamish, uneasy |
| Antonyms: | healthy, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reluctant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unenthusiastic, unwilling |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, backward, calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, demurring, diffident, discouraged, disheartened, disinclined, grudging, hanging back, hesitant, hesitating, indisposed, involuntary, laggard, loath, opposed, queasy, recalcitrant, remiss, shy, slack, slow, squeamish, tardy, uncertain, uneager, wary |
| Antonyms: | anxious, eager, enthusiastic, ready, willing |
| Main Entry: | sick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not healthy, not feeling well |
| Synonyms: | ailing, bedridden, broken down, confined, debilitated, declining, defective, delicate, diseased, disordered, down, feeble, feverish, frail, funny*, green*, hospitalized, ill, impaired, imperfect, in a bad way, in poor health, incurable, indisposed, infected, infirm, invalid, laid-up, lousy, mean, nauseated, not so hot, peaked, poorly, qualmish, queasy, rickety, rocky, rotten, run down, sick as a dog, suffering, tottering, under medication, under the weather, unhealthy, unwell, weak, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | healthy, undiseased, well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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