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unhealthy |
Overview of adj unhealthy The adj unhealthy has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) unhealthy -- (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers") 2. insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy -- (detrimental to health) 3. unhealthy -- (not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate") Antonyms of adj unhealthy 3 senses of unhealthy Sense 1 unhealthy (vs. healthy) healthy (vs. unhealthy) => blooming, flushed, rose-cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheeked => bouncing => firm => flourishing, growing, thriving => good, sound => hale, whole => hearty => hearty, full-blooded, lusty, red-blooded => rubicund, ruddy, sanguine => well-preserved => wholesome Sense 2 insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy INDIRECT (VIA unwholesome) -> wholesome Sense 3 unhealthy INDIRECT (VIA unhealthful) -> healthful Similarity of adj unhealthy 3 senses of unhealthy Sense 1 unhealthy (vs. healthy) => arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid => asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy => bad unfit, unsound => blebby, blistery => bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid => bloodshot => cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous => carious => caseous => chilblained => colicky, flatulent, gassy => debilitated, enfeebled, infirm, seedy => dehydrated => diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological => bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid => edematous, dropsical => foaming, foamy, frothing => gangrenous, mortified => inflamed => inflammatory => ingrowing, ingrown => membranous, membrane-forming => proinflammatory => raw, sore => sallow, sickly => sunburned, sunburnt => varicose => windburned, windburnt => angry => carbuncled, carbuncular => enlarged => jaundiced, yellow => mental => sore-eyed Also See-> frail#1; ill#1, sick#1; unfit#2; unwholesome#1 Sense 2 insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy => unwholesome (vs. wholesome) Sense 3 unhealthy => unhealthful (vs. healthful) Attributes of adj unhealthy 1 of 3 senses of unhealthy Sense 1 unhealthy (vs. healthy) => health Familiarity of adj unhealthy unhealthy used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj unhealthy unhealthy Overview of adj unhealthy The adj unhealthy has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) unhealthy -- (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers") 2. insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy -- (detrimental to health) 3. unhealthy -- (not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate")
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