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Definition of Unhealthy
1. Adjective. Not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind. "Unhealthy ulcers"
Attributes: Health, Wellness
Also: Unfit, Frail, Ill, Sick, Unwholesome
Similar to: Angry, Arthritic, Creaky, Rheumatic, Rheumatoid, Rheumy, Asthmatic, Wheezing, Wheezy, Bad, Unfit, Unsound, Blebby, Blistery, Intumescent, Puffy, Tumescent, Tumid, Turgid, Bloodshot, Cankerous, Ulcerated, Ulcerous, Carbuncled, Carbuncular, Carious, Caseous, Chilblained, Colicky, Flatulent, Gassy, Cytomegalic, Dehydrated, Diseased, Morbid, Pathologic, Pathological, Dropsical, Edematous, Enlarged, Foaming, Foamy, Frothing, Gangrenous, Mortified, Inflamed, Inflammatory, Ingrowing, Ingrown, Icteric, Jaundiced, Yellow, Membrane-forming, Membranous, Mental, Pro-inflammatory, Proinflammatory, Sallow, Sickly, Sore-eyed, Sunburned, Sunburnt, Varicose, Windburned, Windburnt
Antonyms: Healthy
Derivative terms: Unhealthiness
Also: Unfit, Frail, Ill, Sick, Unwholesome
Similar to: Angry, Arthritic, Creaky, Rheumatic, Rheumatoid, Rheumy, Asthmatic, Wheezing, Wheezy, Bad, Unfit, Unsound, Blebby, Blistery, Intumescent, Puffy, Tumescent, Tumid, Turgid, Bloodshot, Cankerous, Ulcerated, Ulcerous, Carbuncled, Carbuncular, Carious, Caseous, Chilblained, Colicky, Flatulent, Gassy, Cytomegalic, Dehydrated, Diseased, Morbid, Pathologic, Pathological, Dropsical, Edematous, Enlarged, Foaming, Foamy, Frothing, Gangrenous, Mortified, Inflamed, Inflammatory, Ingrowing, Ingrown, Icteric, Jaundiced, Yellow, Membrane-forming, Membranous, Mental, Pro-inflammatory, Proinflammatory, Sallow, Sickly, Sore-eyed, Sunburned, Sunburnt, Varicose, Windburned, Windburnt
Antonyms: Healthy
Derivative terms: Unhealthiness
2. Adjective. Detrimental to health.
Exact synonyms: Insalubrious, Unhealthful
Similar to: Unwholesome
Derivative terms: Insalubriousness, Insalubrity, Unhealthfulness
Similar to: Unwholesome
Derivative terms: Insalubriousness, Insalubrity, Unhealthfulness
3. Adjective. Not conducive to good health. "An unhealthy climate"
Similar to: Unhealthful
Definition of Unhealthy
1. Adjective. characterized by, or conducive to poor health ¹
2. Adjective. sick or ill ¹
3. Adjective. tending to corrupt ¹
4. Adjective. characterized by disturbed mental health ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Unhealthy
1. healthy [adj -THIER, -THIEST] - See also: healthy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Unhealthy
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