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under the weather

Syllables: un·der the wea·therUK/ˈʌndə ðə ˈwɛðə/US/ˈʌndɚ ðə ˈwɛðɚ/

under the weather adjective: ill or gloomy, especially from a cold or flu.

Adjective

under the weather (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) ill or gloomy, especially from a cold or flu.
    • […] I met a stranger, a quiet little man, who also had been under the weather from malaria.1907 May, Andy Adams, “The School of Experience”, in Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press Cambridge, →OCLC, page 151
  2. (idiomatic) Somewhat intoxicated or suffering from a hangover.
    • I was a bit under the weather last night: out with a party of friends, you know. Dare say we all had a bit more than we could carry.1907, Louis Joseph Vance, The Brass Bowl, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, publishers, →OCLC, pages 128–129
    Synonyms:
    out of sorts
  3. (idiomatic, obsolete) Experiencing adversity.
    • The Hawkinses are under the weather now, but their Tennessee property is millions when it comes into market.1873, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens]; Charles Dudley Warner, chapter XIX, in The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; Chicago, Ill.: F. G....
    Synonyms:
    out of sorts

under the weather meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Vietnamese

under the weather in Hindi

somewhat ill
तबीयत ढीली होना tabiyat dheeli hona

under the weather in Tamil

உடல்நலக் குறைவுடன் இருத்தல், மிதமான போதையில் இருத்தல்

under the weather in Malayalam

ill, poorly, badly
ദേഹാസ്വാസ്ഥ്യമുള്ള, അസുഖമായി, ദേഹസുഖമില്ലാതെ, സുഖക്കേടായി, അസൗഖ്യമായി, ആരോഗ്യം മോശമായി

under the weather in Vietnamese

somewhat ill
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Synonyms of under the weather

Antonyms

Origin of under the weather

From under the weather bow (“affected by bad weather; seasick”); weather bow is a nautical term referring to the side of a ship exposed to bad weather.

Questions about under the weather

What does under the weather mean?
Under the weather means ill or gloomy, especially from a cold or flu.
What is under the weather in Hindi?
Under the weather in Hindi is तबीयत ढीली होना (tabiyat dheeli hona). See Under the weather meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is under the weather?
Under the weather is an adjective.
How do you pronounce under the weather?
Under the weather is pronounced /ˈʌndə ðə ˈwɛðə/ (UK).

Words near under the weather in the dictionary

  1. under the spotlight
  2. under the stars
  3. under the sun
  4. under the surface
  5. under the table
  6. under the weather
  7. under the wire
  8. under the yoke
  9. under tow
  10. under water
  11. under way

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: under the weather (page history and authors); under the weather (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); under the weather (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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