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unwell

/ʌnˈwɛl/

unwell adjective: not in good health; not feeling well; somewhat ill.

Adjective

unwell (comparative more unwell, superlative most unwell)

  1. Not in good health; not feeling well; somewhat ill
    • feel unwell
  2. (dated, euphemistic) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant.

unwell meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

unwell in Hindi

unwell, sick
दिक़ diq

unwell in Tamil

உடல்நிலை சரியில்லாதது

unwell in Marathi

अस्वस्थ

unwell in Urdu

بدحال, بیمار, مریض
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unwell in Bengali
অসুস্থ ośustho
unwell in Malayalam
ആരോഗ്യപ്രശ്നങ്ങളുള്ള, ദീനമുള്ള, തൃപ്തികരമായ ആരോഗ്യാവസ്ഥയിലല്ലാത്ത, ദേഹസുഖമില്ലാത്ത
unwell in Kannada
ಸ್ವಸ್ಥವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಆರೋಗ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಅನಾರೋಗ್ಯದ, ಮಯ್ಸರಿಯಿಲ್ಲದ
unwell in Nepali
अस्वस्थ

Synonyms of unwell

All synonyms of unwell

Forms of unwell

comparativemore unwell
superlativemost unwell

Origin of unwell

From un- + well.

Words formed from unwell

Words that rhyme with unwell

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about unwell

What does unwell mean?
Unwell means not in good health; not feeling well; somewhat ill.
What is unwell in Hindi?
Unwell in Hindi is दिक़ (diq). See Unwell meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is unwell?
Unwell is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unwell?
Unwell is pronounced /ʌnˈwɛl/.

Words near unwell in the dictionary

  1. unwelcomingly
  2. unwelcomingness
  3. unweldable
  4. unwelded
  5. unweldy
  6. unwell
  7. unwellness
  8. unwelted
  9. unwept
  10. unwestern
  11. unwesternised

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unwell (page history and authors); दिक़ (Hindi) (page history and authors); unwell (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unwell (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unwell (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অসুস্থ (Bengali) (page history and authors); unwell (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unwell (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unwell (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model 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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