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DEFINITIONS OF: unhealthy

adj not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind

“unhealthy ulcers”

Synonyms: unfit
not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; angry
severely inflamed and painful; arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy
of or pertaining to arthritis; asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy
relating to breathing with a whistling sound; bad, unfit, unsound
physically unsound or diseased; blebby, blistery
covered with small blisters; intumescent, puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; bloodshot
(of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed; cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous
having an ulcer or canker; carbuncled, carbuncular
afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle; carious
(of teeth) affected with cavities or decay; caseous
of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike; chilblained
having chilblains; colicky, flatulent, gassy
suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal; cytomegalic
of or relating to or characterized by greatly enlarged cells; dehydrated
suffering from excessive loss of water from the body; diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; dropsical, edematous
swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid; enlarged
larger than normal; foaming, foamy, frothing
producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease; gangrenous, mortified
suffering from tissue death; inflamed
resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened; inflammatory
characterized or caused by inflammation; ingrowing, ingrown
growing abnormally into the flesh; icteric, jaundiced, yellow
affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc; membrane-forming, membranous
characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane); mental
affected by a disorder of the mind; pro-inflammatory, proinflammatory
tending to cause inflammation; sallow, sickly
unhealthy looking; sore-eyed
having sore eyes; suffering from pinkeye or conjunctivitis; sunburned, sunburnt
suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight; varicose
abnormally swollen or knotty; windburned, windburnt
suffering from windburn; frail
physically weak; ill, sick
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; unwholesome
detrimental to physical or moral well-being

Antonyms:: healthy
having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; fit
physically and mentally sound or healthy; flushed, rose-cheeked, rosy, rosy-cheeked
having the pinkish flush of health; bouncing
vigorously healthy; firm
possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue; good, sound
in excellent physical condition; hale, whole
exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; hearty
consuming abundantly and with gusto; full-blooded, hearty, lusty, red-blooded
endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; anicteric
not affected by jaundice; rock-loving
of plants that flourish in a rocky environment; florid, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine
inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life; sun-loving
(of plants) flourishing in strong sunlight; water-loving
(of plants) flourishing with lots of water; well-preserved
used of older persons who are healthy; wholesome
sound or exhibiting soundness in body or mind; robust
sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; well
in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; wholesome
conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being; show more antonyms...

adj not conducive to good health

“an unhealthy diet of fast foods”

“an unhealthy climate”

Synonyms: unhealthful
detrimental to good health

adj detrimental to health

Synonyms:: insalubrious, unhealthful

: unwholesome
detrimental to physical or moral well-being

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