Synonyms of unwell

unwell

adjective

ˌən-ˈwel 

as in sick

temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body

she missed work because she was unwell

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sick
• poorly
• ill
• bad
• down
• indisposed
• dizzy
• ailing
• unhealthy
• weak
• shaky
• peaky
• unsound
• out of sorts
• sickened
• under the weather
• troubled
• peaked
• punk
• sickish
• symptomatic
• fragile
• disabled
• run-down
• nauseous
• queasy
• feeble
• seasick
• sickly
• frail
• diseased
• nauseated
• squeamish
• woozy
• lousy
• achy
• infirm
• debilitated
• weakly
• feverish
• incapacitated
• seedy
• afflicted
• disordered
• cruddy
• airsick
• invalid
• hypochondriacal
• decrepit
• carsick
• qualmish
• light-headed
• hypochondriac

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• well
• whole
• healthy
• sound
• wholesome
• healthful
• hale
• better
• cured
• conditioned
• fit
• able-bodied
• recovering
• improved
• strong
• tough
• hardy
• mending
• well-conditioned
• robust
• lusty
• convalescing
• hearty
• stalwart
• recuperating
• rugged
• thriving
• flourishing
• bouncing
• chipper
• blooming
• flush
• rehabilitated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unwell

Behind the polished facades, roughly nine out of ten were privately exhausted, unwell, or both, and had normalized that reality as an occupational hazard. — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Just hours before his death, Graham complained of feeling unwell but delayed seeking medical attention, according to a new Axios report. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

At this point in the episode, we’ve been treated to another major revelation that Juliette Lewis’s wild card of a character is his mentally unwell sister, Crystal, and Cady is trying to track her down. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Focusing scrutiny on the DNA of people who were unwell—a reasonable choice when genetic analysis tools were neither cheap nor fast—might have introduced a bias toward believing that the mutations were always extremely harmful. — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026