unwell Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
    peaked; indisposed; sickly; under the weather; ailing; seedy; poorly.
    • my poor ailing grandmother
    • feeling a bit indisposed today
    • you look a little peaked
    • feeling poorly
    • a sickly child
    • is unwell and can't come to work

WordNet


Un*well" adjective
Definitions
  1. Not well; indisposed; not in good health; somewhat ill; ailing.
  2. (Med.) Specifically, ill from menstruation; affected with, or having, catamenial; menstruant. ✍ This word was formerly regarded as an Americanism, but is now in common use among all who speak the English language.

Webster 1913