Synonyms for insalubrious
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Unhealthful — unhealthful, not providing or promoting health
unhealthful, unhealthy, unwholesome, sickly, noxious, noisome formal, pestiferous, morbific
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unhealthful, not providing or promoting health.
Example sentences
- unhealthy If you don’t do more exercise, you’ll be unhealthy.
- sickly Since childhood, Boldi has been a very sickly boy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| insalubrious | rising | |
| unhealthy | rising | |
| sickly | rising | |
| unwholesome | steady | |
| unhealthful | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- sickly2
- 7 letters
- noxious2, noisome
- 8 letters
- morbific
- 9 letters
- unhealthy3
- 11 letters
- unwholesome, unhealthful3, pestiferous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sickly2 = 2 syllables).