Synonyms for out of sorts
- adjective
Most common
sick under the weather ill punk unwell ailing petulant indisposed
All synonyms
Adjective
under the weather, ill, bad, out-of-order, sick, punk, unwell, ailing, petulant, indisposed, ropey, sickish, owly
Definitions
- adj. 1
Irritable or somewhat unwell, with vague medical symptoms.
Example sentences
- sick The doctor sat up all night with the sick old man.
- ill They called in a doctor because the child was ill.
- punk He listened to his old punk records nostalgically.
- unwell I pretended to be unwell in order to stay at home.
- ailing Yanni left to Algiers to take care of his ailing mother.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, ill1
- 4 letters
- sick1, punk1, owly
- 5 letters
- ropey
- 6 letters
- unwell2, ailing2
- 7 letters
- sickish
- 8 letters
- petulant3
- 10 letters
- indisposed
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unwell2 = 2 syllables).