Synonyms for unhealthy
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Unhealthful
unhealthful, sickly, morbid, diseased, bad, unsound, unhygienic, sick, unsanitary, ill, weak, ailing, noxious, invalid, unwell, noisome formal, insalubrious, pestiferous, morbific, pernicious, infirm, indisposed
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Characterized by, or conducive to poor health.
The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.
Related words
- Word family
- unhealthiness
Example sentences
- morbid He has a morbid fondness for murder mysteries.
- sickly Since childhood, Boldi has been a very sickly boy.
- pathological Sociopaths have a pathological need to tell lies.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unhealthy | rising | |
| morbid | rising | |
| diseased | falling | |
| sickly | rising | |
| unhealthful | falling | |
| pathological | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, ill1
- 4 letters
- sick1, weak1
- 6 letters
- morbid2, ailing2, unwell2, sickly2, infirm2
- 7 letters
- invalid3, noxious2, unsound2, noisome
- 8 letters
- diseased2, morbific
- 10 letters
- pernicious3, unsanitary5, unhygienic, indisposed
- 11 letters
- unwholesome, unhealthful3, pestiferous
- 12 letters
- pathological5, insalubrious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (morbid2 = 2 syllables).