unwell meaning

Definition of unwell

1. somewhat ill or prone to illness
   • 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

   Synonyms: ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, under the weather, seedy

   Similar: ill

   Related forms: unwellness

unwell in a sentence

• Although he was unwell, the boy still went to school.
• Let us know if you feel unwell or if something hurts.
• I got in touch because I heard that you were unwell.
• If the rabbit seems unwell, let us know immediately.
• I pretended to be unwell in order to stay at home.

How to pronounce unwell

unwell is pronounced /ənˈwɛl/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with unwell

• swell
• tell
• smell
• spell
• sell
• yell
• repel
• shell
• bell
• cell
• dwell
• pastel
• fell
• hell
• belle
• excel
• expel
• hotel
• impel
• lapel
• motel
• quell
• compel
• dispel