unhealthy

adjectives

not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
"unhealthy ulcers"
unhealthy
is derived from
unhealthiness
antonym
healthy
is similar to
severely inflamed and painful
"an angry sore"
angry
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of or pertaining to arthritis
"my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief"
arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy
is similar to
relating to breathing with a whistling sound
asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy
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physically unsound or diseased
"has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
bad, unfit, unsound
is similar to
covered with small blisters
blebby, blistery
is similar to
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
"hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
intumescent, puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid
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(of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed
"bloodshot eyes"
bloodshot
is similar to
having an ulcer or canker
cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous
is similar to
afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle
carbuncled, carbuncular
is similar to
(of teeth) affected with cavities or decay
carious
is similar to
of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike
caseous
is similar to
having chilblains
"her poor chilblained hands"
chilblained
is similar to
suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
colicky, flatulent, gassy
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of or relating to or characterized by greatly enlarged cells
cytomegalic
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suffering from excessive loss of water from the body
"fever resulted from becoming dehydrated"; "was dehydrated after the marathon"
dehydrated
is similar to
caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology
"diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"
diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological
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swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid
dropsical, edematous
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larger than normal
"enlarged joints"
enlarged
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producing or covered with lathery sweat or saliva from exhaustion or disease
"the rabid animal's frothing mouth"
foaming, foamy, frothing
is similar to
suffering from tissue death
gangrenous, mortified
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resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened
"eyes inflamed with crying"
inflamed
is similar to
characterized or caused by inflammation
"an inflammatory process"; "an inflammatory response"
inflammatory
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growing abnormally into the flesh
"an ingrown toenail"
ingrowing, ingrown
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affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
icteric, jaundiced, yellow
is similar to
characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane)
"membranous gastritis"
membrane-forming, membranous
is similar to
affected by a disorder of the mind
"a mental patient"; "mental illness"
mental
is similar to
tending to cause inflammation
pro-inflammatory, proinflammatory
is similar to
unhealthy looking
sallow, sickly
is similar to
having sore eyes; suffering from pinkeye or conjunctivitis
sore-eyed
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suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight
sunburned, sunburnt
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abnormally swollen or knotty
"varicose veins"
varicose
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suffering from windburn
windburned, windburnt
see also
not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition
"fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
unfit
see also
physically weak
"an invalid's frail body"
frail
see also
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
"ill from the monotony of his suffering"
ill, sick
see also
detrimental to physical or moral well-being
"unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"
unwholesome
is an attribute of
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
"physicians should be held responsible for the health of their patients"
health, wellness
detrimental to health
insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthy
not conducive to good health
"an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"
unhealthy
is similar to
detrimental to good health
"unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint"
unhealthful