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Indisposed definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDISPO'SED, pp. or a. Disinclined; averse; unwilling; unfavorable.
1. Disordered; disqualified for its functions; unfit.
2. Slightly disordered; not in perfect health.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
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" [syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy]
2: (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request" [syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loath, loth]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century 1. slightly ill 2. averse

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 slightly unwell. 2 averse or unwilling.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Indispose In`dis*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indisposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Indisposing.] [OE. indispos indisposed, feeble, or F. indispos['e] indisposed. See In- not, and Dispose.] 1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify. 2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat. --Shak. It made him rather indisposed than sick. --Walton. 3. To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties. The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples. --Clarendon.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that someone is indisposed, you mean that they are not available because they are ill, or for a reason that you do not want to reveal. (FORMAL) The speaker was regrettably indisposed. = unwell ADJ: usu v-link ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Disinclined, unwilling, reluctant, averse, loath, backward, not disposed. 2. Ill, unwell, ailing, sick, out of health, out of sorts.

Moby Thesaurus

afraid, ailing, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, averse, backward, bad, below par, critically ill, cursory, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, donsie, down, faint, faintish, feeling awful, feeling faint, feeling something terrible, forced, fractious, hesitant, hostile, ill, in danger, indocile, inimical, involuntary, laid low, laid up, loath, low, mean, mortally ill, mutinous, not quite right, off-color, opposed, out of commission, out of sorts, perfunctory, poorly, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, resistant, rocky, seedy, sick, sick unto death, sickish, sickly, sulky, sullen, taken ill, unconsenting, under the weather, uneager, unhealthy, unsound, unwell, unwilling, valetudinarian