Synonyms for unhealthy
ʌnˈhɛl θiun·healthy

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1. unhealthyadjective

   Antonyms:
   healthy

2. unhealthyadjective

   The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.

   Antonyms:
   healthy

3. unhealthyadjective

   He was an unhealthy child.

   Antonyms:
   healthy

4. unhealthyadjective

   He liked unhealthy reading material.

   Antonyms:
   healthy

5. unhealthyadjective

   He had an unhealthy interest in fire.

   Antonyms:
   healthy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unhealthy

   Synonyms:
   delicate, diseased, emaciated, exhausted, failing, fainting, fragile, frail, ill, sick, unsound, wasted, weak, worn, worn down, worn out

   Antonyms:
   hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, hygienic, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, sound, strong, vigorous, well, wholesome

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unhealthyadjective

   not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind

   "unhealthy ulcers"

   Synonyms:
   insalubrious, unhealthful

   Antonyms:
   hearty, sound, rosy-cheeked, well-preserved, healthy, healthful, florid, anicteric, sun-loving, rose-cheeked, rubicund, full-blooded, flushed, wholesome, bouncing, firm, whole, sanguine, rosy, red-blooded, hale, lusty, rock-loving, water-loving, ruddy, good

2. insalubrious, unhealthful, unhealthyadjective

   detrimental to health

   Synonyms:
   unsanitary, insanitary, insalubrious, unhealthful

   Antonyms:
   anicteric, sound, hearty, full-blooded, good, rock-loving, bouncing, rubicund, sanguine, wholesome, sun-loving, rosy-cheeked, ruddy, red-blooded, whole, well-preserved, lusty, rose-cheeked, water-loving, florid, healthy, rosy, firm, hale, flushed, healthful

3. unhealthyadjective

   not conducive to good health

   "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"

   Synonyms:
   insalubrious, unhealthful

   Antonyms:
   good, sound, florid, flushed, bouncing, hearty, well-preserved, wholesome, rosy-cheeked, sun-loving, water-loving, anicteric, ruddy, sanguine, healthy, full-blooded, rosy, rose-cheeked, rock-loving, healthful, whole, red-blooded, lusty, firm, hale, rubicund

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. carbuncled

   marked with red sores

   Submitted by JohnTravers on September 4, 2019  

2. medical condition

   a type of disease that affect’s physical health

   mark had a medical condition in his heart, luckily the doctors treated it

   Submitted by cj_t on July 9, 2023  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unhealthyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unsound, diseased, sickly, not vigorous, not well, out of health

2. unhealthyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unwholesome, insalubrious, deleterious, poisonous, morbific, unhealthful. noxious, unfavorable to health

3. unhealthyadjective

   Synonyms:
   morbid, indicative of disease

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1. unhealthyadjective

   Synonyms:
   unhealthful, unwholesome, insalubrious, noxious, noisome, pestiferous, pernicious, unsanitary, unhygienic, morbid, morbific, pestilent, insalutary, sickly, unsound, diseased, morbid, invalid

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1. List of paraphrases for "unhealthy":

   unsanitary, insanitary, unsound, insalubrious, unhygienic, unsafe, substandard, unwholesome, sick, harmful, bad, non-performing

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1. Brian Laundrie:

   Some can do that silently within the vehicle, even seated next to one another, others will need to pull over in a town or out on the road, and allow each other that space. Without planning a method for conflict management ahead of time, the van... can quickly become a toxic and unhealthy environment.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   I believe that every one of my colleagues knows our present situation is unhealthy for this body and for any administration.

3. Al Bochi:

   People feel like they have no idea what to eat anymore, they've been listening to all these different food rules -- don't eat carbs, don't eat after seven, eat this to increase Al Bochi metabolism -- and intuitive eating helps Al Bochi unlearn that unhealthy relationship with food and bring enjoyment back to the act of eating.

4. Though Gross:

   Grief is a normal response to bereavement, and everyone has their own timetable and style of grieving. You will always miss the person who died and will always experience the pain of loss. However, that pain does not have to become suffering, pain accompanies grief, and if Though Gross contract against Though Gross pain, it becomes suffering. That's when grief is unhealthy, and that's when Though Gross can get caught in PGD, prolonged grief.

5. Jennifer Garner:

   In all honestly I have never wanted to do anything less, and I have never regretted saying yes to anything more than speaking to all of you, writing this speech has made me examine my life choices. It has made me gain five pounds... I have experienced an unhealthy level of self-loathing. I have even hated on Steve Carrell, Denison University alum [ actor ] Steve Carrell. I feel like Steve Carrell graduated 10 years before me, Steve Carrell should have had to do this first. I mean, Steve Carrell was in' The Office.'.