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

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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. Laura Berman:

   These studies can only suggest an association and can not establish causation, for example, some women who report high stress may also have decreased sleep, irregular or unhealthy diets, or increased rates of substance use. It is unclear whether it is the' stress' that causes the adverse outcome.

2. Ryan Pack:

   I may be disabled, unhealthy, and poor. I may have suffered tragedies, setbacks, and injustices, but I refuse to give up. I believe in my mind that I am better than what I am. I believe that no matter how bad things get eventually they will look up. I try to focus on the good things that could await in the future rather than all the bad things that have happened. It helps me to keep going.

3. 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.

4. Walter Willett:

   More than 800 million people have insufficient food, while many more consume an unhealthy diet that contributes to premature death and disease, if we can't quite make it, it's better to try and get as close as we can.

5. Ryan Pack:

   Unhealthy people make unsanitary environments.