hospitalized

ADJECTIVE

laid-up

Synonyms

WEAK

ailing bedridden broken down confined debilitated declining defective delicate diseased disordered down feeble feverish frail funny green ill impaired imperfect in a bad way in poor health incurable indisposed infected infirm invalid lousy mean nauseated not so hot peaked poorly qualmish queasy rickety rocky rotten run down sick as a dog suffering tottering under medication under the weather unhealthy unwell weak wobbly

ADJECTIVE

sick

Synonyms

STRONG

ailing confined debilitated declining disordered down frail funny green ill impaired imperfect incurable indisposed infected invalid mean nauseated peaked suffering tottering wobbly

WEAK

bedridden broken down defective delicate diseased feeble feverish in a bad way in poor health infirm laid-up lousy not so hot poorly qualmish queasy rickety rocky rotten run down sick as a dog under medication under the weather unhealthy unwell weak

Antonyms

STRONG

healthy perfect sound strong well

WEAK

clean content gentle happy moral nice pleased satisfied undiseased

ADJECTIVE

unwell

Synonyms

WEAK

ailing bedridden broken down debilitated diseased feeble feverish frail ill impaired in poor health incurable infected infirm invalid laid-up nauseated not feeling well run down sick as a dog sickly suffering under medication under the weather unhealthy weak

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Hospitalized for a year with tuberculosis, she missed months of boarding school in Bristol but was nonetheless admitted to the medical school her older sister attended, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, in Scotland.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2022

Hospitalized patients with coronavirus infections are less of a burden in the BA.5 era, even if their numbers remain high.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022

Hospitalized and on oxygen, Linderman cut a grainy video in which he rasped out “this is how bad it is,” then admitted he had made a catastrophic error by not getting vaccinated.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2021

Hospitalized with COVID-19, the patient’s cancer symptoms and blood test results suddenly began to improve during the second week of his hospital stay.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2021

Hospitalized in 2015 with a variety of potentially fatal conditions, he opted for palliative care.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2017

hospitalized

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