feeling awful

ADJECTIVE

ailing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

diseased feeble ill sickly weak

STRONG

debilitated down enfeebled indisposed sick wasting

WEAK

below par down with rocky run down sick as a dog under the weather unwell

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able fit healthy hearty sound strong well

STRONG

happy

ADJECTIVE

ill

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afflicted ailing diseased infirm poorly woozy

STRONG

down

WEAK

a wreck below par bummed down with feeling rotten feeling terrible got the bug indisposed laid low off one's feet on sick list out of sorts peaked queasy rotten run down running a temperature sick as a dog under the weather unhealthy unwell

Antonyms

STRONGEST

healthy

WEAK

good sound strong well

Example Sentences

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Luka Doncic was said to be feeling awful on Friday night, and his play reflected it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

“We’re feeling awful, to be honest – I’m not going to lie,” Melissa Thorpe, head of Spaceport Cornwall. said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023

My way of grappling with these matters is that I don't want people to leave the movie theater feeling awful about the tragedies of life.

From Salon • May 1, 2022

They have done the nation proud the past 5 weeks & will be feeling awful right now but they had the guts to stand up and got us to the final!

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2021

That didn’t stop my mother feeling awful about it all, though.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

feeling awful

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