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feeling terrible

ADJECTIVE
ill
Synonyms
STRONGEST
afflicted ailing diseased infirm poorly woozy
STRONG
down
WEAK
a wreck below par bummed down with feeling awful feeling rotten 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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"We were thinking, was it a bit of chicken he ate, or an ice cream his Nana gave him - she was feeling terrible about that - or was it something in the water?"

From BBC • May 10, 2025

I am angry, sick, aching and generally feeling terrible.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2023

The letter detailed that Haft had "gotten into trouble and she had let everybody down and she was feeling terrible."

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2022

Four days later, Cronin woke up "feeling terrible," tested positive and immediately went into quarantine.

From Fox News • Jan. 4, 2022

This was actually a great relief to Emma, who had been worried that her mother was lying there feeling terrible for missing the ceremony.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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