got the bug

ADJECTIVE

ill

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afflicted ailing diseased infirm poorly woozy

STRONG

down

WEAK

a wreck below par bummed down with feeling awful feeling rotten feeling terrible 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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But after joining the club, she quickly got the bug.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

From Wagner, Schoenberg got the bug for endless thematic development, from one thing leading to the next and the next in the path toward rapture.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

But Dejoie, growing up in Los Angeles, got the bug, and started pursuing acting and modeling at 17.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023

Russell Mael: Not much specifically plot-wise, but we got the bug about doing a big narrative project again after the "Annette" experience.

From Salon • May 28, 2023

At length he "got sick of the crowd and got the bug to go to war," as he expressed it, and wrote to his people to tell them he was starting, but received no answer.

From A Volunteer Poilu by Beston, Henry

got the bug

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