unhealthy[adjective]Synonyms:- harmful, detrimental, insalubrious, insanitary, unwholesome
- sick, ailing, delicate, feeble, frail, infirm, invalid, sickly, unwell
Antonyms: healthy
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
un‧health‧y /ʌnˈhelθi/
adjective (
comparative unhealthier,
superlative unhealthiest)
[
Word Family: noun:
health,
healthiness;
adverb:
healthily ≠
unhealthily;
adjective:
healthy ≠
unhealthy]
1. likely to make you ill:
unhealthy living conditions2. not normal or natural and likely to be harmful:
an unhealthy relationshipunhealthy interest/obsession/fear etc Gareth had an unhealthy interest in death.3. not physically healthy
Synonym : ill,
sick:
an unhealthy baby4. unhealthy skin, hair etc shows that you are ill or not healthy:
an unhealthy pale complexion—unhealthily adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲