Dictionary

indisposed en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English disposed English indisposed From in- + disposed.

Meanings

1. Mildly ill.
   • He was indisposed with a cold.
2. Not disposed, predisposed, or inclined; unwilling.
   • I stayed indoors all day, feeling indisposed to finish mowing the lawn.
3. (euphemistic) Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically): ▸ In the lavatory/WC.
4. (euphemistic) Not yet ready (especially with regard to receiving a visitor) because not yet arranged into a state of readiness (i.e., not disposed); (especially, more specifically): ▸ Undressed; not yet dressed enough to be seen by visitors.

Forms

Deriveds

indisposedness · preindisposed · indisposedly

Relateds

indisposition

Translations (19)

bg неразположен (mildly ill) · de ohne Lust zu (not disposed or inclined; unwilling) · hu gyengélkedő (mildly ill) · pl nieskłonny (not disposed or inclined; unwilling) · pl nieskory (not disposed or inclined; unwilling) · ru недомогающий (mildly ill) · es indispuesto (mildly ill) · ca indisposat (mildly ill) · hu indiszponált (mildly ill) · de ohne Antrieb (not disposed or inclined; unwilling) · pt indisposto (mildly ill) · de lustlos (not disposed or inclined; unwilling) · ru несклонный (not disposed or inclined; unwilling) · pl niedysponowany (mildly ill) · fr indisposé (mildly ill) · de unpässlich (mildly ill) · de abgeneigt (not disposed or inclined; unwilling) · it indisposto (mildly ill) · pl niechętny (not disposed or inclined; unwilling)