under the weather en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈʌndə ðə ˈwɛðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈʌndɚ ðə ˈwɛðɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From under the weather bow (“affected by bad weather; seasick”); weather bow is a nautical term referring to the side of a ship exposed to bad weather.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) ill or gloomy, especially from a cold or flu.
[…] I met a stranger, a quiet little man, who also had been under the weather from malaria.
1907 May, Andy Adams, “The School of Experience”, in Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press Cambridge, →OCLC, page 151:
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Somewhat intoxicated or suffering from a hangover.
I was a bit under the weather last night: out with a party of friends, you know. Dare say we all had a bit more than we could carry.
1907, Louis Joseph Vance, The Brass Bowl, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, publishers, →OCLC, pages 128–129:
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(idiomatic, not-comparable, obsolete) Experiencing adversity.
The Hawkinses are under the weather now, but their Tennessee property is millions when it comes into market.
1873, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens]; Charles Dudley Warner, chapter XIX, in The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; Chicago, Ill.: F. G. Gilman, →OCLC; republished Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, 1874, →OCLC, page 178
Antonyms
get over (somewhat intoxicated) · get over (somewhat ill or gloomy) · get over (experiencing adversity)
Synonyms
off one's feed (somewhat ill or gloomy) · out of sorts (somewhat intoxicated) · out of sorts (experiencing adversity) · out of sorts (somewhat ill or gloomy)
Translations (50)
ca no estar fi (somewhat ill) · es malucho (somewhat ill) · no hanglete (somewhat ill) · ja 体調が悪い (somewhat ill) · sv risig (somewhat ill) · es pachucho (somewhat ill) · ga meath-thinn (somewhat ill) · es malmarriento (somewhat ill) · de angegriffen (somewhat ill) · no tufsen (somewhat ill) · es indispuesto (somewhat ill) · de bedrückt (somewhat ill) · de angeschlagen (somewhat ill) · no urven (somewhat ill) · it indisposto (somewhat ill) · it sofferente (somewhat ill) · ru не по себе́ (somewhat ill) · fr ne pas être dans son assiette (somewhat ill) · ca pioc (somewhat ill) · fr patraque (somewhat ill) · no uggen (somewhat ill) · it fuori fase (somewhat ill) · pl niewyraźny (somewhat ill) · scn malatazzu (somewhat ill) · sk necítiť sa vo svojej koži (somewhat ill) · no klein (somewhat ill) · no skrantete (somewhat ill) · pt indisposto (somewhat ill) · ru приболе́вший (somewhat ill) · no tufsete (somewhat ill) · is slappur (somewhat ill) · no halvsyk (somewhat ill) · gl indisposto (somewhat ill) · de niedergeschlagen (somewhat ill) · sv vissen (somewhat ill) · pl chory (somewhat ill) · no tufs (somewhat ill) · sv krasslig (somewhat ill) · mi ngātoro (somewhat ill) · fi huonovointinen (somewhat ill) · ru нездоро́вый (somewhat ill) · unm mahchamàlsi (somewhat ill) · sv småsjuk (somewhat ill) · no skranten (somewhat ill) · ca no estar fina (somewhat ill) · hi तबीयत ढीली होना (somewhat ill) · no halvsjuk (somewhat ill) · es maluco (somewhat ill) · vi ốm (somewhat ill) · is veikur (somewhat ill)