Indisposed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indispose \In`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indisposed}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Indisposing}.] [OE. indispos indisposed,
     feeble, or F. indispos['e] indisposed. See {In-} not, and
     {Dispose}.]
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     1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.


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     2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat.
        --Shak.
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              It made him rather indisposed than sick. --Walton.
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     3. To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love
        of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride
        and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties.
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              The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the
              persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indisposed
       adj 1: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing
              grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you
              look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly
              child"; "is unwell and can't come to work" [syn: {ailing},
               {peaked(p)}, {poorly(p)}, {sickly}, {unwell}, {under
              the weather}]
       2: (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic
          to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on
          such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their
          request" [syn: {antipathetic}, {antipathetical}, {averse(p)},
           {indisposed(p)}, {loath(p)}, {loth(p)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "indisposed":
     afraid, ailing, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, averse,
     backward, bad, below par, critically ill, cursory, differing,
     disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, donsie, down, faint,
     faintish, feeling awful, feeling faint, feeling something terrible,
     forced, fractious, hesitant, hostile, ill, in danger, indocile,
     inimical, involuntary, laid low, laid up, loath, low, mean,
     mortally ill, mutinous, not quite right, off-color, opposed,
     out of commission, out of sorts, perfunctory, poorly, recalcitrant,
     refractory, reluctant, resistant, rocky, seedy, sick,
     sick unto death, sickish, sickly, sulky, sullen, taken ill,
     unconsenting, under the weather, uneager, unhealthy, unsound,
     unwell, unwilling, valetudinarian