unhealthy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlθi

Adjective

unhealthy (comparative unhealthier, superlative unhealthiest)

1. characterized by, or conducive to poor health

   The villagers lived in unhealthy surroundings.

2. sick or ill

   He was an unhealthy child.

3. tending to corrupt

   He liked unhealthy reading material.

4. characterized by disturbed mental health

   He had an unhealthy interest in fire.

Synonyms

• Wikisaurus:diseased

Antonyms

• healthy

Translations

conducive to poor health

• Czech: nezdravý (cs) m
• Esperanto: malsana (eo)
• Estonian: ebatervislik (et)
• Finnish: epäterveellinen (fi)
• German: ungesund (de), gesundheitsschädlich (de)

• Greek: νοσηρός (el) (nosirós) m, ανθυγιεινός (el) (anthygieinós) m
• Latin: aeger (la) m, aegra (la) f, aegrum (la) n, aegrotus (la) m, aegrota (la) f, aegrotum (la) n
• Luxembourgish: ongesond (lb)
• Russian: вредный (ru) (vrédnyj) (для здоро́вья)
• Turkish: sağlıksız (tr)
• Welsh: afiach (cy)