OUT OF SORTS meaning: Feeling unwell or somewhat irritable

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out of sorts: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
out of sorts: Merriam-Webster
out of sorts: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
out of sorts: Collins English Dictionary
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Out of sorts, out of sorts: Dictionary.com
OUT OF SORTS: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
Out of Sorts: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
out of sorts: FreeDictionary.org
Out of sorts: TheFreeDictionary.com
Out of sorts: World Wide Words
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out-of-sorts, out of sorts: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (out of sorts)

▸ adjective: (idiomatic) Irritable or somewhat unwell, with vague medical symptoms.
▸ adjective: (printing, dated) With some letters or sorts of type deficient or exhausted in the case or font.

Opposite:

in order, organized, composed, calm, settled

Types:

irritable, grumpy, moody, cranky, snappy, testy, touchy, sulky, cross, more...

Phrases:

feel out of sorts, feels out of sorts, out of sorts with, more...

Adjectives:

nettled, queasy, peaking, irked, livery, qualmish, bristling, agitated, hacked off, huffy

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