Usually means: Feeling ill or not well.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. under the weather: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. under the weather: Merriam-Webster
  3. under the weather: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. under the weather: Collins English Dictionary
  5. under the weather: Vocabulary.com
  6. under the weather: Wordnik
  7. under the weather: Wiktionary
  8. under the weather: Dictionary.com
  9. Under the Weather (short story), Under the Weather: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. under the weather: Rhymezone
  11. under the weather: FreeDictionary.org
  12. under the weather: ESL Idiom Page
  13. under the weather: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Under The Weather: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  15. under the weather: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. under the weather: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Under the weather: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Under the weather: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  2. under the weather: Idioms

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  1. under the weather: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (under the weather)

▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) ill or gloomy, especially from a cold or flu.
▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) Somewhat intoxicated or suffering from a hangover.
▸ adjective:  (idiomatic, obsolete) Experiencing adversity.

Similar:
lousy, off-color, out of sorts, miserable, like death warmed over, overcast, dreich, puny, all-overish, green about the gills, more...

Types:
sick, ill, unwell, not feeling well, out of sorts, more...

Phrases:
was under the weather, feel under the weather, feeling under the weather, is under the weather, be under the weather, more...

Adjectives:
off-color, sicker, wisht, peaked, sickly, spleenful, downy, sickled, peaky, sicko

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Similar:
lousy, off-color, out of sorts, miserable, like death warmed over, overcast, dreich, puny, all-overish, green about the gills, more...

Types:
sick, ill, unwell, not feeling well, out of sorts, more...

Phrases:
was under the weather, feel under the weather, feeling under the weather, is under the weather, be under the weather, more...

Adjectives:
off-color, sicker, wisht, peaked, sickly, spleenful, downy, sickled, peaky, sicko



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