I feel awful
Not doing well
A common expression of physical or emotional distress.
It can mean feeling sick I feel awful—I think I'm coming down with something, guilty I feel awful about what I said, or generally miserable.
The phrase invites sympathy or explains diminished capacity: I can't make it tonight; I feel awful.
- terribleExtremely poor or distressing
- miserableWretchedly unhappy, dejected
- dreadfulCausing great fear or suffering
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
- under the weatherMildly sick or unwell
nauseous · sick to my stomach · guilty · wretched · lousy · rotten · queasy · remorseful · ashamed · deeply sorry · horrible · unwell · crummy · regretful · nauseated · like death warmed over · feverish · sorry
- apologiessorry, forgive me, my mistake, mea culpa, sincere apology