indispositions

Slight health troubles

Indispositions are minor illnesses or periods of feeling unwell—not serious enough to be called sickness, but enough to keep someone from normal activities: A series of indispositions kept her from the office that month.

The word can also mean disinclinations or unwillingness: His indispositions toward compromise made negotiations difficult.

illness

ailments

Physical disorders or illnesses

infirmities · complaints · disorders · afflictions · illnesses · poor health · malaise · discomfort · queasiness · nausea

reluctance

unwillingness

Disinclination to act

resistance · objection · opposition · dislike · distaste · reticence · unenthusiasm · half-heartedness · demurral · misgivings

temperament

moodiness

Changeable emotional state

crossness · testiness · bad temper · grumpiness · sullenness · churlishness · cantankerousness · disagreeableness · fretfulness · querulousness

Opposites
health state

indispositionshealth

Condition of body, mind

wellness · well-being · good health · fitness · robustness

severity of illness

indispositionsterminal illnesses

Conditions ending in death

chronic diseases

willingness/readiness

indispositionswillingness

Openness to act

readiness · eagerness · enthusiasm · receptiveness · amenability

Family

indisposition

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G