poor health
State of sickness
Poor health is a state of physical or mental well-being that falls below normal or desirable levels.
The phrase covers everything from chronic illness to general frailty: Years of smoking left him in poor health.
Someone in poor health may be unfit for strenuous activity or vulnerable to further decline.
The term is often a polite understatement for serious illness.
- illnessState of poor health
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- under the weatherMildly sick or unwell
- frailWeak and breakable
weak · ailing · unwell · fatigue · run down · chronic · chronic illness · bedridden · bed rest · pale · exhausted · symptoms · decline · deteriorating · infirm · fragile · doctor · medicine
- physical weaknessweakness, frailty, feebleness, debility, infirmity
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- povertydestitution, penniless, needy, destitute, indigent
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, paralysis, incapacity, blindness
poor healthgood health
Absence of illness
robust health · perfect health · fitness · vigor · vitality
poor healthwell-being
State of health, contentment
flourishing · thriving · robustness · prime of life · full recovery
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