under the weather
Not feeling well
Under the weather means feeling slightly ill or not quite right physically—typically minor ailments like colds, headaches, or fatigue rather than serious illness: I'm feeling a bit under the weather today.
The phrase can also describe mild emotional lowness or the effects of drinking too much.
Diffuse, sourceless discomfort
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- headacheCranial pain
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- feverishHaving elevated temperature
aches · congestion · cough · chills · dizzy · queasy · sneeze · shivers
Experiencing poor health
- ailingIn poor health
- indisposedMildly sick or unwilling
- lethargicLacking energy or alertness
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
sallow · wan · flushed · debilitated · languid · fatigued · worn-out · exhausted
Post-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- healingRestoration of health
- mendingRestoring damaged items
- improvementPositive change in quality
rejuvenation · restoration · bouncing back · renewal · revitalization · resilience · on the mend · getting better
malaise
Diffuse, sourceless discomfort
feverish · aches · congestion · cough · chills · dizzy · queasy · sneeze · shivers · sweats
unwell
Experiencing poor health
- ailingIn poor health
- indisposedMildly sick or unwilling
- lethargicLacking energy or alertness
pallid · sallow · wan · flushed · debilitated · languid · fatigued · worn-out · exhausted · weary
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- recuperationGradual return to health
- healingRestoration of health
- mendingRestoring damaged items
improvement · rejuvenation · restoration · bouncing back · renewal · revitalization · resilience · on the mend · getting better · turning the corner
- common sayingsproverbs, idioms, cliches, maxims, adages
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- Weather Idiomswhen it rains it pours, come rain or shine, rain check, take a rain check, right as rain
- sicknesssick, ill, unwell, ailing, diseased
- folk sayingsproverb, adage, maxim, folk saying, old saying
- Nautical Idiomsbatten down the hatches, all hands on deck, smooth sailing, three sheets to the wind, in the same boat
under the weatherhealthy as a horse
Idiom for excellent fitness
fit as a fiddle · well · healthy · in the pink · hale and hearty
under the weatheron top of the world
Supremely pleased with life
thriving · in high spirits · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · energetic · flourishing
under, weather, underground, undergo, undertaking, undermine, undertake, undertaken, underpin