unhealthy
Bad for you
Unhealthy describes what harms or fails to promote good health.
An unhealthy diet lacks proper nutrition.
An unhealthy relationship damages emotional wellbeing.
The word also describes someone in poor health: She looked pale and unhealthy.
By extension, unhealthy can mean excessive or obsessive: an unhealthy interest in serial killers.
Elevated body temperature
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- influenzaAcute viral respiratory infection
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
diarrhea · fatigue · malaise · infection · weakness · headache · migraine · dizziness
Unhealthy processed snacks
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- processedSubjected to operations
- sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
transfat · cholesterol · snacking · candy · fried · sedentary · malnutrition · supersized
Causing harm or damage
- damagingCausing loss or injury
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- adverseHarmful or opposed
- destructiveCausing severe harm
risky · unsafe · hazardous · injurious · pernicious · deleterious · counterproductive · self-destructive
Unhealthily reliant on another
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- abusiveCausing harm or insult
- manipulativeSkilled at controlling others
- controllingExerting authority over others
possessive · jealousy · gaslighting · enmeshment · boundaries · enabling · narcissistic · dysfunctional
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
- fumesAirborne chemical irritants
sewage · unsanitary · pesticides · runoff · mold · asbestos · lead · mercury
State of needing support
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- withdrawalAct of taking away
habit · vice · bingeing · overindulgence · relapse · enabler · codependency · escapism
fever
Elevated body temperature
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- influenzaAcute viral respiratory infection
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
vomiting · diarrhea · fatigue · malaise · infection · weakness · headache · migraine · dizziness · chills
junkfood
Unhealthy processed snacks
- overeatingConsuming beyond bodily needs
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- processedSubjected to operations
sugar · transfat · cholesterol · snacking · candy · fried · sedentary · malnutrition · supersized · preservatives
detrimental
Causing harm or damage
destructive · risky · unsafe · hazardous · injurious · pernicious · deleterious · counterproductive · self-destructive · reckless
codependent
Unhealthily reliant on another
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- abusiveCausing harm or insult
- manipulativeSkilled at controlling others
controlling · possessive · jealousy · gaslighting · enmeshment · boundaries · enabling · narcissistic · dysfunctional · overbearing
smog
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
- contaminatedMade impure by contact
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
fumes · sewage · unsanitary · pesticides · runoff · mold · asbestos · lead · mercury · radiation
dependency
State of needing support
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
withdrawal · habit · vice · bingeing · overindulgence · relapse · enabler · codependency · escapism · abuse
- lifestylessimple living, city life, family life, minimalism, rural life
- competition typesfierce, intense, cutthroat, heated, friendly
- system statesactive, idle, online, offline, disabled
- fitness levelsfit, unfit, in shape, out of shape, athletic
- food adjectivesdelicious, tasty, yummy, scrumptious, savory
- medical descriptorsacute, chronic, mild, moderate, severe
unhealthyhealthy
In good physical condition
healthful · nutritious · wholesome · nourishing · good
unhealthysafe
Free from peril
harmless · benign · innocuous · nonthreatening · unthreatening
- unhealthy foodNourishment that harms wellbeing
- unhealthy attachmentHarmful emotional reliance
- unhealthy habitsDetrimental repeated behaviors
- unhealthy eatingHarmful food consumption patterns
- unhealthy conditionState of bodily dysfunction
unhealthiest, unhealthful, unhealthiness, unhealthily, unhealthier