poorly

  • (r) ("ill" is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
    • he was ill prepared
    • it ill befits a man to betray old friends
    • the car runs badly
    • he performed badly on the exam
    • the team played poorly
    • ill-fitting clothes
    • an ill-conceived plan
    ill, badly,
  • (s) somewhat ill or prone to illness
    • my poor ailing grandmother
    • feeling a bit indisposed today
    • you look a little peaked
    • feeling poorly
    • a sickly child
    • is unwell and can't come to work
    ailing, indisposed, peaked, under the weather, unwell, sickly, seedy,

Synonyms

ill badly ailing indisposed peaked under the weather unwell sickly seedy

Antonyms

good well

Words of close approximity