indisposition
Collocations
4ADJ.
alleged, ill-considered, many, recovered, slight
VERB + INDISPOSITION
obliged, plead
INDISPOSITION + NOUN
amelia, herself
PREP.
from, than, upon
Definitions
noun
A mild illness, the state of being indisposed.
I was scarce sooner recovered from my indisposition than Amelia herself fell ill.
She began not to understand a word they said, and was obliged to plead indisposition and excuse herself.
A state of not being disposed to do something; disinclination; unwillingness.
He argued that the progress of wealth could be impeded not only by an indisposition to produce, but also by an indisposition to consume […]
A bad mood or disposition.
1597, Francis Bacon, Essays Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men's minds, vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds, of a number of men, poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a certain degree of unwillingness
- reluctance
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- disinclination
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4I was scarce sooner recovered from my indisposition than Amelia herself fell ill.
WiktionaryShe began not to understand a word they said, and was obliged to plead indisposition and excuse herself.
WiktionaryDuring those three hellish days at Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee was badly suffering from a severe case of diarrhea after having eaten too many cherries, an indisposition—given his ill-considered
WiktionaryAn apology, founded upon a slight indisposition, was alleged as an excuse for the absence of Miss Ashton, whose seat appeared unoccupied.
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