Indisposition
[,ɪndɪspə'zɪʃ(ə)n]
Definition
(n.) The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine.
(n.) A slight disorder or illness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Disinclination, unwillingness, reluctance, dislike, aversion, backwardness.[2]. Illness, sickness, ailment.
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Examples
- A sickroom, indeed, it soon ceased to be; Mr. Moore's good constitution quickly triumphed over his indisposition. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Nothing but real indisposition could occasion this extraordinary delay. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- You will have the goodness to place my delay in answering to the account of indisposition and business, and excuse it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I hope,' said the lofty gentleman, with the air of finally disposing of the subject, 'that the lady's indisposition may be only temporary. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- All sent their love; and all expressed a cheering belief that Lady Verinder's indisposition would soon pass away. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Meyler's late indisposition had, in fact, left him too weak to contend, while I humoured him as though he had been a child. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I had hoped to set to work at once this morning, but I find myself under some indisposition, probably from too much excitement yesterday. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Dr. Grant, professing an indisposition, for which he had little credit with his fair sister-in-law, could not spare his wife. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- This was laughed at at the time, but it struck me then, as it appears to me now, as evincing originality of thought and an indisposition to be led by the example of others. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Indisposition was the excuse, and I thought Sir Percival looked, as well he might, a little annoyed when he heard of it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And I hope you will not be cruelly concealing any tendency to indisposition. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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