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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
indisposed
    adj 1: 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" [syn: ailing,
           indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly,
           unwell, under the weather, seedy]
    2: (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to
       new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such
       short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request"
       [syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p),
       indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Indispose \In`dis*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indisposed; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Indisposing.] [OE. indispos indisposed,
   feeble, or F. indispos['e] indisposed. See In- not, and
   Dispose.]
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   1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
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   2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat.
      --Shak.
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            It made him rather indisposed than sick. --Walton.
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   3. To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love
      of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride
      and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties.
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            The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the
            persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples.
                                                  --Clarendon.
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Thesaurus Results for indisposed:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
afraid, ailing, antagonistic, antipathetic, at odds, averse, backward, bad, below par, critically ill, cursory, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disobedient, donsie, down, faint, faintish, feeling awful, feeling faint, feeling something terrible, forced, fractious, hesitant, hostile, ill, in danger, indocile, inimical, involuntary, laid low, laid up, loath, low, mean, mortally ill, mutinous, not quite right, off-color, opposed, out of commission, out of sorts, perfunctory, poorly, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, resistant, rocky, seedy, sick, sick unto death, sickish, sickly, sulky, sullen, taken ill, unconsenting, under the weather, uneager, unhealthy, unsound, unwell, unwilling, valetudinarian
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