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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. somewhat ill or prone to illness;
- Example: "my poor ailing grandmother"
- Example: "feeling a bit indisposed today"
- Example: "you look a little peaked"
- Example: "feeling poorly"
- Example: "a sickly child"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "antipathetic to new ideas"
- Example: "averse to taking risks"
- Example: "loath to go on such short notice"
- Example: "clearly indisposed to grant their request"
[syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p), indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)]


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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify. [1913 Webster] 2. To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat. --Shak. [1913 Webster] It made him rather indisposed than sick. --Walton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 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)]