Diseased

  • 1Diseased — Dis*eased , a. Afflicted with disease. [1913 Webster] It is my own diseased imagination that torments me. W. Irving. Syn: See {Morbid}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2diseased — index peccant (unhealthy), pestilent, tainted (contaminated), unsound (not strong) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …

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  • 3diseased — late 15c., pp. adj. from M.E. verb disesen to make uneasy; inflict pain (mid 14c.), later to have an illness or infection (late 14c.); to infect with a disease (late 15c.), from DISEASE (Cf. disease) (n.) …

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  • 4diseased — *unwholesome, morbid, sickly, pathological …

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  • 5diseased — [adj] unhealthy afflicted, ailing, indisposed, infected, infectious, infirm, rotten, sick, sickly, tainted, unsound, unwell, unwholesome; concept 314 Ant. fit, healthy …

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  • 6diseased — [[t]dɪzi͟ːzd[/t]] 1) ADJ Something that is diseased is affected by a disease. The arteries are diseased and a transplant is the only hope... Clear away dead or diseased plants. Ant: healthy 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n (emphasis) If you say that someone s… …

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  • 7Diseased — Disease Dis*ease , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diseased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diseasing}.] 1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] His double burden did him sore disease. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To derange the… …

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  • 8diseased — adj. Diseased is used with these nouns: ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑tissue …

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  • 9diseased — adjective the diseased trees have been marked with red paint Syn: unhealthy, ill, sick, unwell, ailing, sickly, unsound; infected, septic, contaminated, blighted, rotten, bad, abnormal …

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  • 10diseased — disease ► NOUN ▪ a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms. DERIVATIVES diseased adjective. ORIGIN Old French desaise lack of ease …

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