An 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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Indisposition
/ɪnˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/
Synonyms for "indisposition" (137 found)
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Noun(4 words)
abnormalityacute diseaseaffectionafflictionailmentallergic diseaseallergyantipathyatrophyaversenessaversionbackwardnessbacterial diseasebad booksbirth defectblightcardiovascular diseasechronic diseasecirculatory diseasecomplaint
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Strong matches (41)
defectdeficiency diseasedeformitydegenerative diseasedisabilitydisagreementdiseasedisfavordisinclinationdislikedislikingdisobediencedisorderdispleasuredisrelishdissatisfactiondissentdistastedistemperendemic
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endemic diseaseendocrine diseaseepidemic diseasefoot draggingfoot-draggingfractiousnessfunctional diseasefungus diseasegastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasegrudging consentgrudgingnesshandicaphereditary diseaseiatrogenic diseaseillnessindisposedness
Related words (68)
indocilityinfectious diseaseinfirmityintractablenesslack of enthusiasmlack of zealmaladymalaisemorbiditymorbusmuscular diseasemutinousnessneurological diseasenolitionnutritional diseaseobstinacyoccupational diseaseoppositionorganic diseasepandemic disease
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pathological conditionpathologyperfunctorinesspipplant diseaseprotozoan diseasepsychosomatic diseaserecalcitrancerecalcitrancyrefractorinessrefusalreluctancerenitencerenitencyrepugnanceresistancerespiratory diseaserockinesssecondary diseaseseedinesssickishnesssicknesssignsignsslownessstubbornnesssulksulkinesssulkssullennesssymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndromethe pipunenthusiasmunwillingnessurogenital diseasevirus diseasewasting diseaseworm disease
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6 entriesindisposition to attendindisposition to participateindisposition to travelmild indispositionslight indispositiontemporary indisposition
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6 total sentences available.
I was scarce sooner recovered from my indisposition than Amelia herself fell ill.
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She began not to understand a word they said, and was obliged to plead indisposition and excuse herself.
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During 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 and ultimately amateurishly fatal decision for the Confederacy to attack from the front (and relatively below) on July 3, 1863—that cost his army a victory that day, an incredible mismaneuver and unstrategic folly that became, as it turned out, the turning-point of the entire war that led to the full and final defeat of the South.
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