The meaning of Diseased

adjective

Deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable or worrying.

Usage examples:

The illness is recognizable from the patient's abnormal behaviour

adjective

Not usual or average

Usage examples:

We had an abnormal amount of snow., he has an abnormal heartbeat., [ c ] no abnormalities showed up…

adjective

In poor health.

Usage examples:

I went to see my ailing mother

verb

Trouble or afflict (someone) in mind or body.

Usage examples:

Exercise is good for whatever ails one

adjective

Of poor quality or a low standard.

Usage examples:

A bad diet

adverb

Badly.

Usage examples:

He beat her up real bad

adjective

Unpleasant and causing difficulties

Usage examples:

Our holiday was spoiled by bad weather., we've just had some very bad news., watch out - he's in a …

verb

Have a severely detrimental effect on.

Usage examples:

The scandal blighted the careers of several leading politicians

noun

A plant disease, typically one caused by fungi such as mildews, rusts, and smuts.

Usage examples:

The vines suffered blight and disease

noun

A thing that spoils or damages something.

Usage examples:

The vacant properties are a blight on the neighbourhood

adjective

Having been made impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

Usage examples:

Contaminated blood products

verb

Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

Usage examples:

The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity

adjective

Poisonous or not pure

Usage examples:

The infection was probably caused by swimming in contaminated water/water contaminated with sewage.…

noun

The hooked staff of a shepherd.

Usage examples:

Seizing his crook from behind the door, he set off to call his dogs

verb

Bend (something, especially a finger as a signal).

Usage examples:

He crooked a finger for the waitress

adjective

Bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.

Usage examples:

It was pretty crook on the land in the early 1970s

adjective

Suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell.

Usage examples:

He was taken ill with food poisoning

adverb

Badly, wrongly, or imperfectly.

Usage examples:

The street is dominated by ill-lit shops

noun

A problem or misfortune.

Usage examples:

A lengthy work on the ills of society

adjective

(of a person, organism, etc.) affected with a disease-causing organism.

Usage examples:

Rabies results from a bite by an infected dog

verb

Affect (a person, organism, etc.) with a disease-causing organism.

Usage examples:

Pregnant women who may have been infected with the virus

adjective

Not physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness.

Usage examples:

Those who were old or infirm

adjective

Physically or mentally weak, esp. because of old age or illness

adjective

Having committed a fault or sin.

Usage examples:

The peccant officials fell on their knees

adjective

Having done something wrong

Usage examples:

The texts had been passed down in versions copied by peccant scribes, and almost all of them were i…

adjective

Suffering from decay.

Usage examples:

Rotten eggs

adverb

To an extreme degree; very much.

Usage examples:

Your mother said that i spoiled you rotten

adjective

See at rot.

Usage examples:

A rotten trick, rotten behavior

adjective

Infected with microorganisms, especially harmful bacteria.

Usage examples:

His feet had gone septic

noun

A drainage system incorporating a septic tank.

Usage examples:

We had a boy scout troop offer their meeting place and the building was fantastic, but where you pa…

adjective

Infected by bacteria that produce pus

Usage examples:

I had my ears pierced and one of them went septic.

adjective

Affected by physical or mental illness.

Usage examples:

Nursing very sick children

noun

Vomit.

Usage examples:

She was busy wiping sick from the carpet

verb

Excellent.

adjective

Often ill; in poor health.

Usage examples:

She was a thin, sickly child

adjective

Weak and unhealthy

Usage examples:

He was a sickly child.

adjective

Harmful to health.

Usage examples:

An unhealthy diet

adjective

Ill or appearing to be ill

Usage examples:

It’s unhealthy to eat fatty foods all the time.

adjective

Not safe or robust; in poor condition.

Usage examples:

The tower is structurally unsound

adjective

(esp. of activities) not suitable or acceptable

Usage examples:

He was involved in unsound banking practices., the bridge is structurally unsound.

adjective

Ill.

Usage examples:

He was admitted to hospital for tests after feeling unwell

adjective

Not well; ill

Usage examples:

I hear you've been unwell recently., if you feel unwell, tell the teacher.

adjective

Not characterized by or conducive to health or moral well-being.

Usage examples:

The use of the living room as sleeping quarters led to unwholesome crowding

adjective

Not good for you, and likely to have a bad effect on your life either physically, morally, or emotionally

Usage examples:

She stays up all night in unwholesome places., we avoid alcohol, tobacco, and other unwholesome thi…