be out of sorts
old-fashionedDefinition
› to be slightly ill or slightly unhappy: I've been feeling tired and headachy and generally out of sorts.Feeling sad and unhappyBeing and falling ill
(Definition of be out of sorts from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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be out of line with sth idiom
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be out of the question idiom
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be out of your element idiom
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be out of your league idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- (down) in the dumps idiom
- a dog's life idiom
- a long face idiom
- be cut up idiom
- be down in the mouth idiom
- be in a funk idiom
- distraught adjective
- distressed adjective
- doleful adjective
- dour adjective
- downcast adjective (UNHAPPY)
- low-spirited adjective
- lugubrious adjective
- martyred adjective
- maudlin adjective
- melancholic adjective
- wistful adjective
- woe is me idiom
- woebegone adjective
- woeful adjective (SAD)
Topic:
Feeling sad and unhappy
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