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ADJECTIVE:1. Bordering on indelicacy or impropriety: blue, earthy, provocative, racy, risqué, salty, scabrous, spicy, suggestive. See DECENT. 2. Affected or tending to be affected with minor health problems: ailing, indisposed, low, mean2, rocky, sickly. Idioms: under the weather. See HEALTH.
 
 
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