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off colour adjective [ ˌɒfˈkʌlə ]

• slightly unwell.
• "I'm feeling a bit off colour"
Similar: unwell, ill, poorly, bad, out of sorts, indisposed, not oneself, sick, queasy, nauseous, nauseated, peaky, liverish, green around the gills, run down, washed out, off, under the weather, below par, not up to par, funny, peculiar, rough, lousy, rotten, awful, terrible, dreadful, crummy, grotty, ropy, wabbit, peely-wally, crook, seedy, crappy,
Opposite: well, fit,
• slightly indecent or obscene.
• "off-colour jokes"
Similar: smutty, dirty, rude, filthy, crude, suggestive, indecent, indelicate, indecorous, risqué, racy, bawdy, naughty, spicy, blue, vulgar, ribald, broad, salacious, coarse, obscene, pornographic, raunchy, fruity, near the knuckle, saucy, adult,


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