feel awful
to feel ill or unhappy
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To feel or be ill
be in a bad way
to be very ill, injured, or upset
not feel yourself
to be feeling slightly ill
look awful
to look ill, sad, or worried
feel rotten
to feel ill
fight for your life
to be very ill or injured and likely to die
linger on
to be alive, although very ill, for a long time after you seemed likely to die
complain of
to say that you have a pain or are ill
feel funny
to feel slightly ill
be a shadow/ghost of your former self
to be much less healthy or successful, or to be in much worse condition than before
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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