indispose

[in-di-spohz]

verb (used with object)

indisposed, indisposing 

1. to make ill, especially slightly.

2. to put out of the proper condition for something; make unfit.

   The long tennis match indisposed me for any further physical activity that day.

3. to render averse or unwilling; disincline.

   His anger indisposed him from helping.

indispose

/ ˌɪndɪˈspəʊz /

verb

1. to make unwilling or opposed; disincline

2. to cause to feel ill

3. to make unfit (for something or to do something)

Other Word Forms

• preindispose verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of indispose¹

First recorded in 1650–60; back formation from indisposed

Related Words

• daunt 
• deject 
• demoralize 
• deter 
• discourage 
• dismay 
• dispirit 
• humble 
• humiliate