Antonyms of verb indispose

1 of 3 senses of indispose

Sense 1
indispose, disincline -- (make unwilling)
       Antonym of dispose (Sense 3)
      => dispose, incline -- (make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb indispose

3 senses of indispose

Sense 1
indispose, disincline -- (make unwilling)
       => determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate -- (shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion")

Sense 2
disqualify, unfit, indispose -- (make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 3
indispose -- (cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Antonyms of adj indisposed

2 senses of indisposed

Sense 1
ailing, indisposed, peaked (predicate), poorly (predicate), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy -- (somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work")

INDIRECT (VIA ill) -> well -- (in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well")

Sense 2
antipathetic, antipathetical, averse (predicate), indisposed (predicate), loath (predicate), loth (predicate) -- ((usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request")

INDIRECT (VIA disinclined) -> inclined -- ((often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody")

Similarity of adj indisposed

2 senses of indisposed

Sense 1
ailing, indisposed, peaked (predicate), poorly (predicate), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy -- (somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work")
       => ill (vs. well), sick -- (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering")

Sense 2
antipathetic, antipathetical, averse (predicate), indisposed (predicate), loath (predicate), loth (predicate) -- ((usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request")
       => disinclined (vs. inclined) -- (unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval; "disinclined to say anything to anybody")

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