Antonyms for salubrious


Grammar : Adj
Spell : suh-loo-bree-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : səˈlu bri əs


Definition of salubrious

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin salubris "promoting health, healthful," from salus (genitive salutis) "welfare, health" (see salute (v.)). Related: Salubriously; salubriousness.
  • adj health-giving
Example sentences :
  • So, admitting Mudfog to be damp, we distinctly state that it is salubrious.
  • Extract from : « The Mudfog and Other Sketches » by Charles Dickens
  • Brighton is entertaining, salubrious, fashionable, what you will.
  • Extract from : « Highways & Byways in Sussex » by E.V. Lucas
  • The climate was declared to be unequalled, salubrious, equable, pleasant and bracing.
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • These districts were found to be salubrious and free from ticks and mosquitoes.
  • Extract from : « In Africa » by John T. McCutcheon
  • They have great faith in the salubrious virtue of certain perfumes.
  • Extract from : « The Coming Race » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • In what sense is salubrious used, and to what is it applied?
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • As to climate, that of Maryland, we have seen, is far the most salubrious.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 » by Various
  • The valley is one of the most fertile and salubrious in all Mexico.
  • Extract from : « On the Mexican Highlands » by William Seymour Edwards
  • Its climate is salubrious, with as much sunshine as any city of America.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete » by William T. Sherman
  • For this reason, perhaps, was the leek accounted not only as salubrious, but as a beautifier.
  • Extract from : « The Funny Side of Physic » by A. D. Crabtre

Synonyms for salubrious

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