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/ˌkɒnvəˈlɛsənt/ · adjective
recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness; on the mend..
So soon as Lady Anne was pronounced convalescent by the medical men, she insisted on discharging "that odious woman," the nurse,...
"Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"
She stayed in a convalescent hospital for two weeks before returning home.
I had been ill in health, but am now a convalescent.
Use convalescent when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Convalescent means recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness; on the mend..
Common synonyms include sick, ill, recovering.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
So soon as Lady Anne was pronounced convalescent by the medical men, she insisted on discharging "that odious woman," the nurse,...
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