OFF-COLOUR


Meaning of OFF-COLOUR in English

Note: in AM, use 'off-color'

1.

If you say that you are feeling ~, you mean that you are slightly ill. (BRIT)

For three weeks Maurice felt ~ but did not have any dramatic symptoms.

= out of sorts

ADJ: v-link ADJ

2.

If you say that someone’s performance is ~, you mean that they are not performing as well as they usually do. (BRIT JOURNALISM)

Milan looked ~ but eventually took the lead in the 82nd minute.

ADJ

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .