feeling puny

feel puny

To feel sick. I woke up feeling puny, so I just stayed in bed all day. Elise didn't come to the party because she's feeling puny.
See also: feel, puny
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

feeling (kinda) puny

feeling ill. I'm feeling puny. Think I might be coming down with a cold. Bill had to skip football practice on account of he was feeling puny.
See also: feeling, puny
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • feel puny
  • puny
  • feel sick to (one's) stomach
  • feel as if a cat has kittened in (one's) mouth
  • feel no pain
  • feeling no pain
  • feel (some emotion) about (someone or something)
  • feel somehow about
  • feel blue
  • feel strange
References in periodicals archive
Arriving back at base camp after dark, still feeling puny, I turned in for the night.
However, if you rise from your bed feeling puny and barely human, and yet have an urge to contribute something lasting and monumental to life on the planet, then you can always plant a tree.