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Definition of "out of sorts" []

  • Irritable or somewhat unwell, with vague medical symptoms. (adjective)

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Use "out of sorts" in a sentence
  • "… Margaret Thatcher seems to be out of sorts with the men both at NATO and the Economic Summit."
  • "She had seemed out of sorts for the past couple of days, but when I had mentioned this to Lea, she dismissed it as holiday grumps."
  • "A realization that put him severely out of sorts and sent him with Poplicola, the brothers Decidius Saxa, and Dellius to inspect the priest-kingdom of Ma at Comana, not far distant from Eusebeia Mazaca."