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Ill

see synonyms of ill

Noun

1. ailment, complaint, ill

an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

Adjective

2. ill, sick

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

Example Sentences:
'ill from the monotony of his suffering'

3. ill

resulting in suffering or adversity

Example Sentences:
'ill effects'
'it's an ill wind that blows no good'

4. ill

distressing

Example Sentences:
'ill manners'
'of ill repute'

5. ill

indicating hostility or enmity

Example Sentences:
'you certainly did me an ill turn'
'ill feelings'
'ill will'

6. ill, inauspicious, ominous

presaging ill fortune

Example Sentences:
'ill omens'
'ill predictions'
'my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven'
'a dead and ominous silence prevailed'
'a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government'

Adverb

7. badly, ill, poorly

(ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

Example Sentences:
'he was ill prepared'
'it ill befits a man to betray old friends'
'the car runs badly'
'he performed badly on the exam'
'the team played poorly'
'ill-fitting clothes'
'an ill-conceived plan'

8. badly, ill

unfavorably or with disapproval

Example Sentences:
'tried not to speak ill of the dead'
'thought badly of him for his lack of concern'

9. ill

with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly

Example Sentences:
'we can ill afford to buy a new car just now'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ill

see synonyms of ill
adjectiveWord forms: worse or worst
1. (usually postpositive)
not in good health; sick
2. 
characterized by or intending evil, harm, etc; hostile
ill deeds
3. 
causing or resulting in pain, harm, adversity, etc
ill effects
4. 
ascribing or imputing evil to something referred to
ill repute
5. 
promising an unfavourable outcome; unpropitious
an ill omen
6. 
harsh; lacking kindness
ill will
7. 
not up to an acceptable standard; faulty
ill manners
8.  ill at ease
noun
9. 
evil or harm
to wish a person ill
10. 
a mild disease
11. 
misfortune; trouble
adverb
12. 
badly
the title ill befits him
13. 
with difficulty; hardly
he can ill afford the money
14. 
not rightly
she ill deserves such good fortune
abbreviation for
Illinois
contraction of
I will or I shall

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Ill

see synonyms of ill
1. 
I will
2. 
I shall
Illinois
adjectiveWord forms: worse or worst
1. 
characterized by, causing, or tending to cause harm or evil
; specif.,
a. 
morally bad or wrong; evil
ill repute
b. 
causing pain, hardship, etc.; adverse
ill fortune
c. 
not kind or friendly; harsh; cruel
ill will
d. 
promising trouble; unfavorable; unfortunate; unpropitious
an ill omen
2. 
not healthy, normal, or well; having a disease; sick; indisposed
3. 
not according to rule, custom, desirability, etc.; faulty; imperfect
ill breeding
noun
4. 
anything causing harm, trouble, wrong, pain, unhappiness, etc.
; specif.,
a. 
an evil or misfortune
b. 
a disease
adverbWord forms: worse or worst
5. 
in an ill manner
; specif.,
a. 
badly; wrongly; improperly; imperfectly
ill-gotten gains
b. 
harshly; cruelly; unkindly
ill-spoken
6. 
with difficulty; scarcely
they can ill afford to refuse
1. 
illustrated
2. 
illustration
3. 
illustrator

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ill

see synonyms of ill
abbr.
Illinois
abbr.
1. illustrated
2. illustration
3. illustrator
adj. worse (wûrs), worst (wûrst)
1. Not healthy; sick: I began to feel ill last week.
2. Not normal; unsound: an ill condition of body and mind.
3. Resulting in suffering; harmful or distressing: the ill effects of a misconceived policy.
4.
a. Resulting from or suggestive of evil intentions: ill deeds committed out of spite.
b. Ascribing an objectionable quality: holds an ill view of that political group.
c. Hostile or unfriendly: ill feeling between rivals.
d. Harmful; pernicious: the ill effects of a misconceived policy.
5. Not favorable; unpropitious: ill predictions.
6. Not measuring up to recognized standards of excellence, as of behavior or conduct: ill manners.
7. Slang Excellent; outstanding: Your new car is really ill!
adv. worse, worst
1. In a bad, inadequate, or improper way. Often used in combination: My words were ill-chosen.
2. In an unfavorable way; unpropitiously: a statistic that bodes ill for job growth.
3. Scarcely or with difficulty: We can ill afford another mistake.
n.
1. Evil, wrongdoing, or harm: the ill that befell the townspeople.
2. Something that causes suffering; trouble: the social ills of urban life.
3. Something that reflects in an unfavorable way on one: Please don't speak ill of me when I'm gone.
4. (used with a pl. verb) Sick people considered as a group. Often used with the.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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