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Ill

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Definitions for Ill

noun
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease
Synonyms
ailment complaint
Examples
  1. a cause for complaining
adjective
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
Synonyms
sick
Examples
  1. ill from the monotony of his suffering
adjective
resulting in suffering or adversity
Examples
  1. ill effects
  2. it's an ill wind that blows no good
adjective
distressing
Examples
  1. ill manners
  2. of ill repute
adjective
indicating hostility or enmity
Examples
  1. you certainly did me an ill turn
  2. ill feelings
  3. ill will
adjective
presaging ill fortune
Synonyms
inauspicious ominous
Examples
  1. ill omens
  2. ill predictions
  3. my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley
  4. a dead and ominous silence prevailed
  5. a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
adverb
(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner
Synonyms
badly poorly
Examples
  1. not well
  2. he was ill prepared
  3. it ill befits a man to betray old friends
  4. the car runs badly
  5. he performed badly on the exam
  6. the team played poorly
  7. ill-fitting clothes
  8. an ill-conceived plan
adverb
unfavorably or with disapproval
Synonyms
badly
Examples
  1. tried not to speak ill of the dead
  2. thought badly of him for his lack of concern
adverb
with difficulty or inconvenience
Examples
  1. scarcely or hardly
  2. we can ill afford to buy a new car just now

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