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| 1. | [ adjective ] (medicine) not in good physical or mental health | |
| Synonyms: | sick | |
| Examples: | "ill from the monotony of his suffering" |
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| Related terms: | well nauseated afflicted ailing ailing faint laid_up bedfast bedfast faint dizzy bilious bronchitic aguish laid_low feverish funny gouty menstruating convalescent consumptive sneezy scrofulous spastic tubercular diabetic delirious upset unhealed air_sick dyspeptic airsick green unhealthy unfit | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well | |
| Synonyms: | poorly badly | |
| Examples: | "he was ill prepared" "the car runs badly" "he performed badly on the exam" "the team played poorly" "ill-fitting clothes" "an ill-conceived plan" |
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| Related terms: | well combining_form mediocre mediocre | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need) | |
| Synonyms: | trouble distress | |
| Examples: | "a ship in distress" "she was the classic maiden in distress" |
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| Related terms: | adversity anguish pressure throe | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] distressing | |
| Examples: | "ill manners" "of ill repute" |
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| Related terms: | bad | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] resulting in suffering or adversity | |
| Examples: | "ill effects" "it's an ill wind that blows no good" |
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| Related terms: | harmful | |
| 6. | [ adverb ] unfavorably or with disapproval | |
| Synonyms: | badly | |
| Examples: | "tried not to speak ill of the dead" "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" |
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| Related terms: | well unfavorable unfavorable | |
| 7. | [ adverb ] with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly | |
| Examples: | "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now" |
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| 8. | [ adjective ] indicating hostility or enmity | |
| Examples: | "you certainly did me an ill turn" "ill feelings" "ill will" |
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| Related terms: | hostile | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] presaging ill-fortune | |
| Synonyms: | ominous inauspicious | |
| Examples: | "ill omens" "ill predictions" "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley "a dead and ominous silence prevailed" "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" |
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| Related terms: | unpropitious | |
| 10. | [ noun ] (medicine) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining | |
| Synonyms: | ailment complaint | |
| Related terms: | disorder pip motion_sickness afflict | |
| Similar spelling: |
Illa il ILO Ila |
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