| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | ill, sick | Not in good physical or mental health |
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| 2 | ill | Resulting in suffering or adversity | |
| 3 | ill | Distressing | |
| 4 | ill | Indicating hostility or enmity | |
| 5 | ill, inauspicious, ominous | Presaging ill-fortune | |
| ADVERB | 1 | ill, badly, poorly | (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner |
| 2 | ill, badly | Unfavorably or with disapproval | |
| 3 | ill | With difficulty or inconvenience | |
| NOUN | 1 | ill, ailment, complaint | An often persistent bodily disorder or disease |
| Sounds | ih'l |
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| Rhymes | Advil, anthill, Asheville, and 98 more rhymes in ihl at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Not in good physical or mental health. |
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| Examples | "ill from the monotony of his suffering" |
| Synonyms | sick |
| Similar | afflicted, stricken; aguish; ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under the weather; airsick, air sick, carsick, seasick; bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, infirm, sick-abed; bilious, liverish, livery; bronchitic; consumptive; convalescent, recovering; delirious, hallucinating; diabetic; dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous; dyspeptic; faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded; feverish, feverous; funny; gouty; green; laid low, stricken; laid up; menstruating, unwell; nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish; scrofulous; sneezy; spastic; tubercular, tuberculous; unhealed; upset |
| See also | unfit; unhealthy |
| Contrary | well |
| Meaning | Resulting in suffering or adversity. |
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| Examples | "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good" |
| Similar to | harmful |
| Meaning | Distressing. |
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| Examples | "ill manners"; "of ill repute" |
| Similar to | bad |
| Meaning | Indicating hostility or enmity. |
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| Examples | "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will" |
| Similar to | hostile |
| Meaning | Presaging ill-fortune. |
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| Examples | "ill omens"; "ill predictions" |
| Synonyms | inauspicious, ominous |
| Similar to | unpropitious |
| Meaning | An often persistent bodily disorder or disease. A cause for complaining. |
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| Synonyms | ailment, complaint |
| Narrower | pip; motion sickness, kinetosis |
| Broader | disorder, upset |
| Meaning | (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner. Not well. |
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| Examples | "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan" |
| Synonyms | badly, poorly |
| Contrary | well, good |
| Usage | combining form |
| Meaning | Unfavorably or with disapproval. |
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| Examples | "tried not to speak ill of the dead" |
| Synonyms | badly |
| Contrary | well |
| Meaning | With difficulty or inconvenience. Scarcely or hardly. |
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| Examples | "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now" |