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ill > 9 senses
ADJECTIVE1ill, sickNot in good physical or mental health
2illResulting in suffering or adversity
3illDistressing
4illIndicating hostility or enmity
5ill, inauspicious, ominousPresaging ill-fortune
ADVERB1ill, badly, poorly(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner
2ill, badlyUnfavorably or with disapproval
3illWith difficulty or inconvenience
NOUN1ill, ailment, complaintAn often persistent bodily disorder or disease
ill > pronunciation
Soundsih'l
RhymesAdvil, anthill, Asheville, and 98 more rhymes in ihl at the HyperDic website...
ill > adjective 1
MeaningNot in good physical or mental health.
Examples"ill from the monotony of his suffering"
Synonymssick
Similarafflicted, 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 alsounfit; unhealthy
Contrarywell
ill > adjective 2
MeaningResulting in suffering or adversity.
Examples"ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good"
Similar toharmful
ill > adjective 3
MeaningDistressing.
Examples"ill manners"; "of ill repute"
Similar tobad
ill > adjective 4
MeaningIndicating hostility or enmity.
Examples"you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"
Similar tohostile
ill > adjective 5
MeaningPresaging ill-fortune.
Examples"ill omens"; "ill predictions"
Synonymsinauspicious, ominous
Similar tounpropitious
ill > noun, state
MeaningAn often persistent bodily disorder or disease. A cause for complaining.
Synonymsailment, complaint
Narrowerpip; motion sickness, kinetosis
Broaderdisorder, upset
ill > adverb 1
Meaning(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner. Not well.
Examples"he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan"
Synonymsbadly, poorly
Contrarywell, good
Usagecombining form
ill > adverb 2
MeaningUnfavorably or with disapproval.
Examples"tried not to speak ill of the dead"
Synonymsbadly
Contrarywell
ill > adverb 3
MeaningWith difficulty or inconvenience. Scarcely or hardly.
Examples"we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"

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