ill
adjective
- 1
presaging ill fortune
ill omens
ill predictions
- 2
distressing
ill manners
of ill repute
- 3
resulting in suffering or adversity
ill effects
it's an ill wind that blows no good
- 4
indicating hostility or enmity
you certainly did me an ill turn
ill feelings
- 5
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
ill from the monotony of his suffering
adverb
- 1
(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
he was ill prepared
it ill befits a man to betray old friends
- 2
with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
we can ill afford to buy a new car just now
- 3
unfavorably or with disapproval
tried not to speak ill of the dead
thought badly of him for his lack of concern
noun
- 1
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
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