ill

adjective

  1. 1

    presaging ill fortune

    ill omens

    ill predictions

  2. 2

    distressing

    ill manners

    of ill repute

  3. 3

    resulting in suffering or adversity

    ill effects

    it's an ill wind that blows no good

  4. 4

    indicating hostility or enmity

    you certainly did me an ill turn

    ill feelings

  5. 5

    affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

    ill from the monotony of his suffering

adverb

  1. 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. 2

    with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly

    we can ill afford to buy a new car just now

  3. 3

    unfavorably or with disapproval

    tried not to speak ill of the dead

    thought badly of him for his lack of concern

noun

  1. 1

    an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

Synonyms

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