ill

ill: 1. adjective
1)

she was feeling rather ill

Syn:

unwell, sick, not (very) well, ailing, poorly, sickly, peaked, indisposed, infirm; out of sorts, not oneself, bad, off, in a bad way, far gone; bedridden, valetudinarian; queasy, nauseous, nauseated; informal under the weather, laid up, rotten, crummy, lousy, pukey, dizzy, woozy, green around the gills, like death warmed over

Ant:

well, healthy

2)

the ill effects of smoking

Syn:

harmful, damaging, detrimental, deleterious, adverse, injurious, hurtful, destructive, pernicious, dangerous; unhealthy, unwholesome, poisonous, noxious; literary malefic, maleficent

Ant:

good, beneficial

3)

ill feelings had divided them for years

Syn:

hostile, antagonistic, acrimonious, inimical, antipathetic; unfriendly, unsympathetic, unkind; resentful, spiteful, malicious, vindictive, malevolent, bitter

Ant:

friendly, warm

4)

an ill omen

Syn:

unlucky, adverse, unfavorable, unfortunate, unpropitious, inauspicious, unpromising, infelicitous, ominous, sinister; literary direful

Ant:

auspicious

5)

ill manners

Syn:

rude, discourteous, impolite, improper; impertinent, insolent, impudent, uncivil, disrespectful; informal ignorant

Ant:

good, polite

6)

the ill management of the front office

Syn:

bad, poor, incompetent, unsatisfactory, inadequate, inexpert, deficient

Ant:

good, competent
2. noun
1) (ills)

the ills of society

Syn:

problems, troubles, evils, difficulties, misfortunes, trials, tribulations; worries, anxieties, concerns; informal headaches, hassles; archaic travails

2)

he wished them no ill

Syn:

harm, hurt, injury, damage, pain, trouble, misfortune, suffering, distress

3) (ills)

the body's ills

Syn:

illnesses, ailments, disorders, complaints, afflictions, sicknesses, diseases, maladies, infirmities
3. adverb
1)

such behavior ill becomes a chief executive

Syn:

poorly, badly, imperfectly

Ant:

well

2)

the look on her face boded ill for her opponents

Syn:

unfavorably, adversely, badly, inauspiciously

Ant:

well, auspiciously

3)

he can ill afford the loss of income

Syn:

barely, scarcely, hardly, only just, (only) with difficulty, just possibly

Ant:

easily

4)

we are ill prepared for another flood

Syn:

inadequately, unsatisfactorily, insufficiently, imperfectly, poorly, badly

Ant:

well, satisfactorily

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Synonyms:

Bad, evil, unfortunate, unfavorable, Wickedness, depravity, evil, Badly, not well / Wicked, wrong, iniquitous, naughty, Misfortune, calamity, misery, harm, pain, evil, affliction, With difficulty, not easily / Sick, diseased, ailing, disordered, very unwell, indisposed, out of health, seriously indisposed / Cross, crabbed, surly, peevish, malicious, hateful / Ugly, ill-favored

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Ill — Ill, adv. In a ill manner; badly; weakly. [1913 Webster] How ill this taper burns! Shak. [1913 Webster] Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Note: Ill, like above, well,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ill — ([i^]l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa, adv., Dan. ilde, adv.] 1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ill — ill, sick Ill and sick share responsibilities in peculiar ways, and are not always interchangeable. To begin with, ill is more usually predicative (placed after a verb, as in She was ill), whereas sick occurs naturally in attributive position… … Modern English usage
ILL — (in der Schriftart „Courier“: Ill) ist der Name verschiedener Flüsse: die rechtsrheinische Ill, siehe Ill (Vorarlberg) die linksrheinische Ill, siehe Ill (Elsass) den Bach Ill, siehe Ill (Saarland) Ill ist: ein Begriff in der Hip Hop Kultur siehe … Deutsch Wikipedia
ill — ill1 [il] adj. worse, worst [ME < ON illr (replacing OE yfel, evil, in many senses): prob. < Gmc * ilhila < IE base * elk , hungry, bad > OIr elc, bad] 1. characterized by, causing, or tending to cause harm or evil; specif., a)… … English World dictionary
Ill — (Ill) heißen: Ill (Vorarlberg), rechtsrheinischer Fluss in Vorarlberg Ill (Elsass), linksrheinischer Fluss im Frankreich Ill (Saarland), Bach im Saarland Ill ist der Name folgender Personen: Alfred Ill, Romanfigur, Protagonist der tragischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
ILL — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. {{{image}}} Sigles d une seule lettre Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres … Wikipédia en Français
ill. — ill. 〈in bibliograf. Angaben Abk. für〉 illustriert * * * ill. = illustriert. * * * Ill., Abkürzung für den Bundesstaat Illinois, USA. * * * ill. = illustriert … Universal-Lexikon
ill — [adj1] sick afflicted, ailing, a wreck*, below par*, bummed*, diseased, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, got the bug*, indisposed, infirm, laid low*, off one’s feet*, on sick list*, out of sorts*, peaked, poorly,… … New thesaurus
ill — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not in full health; unwell. 2) poor in quality. 3) harmful, hostile, or unfavourable. ► ADVERB 1) badly, wrongly, or imperfectly: ill chosen. 2) only with difficulty. ► NOUN … English terms dictionary
Ill — Ill, n. 1. Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity. [1913 Webster] Who can all sense of others ills escape Is but a brute at best in human shape.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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