ILL
/ɪl/ ► audio Scrabble 3 Words With Friends 5
Definition
- noun an often persistent bodily disorder or disease.
— synonyms: ailment, complaint
- adverb (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner.
— synonyms: badly, poorly
- adverb unfavorably or with disapproval.
— synonyms: badly
- adverb with difficulty or inconvenience.
- adjective affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function.
— synonyms: sick
- adjective resulting in suffering or adversity.
- adjective distressing.
- adjective indicating hostility or enmity.
- adjective presaging ill fortune.
— synonyms: inauspicious, ominous
Examples
- “Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear.”
- “I wouldn't want you to do me ill.”
- “I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.”
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