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Ill   /ɪl/   Listen
Ill

adjective
(compar. iller; superl. illest)
1.
Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function.  Synonym: sick.
2.
Resulting in suffering or adversity.  "It's an ill wind that blows no good"
3.
Distressing.  "Of ill repute"
4.
Indicating hostility or enmity.  "Ill feelings" , "Ill will"
5.
Presaging ill fortune.  Synonyms: inauspicious, ominous.  "Ill predictions" , "My words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven" , "A dead and ominous silence prevailed" , "A by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
adverb
1.
('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well.  Synonyms: badly, poorly.  "It ill befits a man to betray old friends" , "The car runs badly" , "He performed badly on the exam" , "The team played poorly" , "Ill-fitting clothes" , "An ill-conceived plan"
2.
Unfavorably or with disapproval.  Synonym: badly.  "Thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
3.
With difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly.
noun
1.
An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.  Synonyms: ailment, complaint.



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"Ill" Quotes from Famous Books



... troops, Runthar Aga, Bim Bashaw, quite a Christian Moor; and got information on military affairs whilst tasting the soup in the kitchen. Also called upon our old friend the Doctor, and inspected the hospital, which certainly holds out no temptation to a man to be ill. The patients are few: two have strong fevers; five or six are convalescent; the sick-list contains no other cases; but it will be ...
— Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 • James Richardson
... blanket. As they all did, he slept in most of his clothes. He pulled on his moccasins. The other four watched him with ill-concealed excitement. The contrast between his sleepy indifference and their parted lips ...
— The Huntress • Hulbert Footner
... upon nervous prostration, was not confined to the boy alone. Every one of the passengers, most of whom had escaped without a scratch, were decidedly ill ...
— Richard Dare's Venture • Edward Stratemeyer
... decided when they were interrupted by the reappearance of the old lady and the bird. She was declaring to the guard at the window, that as she had paid for a first-class seat for her parrot she would get into any carriage she liked in which there were two empty seats. Her bird had been ill-treated by some scurrilous ill-conditioned travellers and she had therefore returned to the comparative kindness of her former companions. "They threatened to put him out of the window, sir," said the old woman ...
— The American Senator • Anthony Trollope
... hearts. This being granted, are you not bound to sweep from your path every impediment that prevents your arm from reaching these hearts? But the most effective barrier standing between you and them is ill-formed manners. ...
— The Young Priest's Keepsake • Michael Phelan


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