ill

  • (a) affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
    • ill from the monotony of his suffering
    sick,
  • (r) ("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
    • the car runs badly
    • he performed badly on the exam
    • the team played poorly
    • ill-fitting clothes
    • an ill-conceived plan
    poorly, badly,
  • (r) unfavorably or with disapproval
    • tried not to speak ill of the dead
    • thought badly of him for his lack of concern
    badly,
  • (s) resulting in suffering or adversity
    • ill effects
    • it's an ill wind that blows no good
  • (s) distressing
    • ill manners
    • of ill repute
  • (r) with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
    • we can ill afford to buy a new car just now
  • (s) indicating hostility or enmity
    • you certainly did me an ill turn
    • ill feelings
    • ill will
  • (s) presaging ill fortune
    • ill omens
    • ill predictions
    • "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley
    • a dead and ominous silence prevailed
    • a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
    ominous, inauspicious,

Nouns

  • (n) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining ailment, complaint,

Synonyms

sick poorly badly ailment complaint ominous inauspicious

Antonyms

well good

See also

unhealthy unfit

Words of close approximity

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