Ill

[ɪl]

Definition

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) distressing; 'ill manners'; 'of ill repute' .

(adj.) resulting in suffering or adversity; 'ill effects'; 'it's an ill wind that blows no good' .

(adj.) indicating hostility or enmity; 'you certainly did me an ill turn'; 'ill feelings'; 'ill will' .

(adj.) affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; 'ill from the monotony of his suffering' .

(adv.) (`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'.

(adv.) with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; 'we can ill afford to buy a new car just now'.

(adv.) unfavorably or with disapproval; 'tried not to speak ill of the dead'; 'thought badly of him for his lack of concern'.

Typist: Millie--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.

(a.) Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.

(a.) Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.

(a.) Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant.

(n.) Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity.

(n.) Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.

(adv.) In a ill manner; badly; weakly.

Typed by Beryl

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Bad, evil, unfortunate, unfavorable.[2]. Wicked, wrong, iniquitous, naughty.[3]. Indisposed, ailing, unwell, sick, on the sick list, out of sorts, out of health, laid on the shelf, laid on the back, under the weather.

n. [1]. Wickedness, depravity, evil.[2]. Misfortune, calamity, misery, pain.

ad. [1]. Badly, not well.[2]. With difficulty, not easily.

Edited by Jimmy

Definition

adj. (comp. worse; superl. worst) evil bad: contrary to good: wicked: producing evil: unfortunate: unfavourable: sick: diseased: improper: incorrect: cross as temper.—adv. not well: not rightly: with difficulty—(rare) Ill′y.—n. evil: wickedness: misfortune.—Ill when compounded with other words expresses badness of quality or condition as 'ill-advised ' 'ill-affected ' 'ill-disposed ' &c.—adj. Ill′-beseem′ing (Shak.) unbecoming.—n. Ill′-blood ill-feeling: resentment.—adjs. Ill′-bod′ing inauspicious; Ill′-bred badly bred or educated: uncivil.—n. Ill′-breed′ing.—adjs. Ill′-condit′ioned in bad condition: churlish; Ill′-fat′ed bringing ill-fortune; Ill′-faurd (Scot.) Ill′-fā′voured ill-looking: deformed: ugly.—n. Ill′-fā′vouredness state of being ill-favoured: deformity.—adjs. Ill′-got -ten procured by bad means; Ill′-haired (Scot.) cross-grained; Ill′-judged not well judged; Ill′-look′ing having a bad look; Ill′-manned′ insufficiently provided with men; Ill′-nā′tured of an ill nature or temper: cross: peevish.—adv. Ill′-nā′turedly.—ns. Ill′-nā′turedness the quality of being ill-natured; Ill′ness sickness: disease.—adjs. Ill′-off in bad circumstances; Ill′-ō′mened having bad omens: unfortunate; Ill′-starred born under the influence of an unlucky star: unlucky; Ill′-tem′pered having a bad temper: morose: fretful: (Shak.) disordered; Ill′-timed said or done at an unsuitable time.—v.t. Ill′-treat to treat ill: to abuse.—n. Ill′-turn an act of unkindness or enmity.—adj. Ill′-used badly used or treated.—ns. Ill′-will unkind feeling: enmity; Ill′-wish′er one who wishes harm to another.—adj. Ill′-wrest′ing misinterpreting to disadvantage.—Go ill with to result in danger or misfortune; Take it ill to be offended.

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