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ill
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- pronunciation:
- Il
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, adverb
- phrases:
- house of ill repute, ill at ease, ill repute
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
worse, worst |
| definition 1: |
not in normal health; unwell; sick.
He's been ill with a virus all week.
- synonyms:
- ailing, sick, unhealthy, unwell
- antonyms:
- better, healthy, well
- similar words:
- bad, bedridden, down, indisposed, infirm, suffering
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| definition 2: |
causing harm or disadvantage; detrimental; bad.
She felt the ill effects of getting too little sleep.After the scandal, the night club fell into ill repute.- synonyms:
- bad, harmful
- antonyms:
- beneficial, favorable, good, positive
- similar words:
- deleterious, detrimental, hurtful, injurious, nefarious, negative, offensive, sinister, unfavorable
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| definition 3: |
unsound or faulty; inferior.
ill healthill manners- synonyms:
- deficient, faulty, inadequate, insufficient, unacceptable, unsound
- antonyms:
- good
- similar words:
- inferior, lacking, unsatisfactory
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| definition 4: |
bringing adversity; unfavorable.
He suffered a great deal of ill fortune.It's an ill wind that brings no good.- synonyms:
- adverse, difficult, foul, inauspicious, ominous, sinister, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky
- antonyms:
- favorable
- similar words:
- evil, harmful, inimical, injurious, pernicious, sinister, threatening, unfriendly
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| definition 5: |
hostile; unkind.
ill feelingill willill remarks- synonyms:
- angry, antagonistic, cross, hateful, hostile, inimical, unkind
- antonyms:
- friendly, warm
- similar words:
- unfavorable, unfriendly
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| related words: |
contrary, off-color, unlucky |
adverb + (adj.)ill
acutely,
chronically,
critically,
dangerously,
desperately,
extremely,
fatally,
for,
good,
gravely,
hopelessly,
incurably,
medically,
mentally,
mortally,
physically,
reportedly,
seriously,
severely,
supposedly,
terminally,
terribly,
violently
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(adj.)ill
+ adverb
emotionally
(adj.)ill
+ noun
abuser,
addict,
cancer,
deed,
diarrhea,
ease,
effect,
euthanasia,
feeling,
fever,
flu,
fortune,
health,
humor,
individual,
inmate,
intent,
kidney,
liver,
luck,
medication,
offender,
omen,
patient,
person,
pneumonia,
relative,
repute,
spouse,
temper,
tiding,
will,
wind
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| phrase: |
ill at ease |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
evil or harm; trouble.
A bad law leads to many ills.I don't wish them ill.- synonyms:
- evil, harm, misery, misfortune, pain, woe
- similar words:
- affliction, grief, hurt, mischief, problem, sorrow, suffering, trouble
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| definition 2: |
an affliction or disease; ailment.
the ills of old age- synonyms:
- affliction, ailment, disease, illness, infirmity, sickness, trouble
- similar words:
- disorder, malady
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| related words: |
evil, harm |
adjective + (n.)ill
domestic, economic, educational, environmental, modern, other, responsible, social, societal, urban, various
verb + (n.)ill
address, alleviate, blame, combat, correct, cure, diagnose, fix, remedy, solve, suffer, treat
(n.)ill
+ verb
afflict, associate, attribute, beset, plague
noun + (n.)ill
cause, cure, disease, host, map, myriad, nation, panacea, remedy, solution, variety, world
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition 1: |
in a hostile or evil manner; unkindly.
He spoke ill of everyone.ill-treated- synonyms:
- adversely, badly, harshly, unfavorably, unkindly
- antonyms:
- favorably, kindly, well
- similar words:
- evilly, negatively
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| definition 2: |
faultily or inappropriately; badly.
ill-preparedill-timed- antonyms:
- well
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| definition 3: |
only with difficulty; barely.
They can ill afford to purchase that business.He can ill manage such a concern.- synonyms:
- barely, hardly, scarcely
- antonyms:
- easily, well
- similar words:
- noway, nowise
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| definition 4: |
with bad luck; unfortunately.
ill-fatedill-starred |
| phrase: |
house of ill repute, ill repute |
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