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Quick definitions from WordNet (ill)
▸ noun: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
▸ adjective: indicating hostility or enmity ("You certainly did me an ill turn")
▸ adjective: not in good physical or mental health ("Ill from the monotony of his suffering")
▸ adjective: presaging ill-fortune ("Ill omens")
▸ adjective: distressing ("Ill manners")
▸ adjective: resulting in suffering or adversity ("Ill effects")
▸ adverb: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well ("He was ill prepared")
▸ adverb: with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly ("We can ill afford to buy a new car just now")
▸ adverb: unfavorably or with disapproval ("Tried not to speak ill of the dead")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #56571)
▸ Also see worst
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▸ noun: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
▸ adjective: indicating hostility or enmity ("You certainly did me an ill turn")
▸ adjective: not in good physical or mental health ("Ill from the monotony of his suffering")
▸ adjective: presaging ill-fortune ("Ill omens")
▸ adjective: distressing ("Ill manners")
▸ adjective: resulting in suffering or adversity ("Ill effects")
▸ adverb: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well ("He was ill prepared")
▸ adverb: with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly ("We can ill afford to buy a new car just now")
▸ adverb: unfavorably or with disapproval ("Tried not to speak ill of the dead")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #56571)
▸ Also see worst
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to ill
▸ Usage examples for ill
▸ Idioms related to ill (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing ill
▸ Popular nouns described by ill
▸ Words that often appear near ill
▸ Rhymes of ill
▸ Invented words related to ill