Noun
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an often persistent bodily disorder or disease
a cause for complaining
Adjective
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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"
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indicating hostility or enmity
"you certainly did me an ill turn"
"ill feelings"
"ill will"
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distressing
"ill manners"
"of ill repute"
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resulting in suffering or adversity
"ill effects"
"it's an ill wind that blows no good"
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affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
"ill from the monotony of his suffering"
Adverb
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with difficulty or inconvenience
scarcely or hardly
"we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"
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unfavorably or with disapproval
"tried not to speak ill of the dead"
"thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
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(`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"