Ill

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Not healthy; sick: I began to feel ill last week.
  • adj. Not normal; unsound: an ill condition of body and mind.
  • adj. Resulting in suffering; harmful or distressing: the ill effects of a misconceived policy.
  • adj. Resulting from or suggestive of evil intentions: ill deeds committed out of spite.
  • adj. Ascribing an objectionable quality: holds an ill view of that political group.
  • adj. Hostile or unfriendly: ill feeling between rivals.
  • adj. Harmful; pernicious: the ill effects of a misconceived policy.
  • adj. Not favorable; unpropitious: ill predictions.
  • adj. Not measuring up to recognized standards of excellence, as of behavior or conduct.
  • ad. In a sickly or unsound manner; not well.
  • ad. Scarcely or with difficulty.
  • n. Evil; sin.
  • n. Disaster, distress, or harm.
  • n. Something that causes suffering; trouble: the social ills of urban life.
  • n. Something that reflects in an unfavorable way on one: Please don't speak ill of me when I'm gone.
  • idiom. ill at ease Anxious or unsure; uneasy: The stranger made me feel ill at ease.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
  • ad. Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
  • n. Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
  • n. Harm or injury.
  • n. Evil; moral wrongfulness.
  • n. A physical ailment; an illness.
  • n. Unfavorable remarks or opinions.
  • n. PCP, phencyclidine
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.
  • adj. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.
  • adj. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered.
  • adj. 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.
  • n. Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.
  • ad. In a ill manner; badly; weakly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Inherently bad or evil; of pernicious quality or character; vicious; wicked; malevolent.
  • Causing evil or harm; baneful; mischievous; pernicious; deleterious: as, it is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
  • Marked or attended by evil or suffering; disastrous; wretched; miserable: as, an ill fate; an ill ending.
  • Of bad import, bearing, or aspect; threatening; forbidding; harsh; inimical: as, ill news travels fast; an ill countenance.
  • In a bad or disordered state morally; unbalanced; cross; crabbed; unfriendly; unpropitious; hostile: as, ill nature; ill temper; ill feeling; ill will.
  • In a disordered state physically; diseased; impaired: as, to be ill of a fever; to be taken ill; ill health.
  • Not proper; not legitimate or polite; rude; unpolished: as, ill manners; ill breeding.
  • Unskilful; inexpert: as, I am ill at reckoning.
  • n. Evil; wrong; wickedness; depravity.
  • n. Misfortune; calamity; adversity; disaster; disease; pain.
  • n. Anything that is discreditable or injurious.
  • Badly; imperfectly; unfavorably; unfortunately.
  • Not easily; with hardship, pain, or difficulty: as, he is ill able to bear the loss.
  • To do evil to; harm; injure.
  • To slander; defame.
  • n. Abbreviations of Illinois.
  • n. Abbreviations of illustrated or of illustration.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
  • adj. resulting in suffering or adversity
  • ad. with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
  • ad. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
  • adj. distressing
  • n. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
  • adj. presaging ill fortune
  • ad. unfavorably or with disapproval
  • adj. indicating hostility or enmity
  • Equivalent
    faint    milk-sick    consumptive    poorly    bronchitic    unhealed    feverish    airsick    nauseated    light-headed   
    Antonym
    well   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sick    wrong    bad    unwell    evil    wicked    unfortunate    disagreeable    unfavorable    iniquitious   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bastille    Belleville    Bill    Brazil    Brill    Gil    Gill    Hill    Jill    Lil   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sick    evil    poor    bad    nervous    angry    pay    historical    human    hot