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Ill

noun
/ɪl/
Word Frequency: 40.9

Definitions

1.noun(often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
"Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear."
2.nounHarm or injury.
"I wouldn't want you to do me ill."
3.nounEvil; moral wrongfulness.
4.nounA physical ailment; an illness.
"I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills."
5.nounPCP, phencyclidine.
6.adjectiveEvil; wicked (of people).
7.adjectiveMorally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
8.adjectiveIndicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
"He suffered from ill treatment."
9.adjectiveUnpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
"ill manners; ill will"
10.adjectiveUnwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
"I've been ill with the flu for the past few days."
11.adjectiveHaving an urge to vomit.
"Seeing those pictures made me ill."
12.adjective(hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
13.adjectiveExtremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
"That band was ill."
14.adjectiveUnwise; not a good idea.
15.adverbNot well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.

Synonyms

badmal-disgustednauseatenauseoussicksickeneddopediseasedpoorlyunder the weatherunwell

Antonyms

goodwackfinehalehealthywell

Rhymes With

shrillthrillkrilltrillskillinstillbrillbastille
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