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ill
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ adjective ] (medicine) not in good physical or mental health
Synonyms Examples "ill from the monotony of his suffering" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)For several days , she was ill as a result of Lee 's treatment . `` Unfortunately '' , says Chief_Postal_Inspector_David_H._Stephens , who has prosecuted many device quacks , `` the ghouls who trade on the hopes of the desperately ill often cannot be successfully prosecuted because the patients who are the chief witnesses die before the case is called_up in court '' . Related terms well nauseated afflicted ailing ailing faint laid_up bedfast bedfast faint dizzy bilious bronchitic aguish laid_low feverish funny gouty menstruating convalescent consumptive sneezy scrofulous spastic tubercular diabetic delirious upset unhealed air_sick dyspeptic airsick green unhealthy unfit |
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[ adverb ] (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
Examples "he was ill prepared" "the car runs badly" "he performed badly on the exam" "the team played poorly" "ill-fitting clothes" "an ill-conceived plan" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)But , as Scripture everywhere reminds us , God does have need of his creatures , and the church , a_fortiori , can ill afford to do without the talents with which the world , by God 's providence , presents it . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)The judge became ill just as the Colfax_District_Court convened , no substitute was brought_in , no criminal cases heard , only 5 out of 122 cases docketed were tried , and court adjourned sine_die after sitting a_few days instead_of the usual three weeks . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)
Examples "a ship in distress" "she was the classic maiden in distress" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)The belief in immortality , where held , functions as a redress for the ills and disappointments of the here_and_now . |
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[ adjective ] distressing
Examples "ill manners" "of ill repute" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)it might be pointed_out that the integrating function of religion , for good or ill , has often supported or been identified with other groupings - political , nationality , language , class , racial , sociability , even economic . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] resulting in suffering or adversity
Examples "ill effects" "it's an ill wind that blows no good" Used in print (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Under the heading of_it 's an ill wind , et_cetera '' . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] unfavorably or with disapproval
Synonyms Examples "tried not to speak ill of the dead" "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
Examples "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now" |
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[ adjective ] indicating hostility or enmity
Examples "you certainly did me an ill turn" "ill feelings" "ill will" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] presaging ill-fortune
Synonyms Examples "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" Related terms |
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