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Synonyms for ill
ɪlill
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illadverb
Synonyms:
illy, nauseous, dope, nauseate, poorly, sick, diseased, sicken, under the weather, bad, mal-, disgusted, unwellilladjective
Evil; wicked (of people).
Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear.
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illy, mal-, sicken, sick, dope, unwell, diseased, nauseate, bad, disgusted, under the weather, poorly, nauseousilladjective
Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
I wouldn't want you to do me ill.
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nauseate, dope, sick, disgusted, nauseous, sicken, unwell, mal-, diseased, bad, poorly, under the weatherilladjective
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
He suffered from ill treatment.
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poorly, diseased, sicken, unwell, mal-, disgusted, sick, dope, nauseous, under the weather, nauseate, badilladjective
Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
I've been ill with the flu for the past few days.
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poorly, dope, sicken, under the weather, bad, diseased, disgusted, sick, mal-, unwell, nauseate, nauseousilladjective
Having an urge to vomit.
Seeing those pictures made me ill.
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bad, nauseous, mal-, poorly, under the weather, nauseate, unwell, diseased, disgusted, sicken, dope, sickilladjective
Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way. [This sense sometimes declines in AAVE as ill, comparative iller, superlative illest.]
Biggie Smalls is the illest / Your style is played out, like Arnold wonderin Whatchu talkin bout, Willis? — Biggie Smalls, The What, 1994.
Synonyms:
nauseate, bad, sick, unwell, mal-, under the weather, disgusted, dope, nauseous, sicken, diseased, poorlyilladjective
Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
That band was ill.
Synonyms:
bad, under the weather, sick, dope, disgusted, unwell, sicken, mal-, nauseous, poorly, diseased, nauseate
English Synonyms and Antonyms
ill
Misfortune is adverse fortune or any instance thereof, any untoward event, usually of lingering character or consequences, and such as the sufferer is not deemed directly responsible for; as, he had the misfortune to be born blind. Any considerable disappointment, failure, or misfortune, as regards outward circumstances, as loss of fortune, position, and the like, when long continued or attended with enduring consequences, constitutes adversity. For the loss of friends by death we commonly use affliction or bereavement. Calamity and disaster are used of sudden and severe misfortunes, often overwhelming; ill fortune and ill luck, of lighter troubles and failures. We speak of the misery of the poor, the hardships of the soldier. Affliction, chastening, trial, and tribulation have all an especially religious bearing, suggesting some disciplinary purpose of God with beneficent design. Affliction may be keen and bitter, but brief; tribulation is long and wearing. We speak of an affliction, but rarely of a tribulation, since tribulation is viewed as a continuous process, which may endure for years or for a lifetime; but we speak of our daily trials. Compare CATASTROPHE.
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adversity, affliction, bereavement, blow, calamity, chastening, chastisement, disappointment, disaster, distress, failure, hardship, harm, ill fortune, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, ruin, sorrow, stroke, trial, tribulation, trouble, visitationAntonyms:
blessing, boon, comfort, consolation, good fortune, good luck, gratification, happiness, joy, pleasure, prosperity, relief, success, triumph
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
illnoun
Synonyms:
evil, misfortuneill
Synonyms:
bad, sick, unwell, indisposed, poorly, out of sorts, diseased
Princeton's WordNet
ailment, complaint, illadjective
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
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complaint, charge, ailmentAntonyms:
harmless, healed, amicable, good, recovered, asymptomatic, symptomless, propitious, cured, wellill, sickadjective
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
"ill from the monotony of his suffering"
Synonyms:
grim, sickish, pale, inauspicious, mad, unhinged, sick(p), sick, disturbed, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, sick of(p), ghastly, demented, queasy, ominous, crazy, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallidAntonyms:
propitious, cured, harmless, recovered, asymptomatic, well, amicable, healed, symptomless, goodilladjective
resulting in suffering or adversity
"ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good"
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ominous, inauspicious, sickAntonyms:
good, cured, propitious, healed, amicable, symptomless, asymptomatic, harmless, well, recoveredilladjective
distressing
"ill manners"; "of ill repute"
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ominous, inauspicious, sickAntonyms:
healed, recovered, amicable, harmless, cured, propitious, good, well, asymptomatic, symptomlessilladjective
indicating hostility or enmity
"you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"
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ominous, inauspicious, sickAntonyms:
asymptomatic, recovered, amicable, good, symptomless, harmless, cured, propitious, healed, wellill, inauspicious, ominousadverb
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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baleful, threatening, sick, minacious, ominous, inauspicious, untoward, forbidding, minatory, menacing, sinister, adverse, unfortunateAntonyms:
good, propitious, well, symptomless, asymptomatic, healed, cured, amicable, recovered, harmlessill, badly, poorlyadverb
(`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"
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mischievously, badly, poorly, severely, bad, disadvantageously, gravely, naughtily, seriouslyAntonyms:
recovered, asymptomatic, cured, amicable, symptomless, healed, good, propitious, well, harmlessill, badlyadverb
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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mischievously, badly, poorly, severely, bad, disadvantageously, gravely, naughtily, seriouslyAntonyms:
recovered, symptomless, well, harmless, propitious, asymptomatic, healed, amicable, good, curedilladverb
with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
"we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"
Antonyms:
harmless, recovered, amicable, well, propitious, good, healed, asymptomatic, cured, symptomless
Dictionary of English Synonymes
illadjective
Synonyms:
bad, evil, unfortunate, unfavorableilladjective
Synonyms:
wicked, wrong, iniquitous, naughtyilladjective
Synonyms:
indisposed, ailing, unwell, sick, on the sick list, out of sorts, out of health, laid on the shelf, laid on the back, under the weatherillnoun
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wickedness, depravity, evilillnoun
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misfortune, calamity, misery, painilladjective
illadjective
Synonyms:
with difficulty, not easily
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How to use ill in a sentence?
It's more than just a dog. Shadoh was 19 when she was first diagnosed with cancer, and when she was too ill to get up, she ’d sit in bed and bead. Eventually she sold her handmade jewelry to save enough money to buy Hoss. Three years later, she was diagnosed with cancer again, fox4news.com reported. If she was really sick and she couldn't do anything, he would be there.
I remain deeply angered that this incident occurred and extend my deepest apologies on behalf of the Department of Justice to those who were affected, while the report found no ill intent, this incidentwas unacceptable, and DOJ must be held to the highest standard. This failure requires immediate correction, which is why we are implementing all of the recommendations from this independent report.
Far or forgot to me is nearShadow and sunlight are the sameThe vanished gods to me appearAnd one to me are shame and fame.They reckon ill who leave me outWhen me they fly, I am the wingsI am the doubter and the doubt,And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill ... it is, in fact, the consuming illness of our time.
We are proud of what we have accomplished for the survivors, and wish Ms. Canosa no ill will for her desire to continue to prosecute Harvey Weinstein.
Translations for ill
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- مريضArabic
- хворыBelarusian
- боленBulgarian
- malaltCatalan, Valencian
- nemocný, špatnýCzech
- sâlWelsh
- kvalm, syg, dårligDanish
- schlecht, übel, krankGerman
- άρρωστος, άρρωστηGreek
- malsanaEsperanto
- mareado, enfermo, malSpanish
- بیمار, مريضPersian
- mauvaise, écœurée, mal, écœuré, mauvais, maladeFrench
- tinnIrish
- tinnScottish Gaelic
- חוֹלֶהHebrew
- बीमारHindi
- հիվանդ, վատArmenian
- mual, jijik, sakitIndonesian
- maladaIdo
- malatoItalian
- 病気Japanese
- laraJavanese
- სნეული, ავადმყოფიGeorgian
- 앓다, 병들다Korean
- sergantisLithuanian
- sasirdzis, slimsLatvian
- wheoriMāori
- зол, зло, болно, боленMacedonian
- misselijk, ziekDutch
- kvalm, dårlig, sykNorwegian
- problem, chory, zły, krzywda, źlePolish
- doentePortuguese
- rău, bolnavRomanian
- хворый, больнойRussian
- болестан, bolestanSerbo-Croatian
- chorýSlovak
- bolanSlovene
- illamående, illa, sjukSwedish
- ป่วยThai
- kötü, hastaTurkish
- хворийUkrainian
- بیمارUrdu
- bệnhVietnamese
- maläd, malädikVolapük
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