English to English adjective
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affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |  | Example: ill from the monotony of his suffering
source: wordnet30
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Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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resulting in suffering or adversity |  | Example: ill effects it's an ill wind that blows no good
source: wordnet30
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distressing |  | Example: ill manners of ill repute
source: wordnet30
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indicating hostility or enmity |  | Example: you certainly did me an ill turn ill feelings ill will
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presaging ill fortune |  | Example: ill omens ill predictions my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven a dead and ominous silence prevailed a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
source: wordnet30 adverb
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(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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unfavorably or with disapproval |  | Example: tried not to speak ill of the dead thought badly of him for his lack of concern
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with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly |  | Example: we can ill afford to buy a new car just now
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In a ill manner; badly; weakly. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining |  | source: wordnet30
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Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity. |  | source: webster1913
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