ill

Letters that make ill

l, i are letters that make 'ill'

Words within ill

il, IL are words within 'ill'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of ill

hill, pill, sill, zill, will, dill, till, Hill, Mill, Sills, fill, ills, illy, nill, vill, yill, kill, mill, bill, gill, rill, jill are words created by adding a letter to 'ill'


9 possible definitions for 'ill'

Ill as "distressing"

Under this definition, ill is an adjective and has the following properties:

Similar to ill

bad is similar to ill.

Example of ill used within this context

"ill manners", "of ill repute"


Ill as "resulting in suffering or adversity"

Under this definition, ill is an adjective and has the following properties:

Similar to ill

harmful is similar to ill.

Example of ill used within this context

"ill effects", "it's an ill wind that blows no good"


Ill as "unfavorably or with disapproval"

Under this definition, ill is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

badly has the same meaning as ill

Antonyms

well has the opposite meaning of ill

Pertain to ill

unfavourable, unfavorable pertain to 'ill'.

Example of ill used within this context

"tried not to speak ill of the dead", "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"


Ill as "with difficulty or inconvenience, scarcely or hardly"

Under this definition, ill is an adjective and has the following properties:

Example of ill used within this context

"we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"


Ill as "an often persistent bodily disorder or disease, a cause for complaining"

Under this definition, ill is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

ailment, complaint have the same meaning as 'ill'

ill as a type

'ill' can be a type of disorder, upset.

Types of ill

pip, motion sickness, kinetosis are types of 'ill'.

Derivatives of ill

trouble, pain, ail are derivatives of 'ill'.


Ill as "(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner, not well"

Under this definition, ill is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

badly, poorly have the same meaning as 'ill'

Antonyms

well, good have the opposite meaning of 'ill'

ill Usage

'ill' can be a useage of combining form.

Pertain to ill

wretched, pathetic, miserable, pitiable, pitiful, hapless, misfortunate, piteous, poor pertain to 'ill'.

Example of ill used within this context

"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"


Ill as "affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function"

Under this definition, ill is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

sick has the same meaning as ill

Antonyms

well has the opposite meaning of ill

Derivatives of ill

sick, illness, unwellness, malady, sickness are derivatives of 'ill'.

Similar to ill

gouty, funny, afflicted, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish, consumptive, seedy, giddy, light-headed, delirious, airsick, sick, scrofulous, upset, rickety, queasy, laid low(p), milk-sick, nauseated, indisposed, peaked(p), laid up(p), paralyzed, sickly, green, dizzy, tubercular, stricken, stricken, feverish, faint, light, lightheaded, aguish, ailing, poorly(p), unwell, under the weather, air sick, carsick, seasick, autistic, bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed, livery, bronchitic, convalescent, recovering, hallucinating, diabetic, woozy, vertiginous, swooning, feverous, nauseous, sickish, palsied, paralytic, paraplegic, rachitic, sneezy, spastic, tuberculous, unhealed are similar to 'ill'.

Example of ill used within this context

"ill from the monotony of his suffering"


Ill as "indicating hostility or enmity"

Under this definition, ill is an adjective and has the following properties:

Similar to ill

hostile is similar to ill.

Example of ill used within this context

"you certainly did me an ill turn", "ill feelings", "ill will"


Ill as "presaging ill fortune"

Under this definition, ill is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

inauspicious, ominous have the same meaning as 'ill'

Derivatives of ill

omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy, inauspiciousness, unpropitiousness are derivatives of 'ill'.

Similar to ill

unpropitious is similar to ill.

Example of ill used within this context

"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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