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ill definition
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Grep of noun ill abortion pill anthill appropriation bill aspergill bank bill banker's bill battle of bunker hill beacon hill benny hill bill birth control pill bluebill bluegill boatbill bottle bill breast drill brill broadbill buffalo bill bunker hill burr drill capitol hill chappel hill chill churchill cider mill close-order drill coffee mill coffey still common spoonbill contraceptive pill cotton mill crane's bill cranesbill crossbill dentist's drill dill doctor's bill dollar bill doorsill downhill drill duckbill dunghill electric bill electric drill eugene gladstone o'neill eugene o'neill external gill farm bill fill fire drill five-dollar bill flour mill foothill foreign bill free will frill gastric mill gill gin mill ginmill god's will good will goodwill grill gristmill hand drill handbill handheld drill hawkbill hawksbill heron's bill hill hornbill hotel bill house of ill repute hundred dollar bill ill ill-being ill-breeding ill-treatment ill-usage ill fame ill health ill humor ill humour ill luck ill nature ill service ill temper ill turn ill will illampu illation illecebrum illecebrum verticullatum illegality illegibility illegitimacy illegitimate illegitimate child illegitimate enterprise illiberality illicitness illicium illicium anisatum illicium floridanum illicium verum illimani illinois illinois river illinoisan illiteracy illiterate illiterate person illness illogic illogicality illogicalness illuminance illuminant illumination illumination unit illusion illusionist illustration illustrator illyria illyrian indigo squill inland bill israel zangwill ivorybill j. j. hill james jerome hill james mill john churchill john mill john stuart mill kill krill kurt weill lambkill landfill living will lumbermill mandrill meadow cranesbill medical bill military drill mill molehill morning-after pill muckhill multivitamin pill nimble will nimblewill nob hill o'neill one dollar bill openbill oral contraceptive pill overkill overspill pain pill paper mill parrot's bill pep pill pepper mill phone bill pigswill pill playbill pneumatic drill poison pill poorwill power drill primary quill probate will quartz mill quill razorbill redstem storksbill refill rill rock drill rolling mill roseate spoonbill saddlebill sanitary landfill sawbill sawmill sea squill self-will shill shoebill show bill sill sir winston leonard spenser churchill skill sleeping pill spicemill spill spoonbill spotted cranesbill spring squill squill stamp mill stamping mill standstill star drill steel mill still stone drill storksbill straight-fluted drill suicide pill superior skill swill t-bill tax bill telephone bill texas storksbill textile mill the hill thill thornbill thrill till trade bill treadmill treasury bill trill true bill twenty dollar bill twill twin bill twist drill two dollar bill uphill vitamin pill water mill waybill weill whippoorwill will windmill windowsill winston churchill winston s. churchill zangwill zill Overview of noun ill The noun ill has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. ailment, complaint, ill -- (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining) Overview of adj ill The adj ill has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) ill, sick -- (not in good physical or mental health; "ill from the monotony of his suffering") 2. (1) ill -- (resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good") 3. (1) ill -- (distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute") 4. ill -- (indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will") 5. ill, inauspicious, ominous -- (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") Overview of adv ill The adv ill has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) ill, badly, poorly -- ((`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") 2. ill, badly -- (unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern") 3. ill -- (with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now") Antonyms of adj ill 5 senses of ill Sense 1 ill (vs. well), sick well (vs. ill) => all right fine => asymptomatic, symptomless => cured, healed, recovered => good(prenominal) Sense 2 ill INDIRECT (VIA harmful) -> harmless Sense 3 ill INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good Sense 4 ill INDIRECT (VIA hostile) -> amicable Sense 5 ill, inauspicious, ominous INDIRECT (VIA unpropitious) -> propitious Similarity of adj ill 5 senses of ill Sense 1 ill (vs. well), sick => afflicted, stricken => aguish => ailing, indisposed, peaked(prenominal), poorly(prenominal), sickly, unwell => airsick, carsick, seasick => bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, infirm, sick-abed => bilious, liverish, livery => bronchitic => consumptive => convalescent, recovering => delirious, hallucinating => diabetic => dizzy, giddy, woozy, vertiginous => dyspeptic => faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded => feverish, feverous => funny => gouty => laid low(prenominal), stricken => menstruating, unwell => nauseated, queasy, sick, sickish => scrofulous => tubercular, tuberculous => unhealed => upset => green => laid up(prenominal) => sneezy => spastic Also See-> unhealthy#1; unfit#2 Sense 2 ill => harmful (vs. harmless) Sense 3 ill => bad (vs. good) Sense 4 ill => hostile (vs. amicable) Sense 5 ill, inauspicious, ominous => unpropitious (vs. propitious) Attributes of adj ill Familiarity of adj ill ill used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj ill chill downhill dressed to kill duckbill freewill ill ill-advised ill-affected ill-bred ill-chosen ill-conceived ill-considered ill-defined ill-equipped ill-famed ill-fated ill-favored ill-favoured ill-fed ill-formed ill-gotten ill-humored ill-humoured ill-judged ill-mannered ill-natured ill-omened ill-proportioned ill-shapen ill-sorted ill-starred ill-tempered ill-timed ill-treated ill-used ill at ease ill timed illative illegal illegible illegitimate illiberal illicit illimitable illiterate illogical illuminated illuminating illusional illusionary illusive illusory illustrated illustrative illustrious mentally ill over-the-hill run-of-the-mill shrill still stock-still twill uphill Overview of noun ill The noun ill has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. ailment, complaint, ill -- (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining) Overview of adj ill The adj ill has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (4) ill, sick -- (not in good physical or mental health; "ill from the monotony of his suffering") 2. (1) ill -- (resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good") 3. (1) ill -- (distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute") 4. ill -- (indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will") 5. ill, inauspicious, ominous -- (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") Overview of adv ill The adv ill has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) ill, badly, poorly -- ((`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") 2. ill, badly -- (unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern") 3. ill -- (with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now")
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