ill

ill: I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. unwell, sick, indisposed; nauseated. See disease. —adv. poorly, badly; wrongly, improperly; clumsily. See unskillfulness, badness. — n. See evil.

II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Bad]

Syn. evil, harmful, injurious, noxious, hostile, unkind, unfavorable, unpropitious, unfortunate, adverse; see also wicked 1 .

2. [Sick]

Syn. unwell, unhealthy, ailing; see sick .
See Synonym Study at sick , wicked .
• go ill with,

Syn. be unfortunate for, be unfavorable to, hurt; see disturb 2 .

• take ill,

3. become sick, become unwell, fall ill; see sicken 1 , weaken 1 .

4. take offense, resent, be annoyed at, be offended by; see dislike .
n.
1. [Anything causing pain, distress, etc.]

Syn. harm, misfortune, mischief, trouble; see evil 2 , insult , wrong 1 , 2 .

2. [Sickness]

Syn. ailment, malady, affliction; see disease .

III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
harm, injury, hurt, pain, trouble, misfortune, damage, evil, misery, calamity, bad luck, tribulation.

ANT.: good fortune

II
a.
1. sick ailing, sickly, unwell, afflicted, *laid low, *green around the gills, *under the weather, *out of sorts, *off one's feed, *out of commission, bedridden, feverish, nauseated, diseased.

2. evil bad, wicked, harmful, malicious, sinful, wrong, nefarious, immoral, foul, nasty.

ANT.: 1. healthy, well, sound. 2. good, moral, kind

IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Suffering from or affected with an illness: down, sick, unwell. Informal: laid up. Chiefly Regional: poorly. See HEALTH. 2. Causing harm or injury: bad, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, mischievous. See HELP. 3. Bringing, predicting, or characterized by misfortune: bad, evil, inauspicious, unfavorable, unpropitious. See LUCK. II noun 1. Whatever is destructive or harmful: bad, badness, evil. See HELP. 2. A pathological condition of mind or body: ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness. See HEALTH. 3. A cause of suffering or harm: affliction, bane, curse, evil, plague, scourge, woe. See HELP.

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Synonyms:

Bad, evil, unfortunate, unfavorable, Wickedness, depravity, evil, Badly, not well / Wicked, wrong, iniquitous, naughty, Misfortune, calamity, misery, harm, pain, evil, affliction, With difficulty, not easily / Sick, diseased, ailing, disordered, very unwell, indisposed, out of health, seriously indisposed / Cross, crabbed, surly, peevish, malicious, hateful / Ugly, ill-favored

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Ill — Ill, adv. In a ill manner; badly; weakly. [1913 Webster] How ill this taper burns! Shak. [1913 Webster] Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Note: Ill, like above, well,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ill — ([i^]l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa, adv., Dan. ilde, adv.] 1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ill — ill, sick Ill and sick share responsibilities in peculiar ways, and are not always interchangeable. To begin with, ill is more usually predicative (placed after a verb, as in She was ill), whereas sick occurs naturally in attributive position… … Modern English usage
ILL — (in der Schriftart „Courier“: Ill) ist der Name verschiedener Flüsse: die rechtsrheinische Ill, siehe Ill (Vorarlberg) die linksrheinische Ill, siehe Ill (Elsass) den Bach Ill, siehe Ill (Saarland) Ill ist: ein Begriff in der Hip Hop Kultur siehe … Deutsch Wikipedia
ill — ill1 [il] adj. worse, worst [ME < ON illr (replacing OE yfel, evil, in many senses): prob. < Gmc * ilhila < IE base * elk , hungry, bad > OIr elc, bad] 1. characterized by, causing, or tending to cause harm or evil; specif., a)… … English World dictionary
Ill — (Ill) heißen: Ill (Vorarlberg), rechtsrheinischer Fluss in Vorarlberg Ill (Elsass), linksrheinischer Fluss im Frankreich Ill (Saarland), Bach im Saarland Ill ist der Name folgender Personen: Alfred Ill, Romanfigur, Protagonist der tragischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
ILL — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. {{{image}}} Sigles d une seule lettre Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres … Wikipédia en Français
ill. — ill. 〈in bibliograf. Angaben Abk. für〉 illustriert * * * ill. = illustriert. * * * Ill., Abkürzung für den Bundesstaat Illinois, USA. * * * ill. = illustriert … Universal-Lexikon
ill — [adj1] sick afflicted, ailing, a wreck*, below par*, bummed*, diseased, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, got the bug*, indisposed, infirm, laid low*, off one’s feet*, on sick list*, out of sorts*, peaked, poorly,… … New thesaurus
ill — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not in full health; unwell. 2) poor in quality. 3) harmful, hostile, or unfavourable. ► ADVERB 1) badly, wrongly, or imperfectly: ill chosen. 2) only with difficulty. ► NOUN … English terms dictionary
Ill — Ill, n. 1. Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity. [1913 Webster] Who can all sense of others ills escape Is but a brute at best in human shape.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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