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(adverb) (`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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Synonyms: badly, poorly |
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Antonyms: well |
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(adverb) with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now" |
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(adverb) 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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Synonyms: badly |
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Antonyms: well |
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(satellite adjective) 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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Synonyms: inauspicious, ominous |
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(satellite adjective) distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute" |
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(satellite adjective) resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good" |
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(satellite adjective) indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will" |
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(adjective) not in good physical or mental health; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" |
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Synonyms: sick |
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Antonyms: well |
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(noun) a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "in trouble with the police"; "he wanted to cure the ills of all mankind"; "she was the classic maiden in distress" |
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Synonyms: distress, trouble |
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Related Words: adversity, anguish, hardship, throe |
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(noun) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining |
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Synonyms: ailment, complaint |
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Related Words: disorder, motion sickness, pip, upset |
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