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Definition of: ill
(il) adjective
1. Disordered in physical condition; diseased; unwell; sick.
2. Evil in effect or tendency; baneful; harmful; unjust; unkind.
3. Of inferior quality; wretched.
4. Lacking skill; ineffective.
5. Evil; malevolent; wrong: ill wind, ill repute.
6. Scot. Difficult; also, grieved; afflicted with sorrow. See synonyms under BAD1, SICKLY.
—noun Anything that prevents or impairs what is good or desirable, as sickness, misfortune, or bad luck. See synonyms under MISFORTUNE.
—adverb
1. Not well.
2. With difficulty; hardly.
3. Badly; unfavorably.
—ill at ease Uneasy; uncomfortable. [<ON illr]
Ill may appear as a combining form in hyphemes, as in:
| ill–accoutered | ill–disposed | ill–matched |
| ill–accustomed | ill–doing | ill–mated |
| ill–advised | ill–equipped | ill–minded |
| ill–affected | ill–fated | ill–omened |
| ill–afford | ill–health | ill–placed |
| ill–assorted | ill–housed | ill–pleased |
| ill–breeding | ill–informed | ill–seeming |
| ill–concealed | ill–judged | ill–timed |
| ill–conceived | ill–judging | ill–tongued |
| ill–considered | ill–kept | ill–trained |
| ill–contrived | ill–luck | ill–wisher |
| ill–defined | ill–mannered | ill–wishing |
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