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Meaning of ill

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ill
      adv 1: (`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" [syn: {ill}, {badly}, {poorly}] [ant:
             {good}, {well}]
      2: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of
         the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
         [syn: {ill}, {badly}] [ant: {well}]
      3: with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can
         ill afford to buy a new car just now"
      adj 1: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental
             function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" [syn:
             {ill}, {sick}] [ant: {well}]
      2: resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an
         ill wind that blows no good"
      3: distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute"
      4: indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill
         turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"
      5: 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"
         [syn: {ill}, {inauspicious}, {ominous}]
      n 1: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for
           complaining [syn: {ailment}, {complaint}, {ill}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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