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ill-favored
  • s  usually used of a face
    an ill-favored countenance
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ill-fated
  • s  marked by or promising bad fortune
    an ill-fated business venture
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ill
  • n  an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
  • a  affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
    ill from the monotony of his suffering
  • s  resulting in suffering or adversity
    ill effects
    it's an ill wind that blows no good
  • s  distressing
    ill manners
    of ill repute
  • s  indicating hostility or enmity
    you certainly did me an ill turn
    ill feelings
    ill will
  • s  presaging ill fortune
    ill omens
    ill predictions
  • r  (`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
    ill-fitting clothes
    an ill-conceived plan
  • r  unfavorably or with disapproval
    tried not to speak ill of the dead
  • r  with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
    we can ill afford to buy a new car just now
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