ill
il
- 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
- In June, New York legislators passed a bill outlawing solitary confinement for mentally ill inmates after a study found that such isolation to which mentally ill prisoners are .
- Now Roger is sweating under the hot lights as questions pile up about whether he had a role in an outrageous array of slippery and ill-fated schemes ranging from Mafioso pardons to .
- He was not terminally ill.