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ill
adjective as in sick
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adjective as in bad, evil
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- acrimonious
- adverse
- antagonistic
- cantankerous
- damaging
- deleterious
- detrimental
- disrespectful
- disturbing
- harmful
- harsh
- hateful
- hurtful
- ill-mannered
- impertinent
- inauspicious
- inimical
- iniquitous
- injurious
- malevolent
- malicious
- nocent
- nocuous
- noxious
- ominous
- ruinous
- sinister
- sullen
- surly
- threatening
- unfavorable
- unfriendly
- ungracious
- unhealthy
- unkind
- unlucky
- unpromising
- unpropitious
- unwholesome
- vile
- wicked
noun as in misfortune
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Example Sentences
Even as he lay gravely ill in hospital in recent days, Ken Reid was listening to the news on the radio.
In most cases, people can live their whole lives with no ill effects.
One woman, who fled Iran for Canada in 2018, told BBC Persian that her family had been pressured by the Iranian regime to declare her mentally ill.
So maybe the naysayers and detractors of online gaming and its ill effects on youth need to stand down.
She was also forced to lie to her hospital and relatives, claiming she was too ill to work or meet anyone.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say ill?
The adjective ill is more mild than evil or wicked, and it appears mainly in certain fixed expressions: ill will; ill-natured. Evil applies to that which violates or leads to the violation of moral law: evil practices. Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan. Bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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