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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.

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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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The MoD says research has found no link between the nuclear tests, ill health and genetic defects in children.

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We are facing the threat of years of lost ground on climate at a moment when we can ill afford it.

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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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