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Ill
ɪl
- suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell
"he was taken ill with food poisoning"
- poor in quality
"ill judgement dogs the unsuccessful"
bad poor unsatisfactory incompetent unacceptable inadequate deficient defective faulty unskilful inexpert amateurish- bad or harmful
"she had a cup of the same wine and suffered no ill effects"
- not favourable or auspicious
"I have had a run of ill luck"
- badly, wrongly, or imperfectly
"the street is dominated by ill-lit shops"
poorly badly imperfectly badly adversely unsuccessfully unfavourably inadequately unsatisfactorily insufficiently imperfectly deficiently defectively poorly badly negligently- unfavourably or inauspiciously
"a look on her face which boded ill for anyone who crossed her path"
- only with difficulty; hardly
"she could ill afford the cost of new curtains"
- a problem or misfortune
"a lengthy work on the ills of society"
problems troubles difficulties misfortunes strains trials tribulations trials and tribulations worries anxieties concerns illnesses ill/poor health- evil or harm
"how could I wish him ill?"