ill

nouns

an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

ailment, complaint, ill

adjectives

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

"ill from the monotony of his suffering"

ill, sick

is derived from

illness

antonym

well

resulting in suffering or adversity

"ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good"

ill

is similar to

causing or capable of causing harm

"too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

harmful

distressing

"ill manners"; "of ill repute"

ill

is similar to

having undesirable or negative qualities

"a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

bad

indicating hostility or enmity

"you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"

ill

is similar to

characterized by enmity or ill will

"a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"

hostile

presaging ill fortune

"ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"

ill, inauspicious, ominous

adverbs

(`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"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan"

badly, ill, poorly

antonym

well

unfavorably or with disapproval

"tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"

badly, ill

antonym

well

with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly

"we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"

ill