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ill
presaging ill fortune
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adjective
presaging ill fortune
“ill omens”
adjective
distressing
“ill manners”
adjective
resulting in suffering or adversity
“ill effects”
adjective
indicating hostility or enmity
“you certainly did me an ill turn”
adjective
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
“ill from the monotony of his suffering”
adverb
(‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
“he was ill prepared”
adverb
with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
“we can ill afford to buy a new car just now”
adverb
unfavorably or with disapproval
“tried not to speak ill of the dead”
noun
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
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ill omens
ill predictions
{'source': 'P.B.Shelley', 'text': 'my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven'}
a dead and ominous silence prevailed
a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
ill manners
of ill repute
ill effects
it's an ill wind that blows no good
you certainly did me an ill turn
ill feelings
ill will
ill from the monotony of his suffering
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
we can ill afford to buy a new car just now
tried not to speak ill of the dead
thought badly of him for his lack of concern
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