The Meaning of ill

• (a.) Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.
• (a.) Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.
• (a.) Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.
• (a.) Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant.
• (n.) Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity.
• (n.) Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.
• (adv.) In a ill manner; badly; weakly.

Synonyms

complaint , charge , ailment , grim , sickish , pale , inauspicious , mad , unhinged , sick(p) , sick , disturbed , grisly , wan , fed up(p) , gruesome , nauseous , macabre , brainsick , sick of(p) , ghastly , demented , queasy , ominous , crazy , tired of(p) , unbalanced , disgusted , nauseated , pallid , baleful , threatening , minacious , untoward , forbidding , minatory , menacing , sinister , adverse , unfortunate , mischievously , badly , poorly , severely , bad , disadvantageously , gravely , naughtily , seriously , misfortune , adversity , disappointment , ill fortune , ruin , affliction , disaster , ill luck , sorrow , bereavement , distress , misadventure , stroke , blow , failure , mischance , trial , calamity , hardship , misery , tribulation , chastening , harm , mishap , trouble , chastisement , reverse , visitation , afflicted , stricken , aguish , ailing , indisposed , peaked(predicate) , poorly(predicate) , sickly , unwell , under the weather , seedy , airsick , air sick , carsick , seasick , autistic , bedfast , bedridden , bedrid , sick-abed , bilious , liverish , livery , bronchitic , consumptive , convalescent , recovering , delirious , hallucinating , diabetic , dizzy , giddy , woozy , vertiginous , dyspeptic , faint , light , swooning , light-headed , lightheaded , feverish , feverous , funny , gouty , green , laid low(predicate) , laid up(predicate) , milk-sick , palsied , paralytic , paralyzed , paraplegic , rickety , rachitic , scrofulous , sneezy , spastic , tubercular , tuberculous , unhealed , upset , unhealthy , unfit

Antonyms

harmless , healed , amicable , good , recovered , asymptomatic , prosperity , triumph , comfort , good luck , joy , relief , gratification , pleasure , success , boon , good fortune , happiness , symptomless , propitious , cured , well , blessing , consolation

Homophones

il

Rhymes

abril , advil , albertville , amityville , anthill , antill , asbill , asheville , ashville , auvil , bartlesville , baskerville , bastille , batesville , belleville , bellville , belville , bentonville , bihl , bil , bill , bougainville , brazil , brill , cahill , cartersville , catskill , charlottesville , chill , clarksville , courville , coville , cranesbill , crill , crossbill , daffodil , danville , dashville , demille , deville , dill , dille , distil , distill , douville , downhill , drill , emeryville , evansville , fayetteville , fil , fill , fille , foothill , frill , fulfill , gainesville , gambill , gayshill , ghyll , gil , gill , glanville , goodwill , grabill , grill , grille , guill , handbill , hawkbill , hicksville , hill , hille , hornbill , il , instill , isbill , jabril , jacksonville , janesville , jil , jill , kerrville , kill , kille , kingsville , knill , krill , landfill , lawrenceville , leadville , lil , lill , lille , louisville , mandeville , martinsville , marysville , maryville , mcdill , mcgill , mil , mill , mille , molehill , monroeville , newill , nil , nill , oakville , overfill , overkill , painesville , phil , pihl , pil , pill , pille , pleasantville , polhill , prill , pudwill , quenneville , quill , refill , reville , rill , rockville , roseville , russellville , sackville , sawmill , schill , scoville , seville , shelbyville , shill , shrill , sill , skill , somerville , spill , standstill , stephenville , steubenville , stihl , stil , still , stille , summerville , sunil , swill , tamil , thill , thomasville , thrill , til , till , treadmill , trill , twill , until , uphill , ville , waddill , waynesville , wentzville , wil , will , wille , windmill , zil , zill