ill

ill is a 3-letter English word with 17 senses as adjective, noun, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 3 · Words With Friends 5 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable.
2. adjective. Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper.
3. adjective. Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.
4. adjective. Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant.
5. noun. Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity.
6. noun. Whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil.
7. adverb. In a ill manner; badly; weakly.
8. Contraction for I will or I shall.
9. noun. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

   Synonyms: ailment, complaint

10. adjective. presaging ill fortune- P.B.Shelley

    "ill omens"

    "ill predictions"

    Synonyms: inauspicious, ominous

11. adjective. distressing

    "ill manners"

    "of ill repute"

12. adjective. resulting in suffering or adversity

    "ill effects"

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

13. adjective. indicating hostility or enmity

    "you certainly did me an ill turn"

    "ill feelings"

14. adjective. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

    "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

    Synonyms: sick

15. adverb. (`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"

    Synonyms: badly, poorly

16. adverb. with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly

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

17. adverb. unfavorably or with disapproval

    "tried not to speak ill of the dead"

    "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"

    Synonyms: badly

Synonyms

ailment, complaint, inauspicious, ominous, sick, badly, poorly

Common word forms

ills, iller, illest, illing, illness

Words from these letters

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