• noun:   an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
• adjective:   indicating hostility or enmity

  Example: "You certainly did me an ill turn"

• adjective:   not in good physical or mental health

  Example: "Ill from the monotony of his suffering"

• adjective:   presaging ill-fortune

  Example: "Ill omens"

• adjective:   distressing

  Example: "Ill manners"

• adjective:   resulting in suffering or adversity

  Example: "Ill effects"

• adverb:   (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

  Example: "He was ill prepared"

• adverb:   with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly

  Example: "We can ill afford to buy a new car just now"

• adverb:   unfavorably or with disapproval

  Example: "Tried not to speak ill of the dead"

• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #56571)

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