ill

(noun) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining. Synonyms: ailment, complaint.

(adj) affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function. Synonyms: ill (vs. well), sick. Example: "Ill from the monotony of his suffering."

(adj) resulting in suffering or adversity. Examples: "Ill effects." "It's an ill wind that blows no good."

(adj) distressing. Examples: "Ill manners." "Of ill repute."

(adj) indicating hostility or enmity. Examples: "You certainly did me an ill turn." "Ill feelings." "Ill will."

(adj) presaging ill fortune. Synonyms: inauspicious, ominous. Examples: "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."

(adv) (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well. Synonyms: badly, poorly. Examples: "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."

(adv) unfavorably or with disapproval. Synonyms: badly. Examples: "Tried not to speak ill of the dead." "Thought badly of him for his lack of concern."

(adv) with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly. Example: "We can ill afford to buy a new car just now."