1. (

• ailment ,
• complaint ,
• ill

) an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining ;

1. (

• ill ,
• sick ,

) affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" ;

2. (

• ill

) resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good" ;

3. (

• ill

) distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute" ;

4. (

• ill

) indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will" ;

5. (

• ill ,
• inauspicious ,
• ominous

) presaging ill fortune; "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" ;

1. (

• ill ,
• badly ,
• poorly

) (`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"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan" ;

2. (

• ill ,
• badly ,

) unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" ;

3. (

• ill ,

) with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now" ;