ill
adj 1: not in good physical or mental health; "ill from the
monotony of his suffering" [syn: {sick}] [ant: {well}]
2: resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an
ill wind that blows no good"
3: distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute"
4: indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill
turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"
5: 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" [syn: {inauspicious}, {ominous}]
n 1: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "in
trouble with the police"; "he wanted to cure the ills of
all mankind"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
[syn: {trouble}, {distress}]
2: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for
complaining [syn: {ailment}, {complaint}]
adv 1: (`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" [syn: {badly}, {poorly}]
[ant: {well}]
2: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of
the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
[syn: {badly}] [ant: {well}]
3: with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we
can ill afford to buy a new car just now"