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单词 ill-
释义

ill-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
1. General uses.
a. From ill adj.
(a) In attributive relation: see ill adj. and n. Compounds 1; also ill blood n., ill breeding n., illfare n., ill humour n., ill luck n., ill-nature n., ill usage n., ill will n.
(b) Parasynthetic compounds: see 1d.
b. From ill n.
(a) Objective and objective genitive. Also ill-willer n., ill-willing adj., ill-wish v., ill-wisher n.
(i)
† ill-abearing adj. Obsolete enduring evil.
Π
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiii. 455 Bound to this ill-abearing destiny.
† ill-aboding adj. Obsolete = ill-boding adj.
Π
1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 299 This unseasonable ill aboding desire, did displease the Lord.
a1711 T. Ken Psyche iv, in Wks. (1721) IV. 269 Ill-aboding Birds who hate the Day.
ill-announcing adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈnaʊnsɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌɪləˈnaʊnsɪŋ/
Π
1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 299 How say'st? What did I? Ill-announcing sire!
ill-breeding adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈbriːdɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈbridɪŋ/
ill-designing adj.
Brit. /ˌɪldᵻˈzʌɪnɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪldəˈzaɪnɪŋ/
,
/ˌɪldiˈzaɪnɪŋ/
Π
1710 J. Swift in Examiner No. 16. 2/1 The Craft of ill designing Men.
1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 9 To encourage ill-designing men.
ill-dispersing adj.
Brit. /ˌɪldᵻˈspəːsɪv/
,
U.S. /ˌɪldəˈspərsɪv/
Π
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. i. 52 O ill dispersing winde of miserie. View more context for this quotation
ill-divining adj.
Brit. /ˌɪldᵻˈvʌɪnɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌɪldəˈvaɪnɪŋ/
Π
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 54 I haue an ill diuining soule. View more context for this quotation
ill-doing adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈduːɪŋ/
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/ˈɪlˌduːɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌɪlˈduɪŋ/
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/ˈɪlˌduɪŋ/
Π
1868 A. Helps Realmah I. i. 2 The ill-doings of all the ill-doers who [etc.].
ill-halsening adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈhalsn̩ɪŋ/
,
/ˌɪlˈhɑːsn̩ɪŋ/
,
/ˌɪlˈhɔːsn̩ɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈhæls(ə)nɪŋ/
,
/ˌɪlˈhɑs(ə)nɪŋ/
,
/ˌɪlˈhɔs(ə)nɪŋ/
Π
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 1v This ill-halsening hornie name, hath..opened a gap to the scoffes of many.
ill-intending adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlɪnˈtɛndɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlᵻnˈtɛndɪŋ/
ill-persuading adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlpəˈsweɪdɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlpərˈsweɪdɪŋ/
ill-presaging adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈprɛsɪdʒɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌɪlpriˈseɪdʒɪŋ/
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/ˌɪlˈprɛsᵻdʒɪŋ/
Π
1703 W. Congreve Tears Amaryllis 5 Skreams of ill-presaging Birds.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1986) I. 340 The lamp of day, with ill-presaging glare, Dim, cloudy, sunk beneath the western wave.
ill-uttering adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈʌt(ə)rɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈədərɪŋ/
Π
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. v. 34 The Gold I giue thee, will I melt and powr Downe thy ill vttering throate.
(ii)
ill-deemer n.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈdiːmə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈdimər/
ill-doer n.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈduːə/
,
/ˈɪlˌduːə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈduər/
,
/ˈɪlˌduər/
Π
1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 89 Ill Doers are ill Deemers.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xiv. 266 It is the ill-doers are ill-dreaders.
ill-doing n. and adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈduːɪŋ/
,
/ˈɪlˌduːɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈduɪŋ/
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/ˈɪlˌduɪŋ/
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 72 We knew not The Doctrine of ill-doing . View more context for this quotation
1742 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Antiq. Rome lxxix, in tr. A. Palladio Architecture (ed. 3) II. 95 Temples erected to ill-doing Gods.
ill-dreader n.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈdrɛdə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈdrɛdər/
ill-foreboder n.
Brit. /ˌɪlfɔːˈbəʊdə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˌfɔrˈboʊdər/
Π
1782 R. Burns Poem Oh why the deuce should I repine, And be an ill foreboder?
ill-thinker n.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈθɪŋkə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈθɪŋkər/
Π
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.j Surmowsers yll thynkers and make brasers.
(b) Instrumental and dative.
ill-deceived adj.
Brit. /ˌɪldᵻˈsiːvd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪldəˈsivd/
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/ˌɪldiˈsivd/
(deceived by evil).
Π
1647 H. More Philos. Poems 327 Their ill-deceived soul.
ill-inclining adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlɪnˈklʌɪnɪŋ/
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/ˌɪlɪŋˈklʌɪnɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlᵻnˈklaɪnɪŋ/
,
/ˌɪlᵻŋˈklaɪnɪŋ/
(inclining to evil).
Π
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxvi. sig. N2 The ill-inclining soule.
c. From ill adv.In senses 1c(c), 1c(d) the hyphen is only syntactic, being required when the qualified adjective is used attributively, but unnecessary when it is predicative: cf. ill adv. Introd. note.Both elements have usually a main stress, but one or other may predominate according to the construction; in particular, combinations like ill-built, ill-fated, ill-fitting, standing before a noun, have usually the stronger stress on ill. Cf. an ˈill-built house, the chimney is ˈill ˈbuilt; an ˈill-ˌfated prince, an ˈill-fitting dress, a child by no means ill-ˈfavoured.
(a)
(i) With verbs, as ill-husband, ill-judge, ill-requite. Also ill-treat v., ill-use v.
Π
1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 271 Whether..he illhusbanded the mind of Parmene.
1658 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 362 I hope they will never ill-requite it.
1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling 54 To what can we more reasonably impute [it]..then to our ill-husbanding the means of grace?
1815 Sporting Mag. 46 21 Shelton again ill-judged his distance.
(ii)
ill-favour v.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfeɪvə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfeɪvər/
(transitive) to treat badly, to be inimical to or hostile towards. (Two stresses.)
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > show hostility to [verb (transitive)]
to set against ——c1330
ill-favour1899
snout1916
1899 F. J. Crowest Beethoven 128 His environment generally throughout his early life ill-favoured the contemplative mood.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 2/1 Fortune ill-favoured them in many skirmishes.
(b) With adjectives derived from verbs, as †ill-agreeable, ill-effaceable, ill-manageable, ill-observant.
Π
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. i. §6. 11 Ill agreeable to the holy Scriptures.
1813 C. Lofft in E. H. Barker Parriana (1829) II. 79 (note) A very ill-manageable portion of time.
1842 A. T. de Vere Song of Faith 83 Ill-observant eyes.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 523 The ill-effaceable spot of ungodliness.
(c) With present participles, or adjectives of participial form, forming adjectives. Also ill-faring adj., ill-judging adj., ill-looking adj. (Stress: see under 1c above.)
ill-according adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈkɔːdɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈkɔrdɪŋ/
Π
1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. xviii. 10 There sounded an ill-according crie of the enemies. View more context for this quotation
ill-agreeing adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈɡriːɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈɡriɪŋ/
Π
1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 94 The disposition of that People being..so malignant and ill-agreeing with us.
ill-beseeming adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlbᵻˈsiːmɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlbəˈsimɪŋ/
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/ˌɪlbiˈsimɪŋ/
Π
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. v. 73 Put off these frownes, An ill beseeming semblance for a feast. View more context for this quotation
ill-calculating adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈkalkjᵿleɪtɪŋ/
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U.S. /ˌɪlˈkælkjəˌleɪdɪŋ/
ill-consisting adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈsɪstɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈsɪstɪŋ/
ill-contenting adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈtɛntɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈtɛntɪŋ/
ill-fitting adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfɪtɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfɪdɪŋ/
Π
1893 A. S. Eccles Sciatica 39 Ill-fitting joints in the woodwork.
ill-going adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈɡəʊɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈɡoʊɪŋ/
Π
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. viii. sig. P3v (heading) Telling the Strokes of an ill-going Clock.
ill-greeting adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈɡriːtɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈɡridɪŋ/
Π
1637 J. Milton Comus 14 Lest some ill greeting touch attempt the person Of our unowned sister.
ill-guiding adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈɡʌɪdɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈɡaɪdɪŋ/
ill-neighbouring adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈneɪb(ə)rɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈneɪbərɪŋ/
ill-perfuming adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈpəːfjuːmɪŋ/
,
/ˌɪlpəˈfjuːmɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlpərˈfjumɪŋ/
,
/ˌɪlˈpərˌfjumɪŋ/
ill-resounding adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlrᵻˈzaʊndɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlrəˈzaʊndɪŋ/
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/ˌɪlriˈzaʊndɪŋ/
Π
1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Fiiij His ill resounding noise.
ill-smelling adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈsmɛlɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈsmɛlɪŋ/
Π
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 889 Ill-looking and often ill-smelling mucus.
ill-sounding adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈsaʊndɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈsaʊndɪŋ/
Π
1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. liii He was forc'd to crowd his Verse with ill sounding Monosyllables.
ill-succeeding adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlsəkˈsiːdɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlsəkˈsidɪŋ/
Π
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ii. sig. B3 Their bootelesse paines, and ill succeeding night.
ill-suiting adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈs(j)uːtɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈsudɪŋ/
ill-yoking adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈjəʊkɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈjoʊkɪŋ/
Π
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 29 The forcible continuing of an improper and ill-yoking couple.
(d) With past participles, or adjectives of the same form, forming adjectives.
(i) (In senses 1 – 4 of ill adv.) Also ill-affected adj., ill-disposed adj., ill-got adj., ill-gotten adj.
ill-achieved adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈtʃiːvd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈtʃivd/
ill-acquired adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈkwʌɪəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈkwaɪ(ə)rd/
Π
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. v. §1. 293 The same reckless prodigality with which they squandered any other part of their ill-acquired possessions.
ill-begotten adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlbᵻˈɡɒtn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlbəˈɡɑtn/
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/ˌɪlbiˈɡɑtn/
Π
1686 S. Kaye Έισόπτρον τοῦ Χριστιανίσμου v. 176 One perhaps, will dedicate some part of his ill begotten Estate to pious and charitable Uses.
1784 Wit's Mag. Apr. 152/2 Waken'd conscience gave such twitches About his ill-begotten riches.
1828 T. Pitkin Polit. & Civil Hist. USA II. xii. 46 Those who have engrossed commodities may suffer..the loss of their ill-begotten hoards.
1962 Life 31 Aug. 70/3 The robbers had vanished without a trace and were free to spend their ill-begotten gains.
2009 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 26 May His fees were paid with ill-begotten gains from Southwick's fraudulent schemes.
ill-behaved adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlbᵻˈheɪvd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlbəˈheɪvd/
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/ˌɪlbiˈheɪvd/
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective]
misbearinga1400
misgovernedc1431
misdemeaned1510
misguided?a1513
misordered1529
misbehaved1597
ill-behaved1611
badly behaved1843
haveless1856
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [adjective]
misbearinga1400
misleda1400
misgovernedc1431
misdemeaned1510
misguided?a1513
misordered1529
misbehaved1597
ill-behaved1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mal-avenant,..ill behaued.
ill-celebrated adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈsɛlᵻbreɪtᵻd/
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U.S. /ˌɪlˈsɛləˌbreɪdᵻd/
Π
1704 Addr. Tiverton 16 Oct. in London Gaz. No. 4066/8 To enable Your Majesty to break the ill-celebrated Ballance of Power.
ill-composed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkəmˈpəʊzd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkəmˈpoʊzd/
Π
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 78 In my most ill-compos'd Affection. View more context for this quotation
ill-erected adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlᵻˈrɛktᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈrɛktəd/
,
/ˌɪliˈrɛktəd/
ill-gendered adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈdʒɛndəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈdʒɛndərd/
ill housewifed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪl ˈhaʊswʌɪft/
,
U.S. /ˌɪl ˈhaʊsˌwaɪft/
Π
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II ccxxxix, in Poems (1878) III. 196 The vndrest Hearth, and the ill house-wif'd roome Lay all on heaps.
ill-invented adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlɪnˈvɛntᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlᵻnˈvɛn(t)əd/
Π
1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation (1820) I. ii. 505 Sanders's charge on her, was an ill-invented calumny.
ill-meant adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈmɛnt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈmɛnt/
ill-occupied adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈɒkjᵿpʌɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈɑkjəˌpaɪd/
Π
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 103 For the takyng away of thes yl occupyd personys.
ill-requited adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlrᵻˈkwʌɪtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlrəˈkwaɪdᵻd/
,
/ˌɪlriˈkwaɪdᵻd/
ill-spent adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈspɛnt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈspɛnt/
ill-won adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈwʌn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈwən/
Π
a1586 W. Dunbar in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 293 Ill won geir Riches not þe kin.
(ii) In sense 5 of ill adv.
ill-adventured adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlədˈvɛn(t)ʃəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlədˈvɛn(t)ʃərd/
Π
a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 185 The ship-wrack of my ill-adventured Youth.
ill-annexed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈnɛkst/
,
/ˌɪlaˈnɛkst/
,
/ˌɪlˈanɛkst/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈnɛkst/
,
/ˌɪlæˈnɛkst/
,
/ˌɪlˈæˌnɛkst/
Π
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G1v Ill annexed opportunity. View more context for this quotation
ill-bested adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈbɛstᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈbɛstəd/
Π
a1592 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 477 O ill-bestid. Poor in store, in wealth a wretch.
ill-constructed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈstrʌktᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈstrəktəd/
Π
1847 J. S. Mill Let. 19 June in Wks. (1963) XIII. 721 The long paper..is full of unfinished & ill constructed..sentences.
1944 R. Chandler Let. 26 Jan. in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 42 A column and a half of respectful attention will be given to any fourth-rate, ill-constructed, mock-serious account of the life of a bunch of cotton pickers in the deep south.
ill-foreseen adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlfəˈsiːn/
,
/ˌɪlfɔːˈsiːn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlfərˈsin/
,
/ˌɪlˌfɔrˈsin/
ill-joined adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈdʒɔɪnd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈdʒɔɪnd/
ill-knotted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈnɒtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈnɑdəd/
ill-met adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈmɛt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈmɛt/
ill-pleased adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈpliːzd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈplizd/
Π
1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xxi. 161 An angry ill-pleased wife is no pleasant companion for a gentleman on a long evening.
ill-wedded adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈwɛdᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈwɛdəd/
Π
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 51 The distresses and extremities of an ill wedded man.
(iii) (In sense 6 of ill adv.) Also ill-advised adj., ill-bred adj., ill-sorted adj. (Stress: see under 1c.)These quasi-combinations can be formed with almost any past participle, or adjective in -ed, and their number (esp. in group c.) is practically unlimited. Only a few are here illustrated.
ill-accoutred adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈkuːtəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈkutərd/
Π
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. vi. 169 A very slender and ill-accoutred train of followers.
ill-acted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈaktᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈæktəd/
Π
1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) iii. 198 Like some dull ill-acted part.
ill-adapted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈdaptᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈdæptəd/
Π
1878 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 53 If his powers correspond to the wants of this social environment, he may survive, even though he be ill-adapted to the natural or ‘outer’ environment.
ill-adjusted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈdʒʌstᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈdʒəstəd/
Π
1878 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 53 Individuals who, by their special powers, satisfy these desires are protected by their fellows and enabled to survive, though their mental constitution should in other respects be lamentably ill-‘adjusted’ to the outward world.
1903 Daily Chron. 25 June 4/1 In this ill-adjusted world men have to take what they can get.
ill-armed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈɑːmd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈɑrmd/
Π
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vi. 225 Ridgefield and Compo saw his valorous might, With ill arm'd swains put veteran troops to flight.
1942 W. S. Churchill End of Beginning (1943) 32 China, ill-armed or half-armed, has..withstood the main fury of Japan.
ill-arranged adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈreɪn(d)ʒd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈreɪndʒd/
ill-assorted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈsɔːrtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈsɔrdəd/
Π
1814 R. Southey Roderick ii. 18 In wedlock to an ill-assorted mate.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 430 The misery of an ill assorted marriage.
1938 W. S. Churchill Into Battle (1941) 29 Three..Ministers of the Crown have been..prejudiced by being given..ill-assorted tasks.
ill-balanced adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈbalənst/
,
/ˌɪlˈbaln̩st/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈbælənst/
Π
1864 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 118 The clouds come, like ill-balanced crags.
1956 K. Clark Nude vii. 284 Could fill an ill-balanced nature with destructive envy.
ill-brought-up adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlbrɔːtˈʌp/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˌbrɔdˈəp/
,
/ˌɪlˌbrɑdˈəp/
Π
1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 800 This ill-brought-up Tyrant.
ill-built adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈbɪlt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈbɪlt/
ill-cemented adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlsᵻˈmɛntᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlsəˈmɛn(t)əd/
ill-chosen adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈtʃəʊzn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈtʃoʊz(ə)n/
Π
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xvii. sig. Aa4 The vngrateful treason of her ill-chosen husband.
ill-clad adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈklad/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈklæd/
Π
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 379 Ill-clad and fed but sparely.
ill-coined adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈkɔɪnd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈkɔɪnd/
Π
1781 S. Johnson Shenstone in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets X. 14 His words ill-coined, or ill-chosen.
ill-coloured adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈkʌləd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈkələrd/
ill-concealed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈsiːld/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈsild/
Π
1895 B. M. Croker Village Tales 38 As time wore on, there actually arose an ill-concealed jealousy of their old corps.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 8 Mar. 63/3 The report of the Cook Committee was awaited with ‘ill-concealed impatience’.
ill-conceived adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈsiːvd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈsivd/
ill-concerted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈsəːtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈsərdəd/
ill-conducted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈdʌktᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈdəktəd/
Π
1839 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. Apr. 497 There is a notion abroad that they are the ill-conditioned and ill-conducted portion.
ill-considered adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈsɪdəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈsɪdərd/
Π
1835 J. S. Mill in London Rev. Oct. 116 In the English aristocracy there has surely been..crude and ill-considered legislation enough.
1956 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Nuer Relig. iii. 96 It was because this was not appreciated by British administrators that the role..of the prophets was very largely misunderstood and their treatment of them ill-considered.
ill-contrived adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈtrʌɪvd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈtraɪvd/
Π
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 188 Homes..small and ill-contrived.
ill-cured adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈkjʊəd/
,
/ˌɪlˈkjɔːd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈkjʊ(ə)rd/
ill-defined adj.
Brit. /ˌɪldᵻˈfʌɪnd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪldəˈfaɪnd/
,
/ˌɪldiˈfaɪnd/
Π
1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iv. 110 Its conical shell with a shallow ill-defined umbilicus.
ill-digested adj.
Brit. /ˌɪldʌɪˈdʒɛstᵻd/
,
/ˌɪldᵻˈdʒɛstᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪldaɪˈdʒɛstəd/
,
/ˌɪldəˈdʒɛstəd/
ill-directed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪldᵻˈrɛktᵻd/
,
/ˌɪldʌɪˈrɛktᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪldəˈrɛktəd/
,
/ˌɪldaɪˈrɛktəd/
Π
a1849 E. A. Poe Wks. (1865) I. 418 Some feeble and ill-directed efforts resulted in complete failure on their part, and, of course, in total triumph on mine.
1947 Mind 56 132 They have thus been led to offer facile, but ill-directed, rebutments of the refutation.
ill-dissembled adj.
Brit. /ˌɪldɪsəˈsɛmbld/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˌdɪsəˈsɛmb(ə)ld/
ill-done adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈdʌn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈdən/
Π
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xvi. 291 Ill-done work.
ill-drawn adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈdrɔːn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈdrɔn/
,
/ˌɪlˈdrɑn/
ill-dressed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈdɛst/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈdrɛst/
ill-equipped adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlᵻˈkwɪpt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈkwɪpt/
,
/ˌɪliˈkwɪpt/
Π
1956 Nature 10 Mar. 446/2 At present we are ill-equipped to do so.
1962 W. Nowottny Lang. Poets Use i. 5 The exhausted and ill-equipped army.
ill-fardled adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfɑːdld/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfɑrd(ə)ld/
Π
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia in Poems (1878) III. To Rdr. 131 Little spoone-Meats cull From Stowe's ill-fardled dry fatt.
ill-fed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfɛd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfɛd/
ill-fitted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfɪtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfɪdᵻd/
Π
1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 198 With an ill-befitting air of haughtiness.
ill-founded adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfaʊndᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfaʊndəd/
Π
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1504 Thy hopes are not ill founded . View more context for this quotation
ill-furnished adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfəːnɪʃt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfərnɪʃt/
ill-governed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈɡʌvnd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈɡəvərnd/
Π
1685 tr. P. Nicole & A. Arnauld Logic iii. 68 Such a Presumption and Rashness is a sign of an ill-govern'd and ill-qualified mind.
1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last ii. 48 In the inactive or ill-governed nation, the gradations of decay and the victories of treason work out also their own rugged system of subjection and success.
ill-grounded adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈɡraʊndᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈɡraʊndəd/
Π
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xx. 207 Overhot ill-grounded Zeal.
ill-guided adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈɡʌɪdᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈɡaɪdᵻd/
ill-informed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlɪnˈfɔːmd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlᵻnˈfɔrmd/
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]
unlearedeOE
untowenc1000
unwittyc1000
skillessc1175
uncouthc1220
lewda1225
lorelessa1300
simplea1325
layc1330
uncunning1340
untaughtc1340
unknowingc1350
rudea1382
roida1400
unquainta1400
ignorant?c1400
unlearnedc1400
misknowing?a1425
simple-hearted?c1425
unknownc1475
unkenningc1480
unweeting1483
nescienta1500
craftlessc1530
misliterate1532
sillya1547
ingram1553
gross1561
inscient1578
borowe1579
plain-headeda1586
empirical1588
rudeful1589
lack-learning1590
learnless?1593
wotless?1594
ingrant1597
untutored1597
small-knowing1598
uninstructed1598
unlearnt1609
unread1609
unware?1611
nescious1623
inscious1633
inscientifical1660
uninformed1702
unaware1704
unable1721
unsuspecting1776
inerudite1801
ill-informed1824
incognoscent1827
unminded1831
unknowledgeable1837
knowledgelessc1843
parviscient1862
clueless1943
society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught > badly
foul-itowenc1225
ungroundedc1449
mistaught1552
mislearned1622
innurtured1660
mistutoreda1757
ill-informed1824
miseducated1827
1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. iv. 65 [Bacon] I have observed, among the well informed and the ill informed, nearly the same quantity of infirmities and follies.
1961 Bible (New Eng.) Rom. x. 2 To their zeal for God I can testify, but it is an ill-informed zeal.
ill-joined adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈdʒɔɪnd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈdʒɔɪnd/
ill-lighted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈlʌɪtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈlaɪdᵻd/
ill-lit adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈlɪt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈlɪt/
Π
1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. iii. 46 With small and ill-lit studios, and without means to pay models, he [sc. Haydon] could never do justice to his intellectual conceptions.
ill-made adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈmeɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈmeɪd/
ill-managed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈmanɪdʒd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈmænɪdʒd/
ill-matched adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈmatʃt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈmætʃt/
Π
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 89 Such refractory ill-match'd Fellows.
ill-mated adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈmeɪtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈmeɪdᵻd/
Π
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 684 The product Of those ill-mated Marriages. View more context for this quotation
ill-nurtured adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈnəːtʃəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈnərtʃərd/
ill-paid adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈpeɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈpeɪd/
Π
1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 198 My ill-paid Pains to mourn.
ill-performed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlpəˈfɔːmd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlpərˈfɔrmd/
Π
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. I. x. 369 The only service that transcendental egoism has done to psychology has been by protests against Hume's ‘bundle’-theory of mind. But this service has been ill-performed.
1946 A. L. Bacharach Brit. Music i. 12 The Churches, who never seemed to realise the paralysing effect their badly written, ill-performed music was having on their congregations.
ill-qualified adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈkwɒlᵻfʌɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈkwɑləˌfaɪd/
,
/ˌɪlˈkwɔləˌfaɪd/
Π
1685 [see ill-governed adj.].
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 188 The best of the unqualified or ill-qualified monarchies. View more context for this quotation
ill-regulated adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈrɛɡjᵿleɪtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈrɛɡjəˌleɪdᵻd/
Π
1803 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) I. 483 The ill-regulated mind of Rousseau was the victim of a thousand infirmities.
ill-roasted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈrəʊstᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈroʊstəd/
Π
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 36 Like an ill roasted Egge, all on one side. View more context for this quotation
ill-ruled adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈruːld/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈruld/
ill-shent adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈʃɛnt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈʃɛnt/
Π
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. ii. sig. D.ijv A sight Of him that made vs all so yll shent.
ill-spun adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈspʌn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈspən/
Π
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 24 Ill-spon weft ay comes foule out.
ill-strung adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈstrʌŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈstrəŋ/
Π
1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) iii. 179 How can I turne to jollitie My ill-strung Harpe.
ill-supported adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlsəˈpɔːtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlsəˈpɔrdəd/
Π
1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul ii. xxvi. 81 The Atheist's ill-supported, tottering world.
† ill-taken adj. Obsolete
Π
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 460 His ill-ta'ne suspition.
ill-taught adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈtɔːt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈtɔt/
,
/ˌɪlˈtɑt/
Π
1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 4 All their childish, and ill taught qualities.
ill-tuned adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈtjuːnd/
,
/ˌɪlˈtʃuːnd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈt(j)und/
Π
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 197 These ill-tuned repetitions. View more context for this quotation
ill-understood adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlʌndəˈstʊd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˌəndərˈstʊd/
Π
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iv. sig. Ll5 That ill vnderstoode intercession.
ill-ventilated adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈvɛntᵻleɪtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈvɛn(t)əˌleɪdᵻd/
† ill-weaved adj. Obsolete
Π
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 87 Ill weaud ambition, how much art thou shrunke. View more context for this quotation
ill-worded adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈwəːdᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈwərdəd/
ill-written adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈrɪtn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈrɪtn/
Π
1826 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers (1884) I. xi. 325 An ill-written, ill-spelled, ill-folded, ill-sealed letter.
ill-wrought adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈrɔːt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈrɔt/
,
/ˌɪlˈrɑt/
ill-yoked adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈjəʊkt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈjoʊkt/
Π
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. i. sig. B6 Like Aphrogenias ill-yok'd marriage.
d. Parasynthetic combinations, in which ill- is sometimes of adverbial, sometimes of adjectival origin. (Thus ill-intentioned is opposed to well-intentioned, but ill-humoured to good-humoured.) See also ill-conditioned adj., ill-deedy adj., ill-favoured adj., ill-humoured adj., ill-looked adj., ill-mannered adj., ill-natured adj., ill-starred adj., ill-tempered adj., ill-tongued adj., ill-willed adj., ill-willy adj. (Stress: see under 1c above.)
ill-complexioned adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkəmˈplɛkʃnd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkəmˈplɛkʃ(ə)nd/
Π
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 109 Envy..meager and ill-complexioned.
ill-countenanced adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈkaʊntᵻnənst/
,
/ˌɪlˈkaʊntn̩ənst/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈkaʊnt(ə)nənst/
Π
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 41 Hard-favoured, ill-countenanced damsels.
ill-eyed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈʌɪd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈaɪd/
Π
1670 R. Graham Angliæ Speculum Morale 90 Lame, thin-faced, il-eyed.
ill-featured adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfiːtʃəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfitʃərd/
Π
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 37/1 Ill fetured of limmes.
ill-figured adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfɪɡəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfɪɡjərd/
Π
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. xxviii. 367 She was short and ill-figured.
ill-flavoured adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfleɪvəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfleɪvərd/
Π
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 164 The..tobacco..was not ill flavoured.
ill-headed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈhɛdᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈhɛdəd/
Π
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A3 Whilest euery man Surcharg'd with wine, were heedlesse and ill hedded . View more context for this quotation
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. i. 64 A launce ill headed . View more context for this quotation
ill-mouthed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈmaʊðd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈmaʊðd/
,
/ˌɪlˈmaʊθt/
Π
c1480 (a1400) St. Bartholomew 235 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 187 With gret noyse & ilmowtht late.
ill-neighboured adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈneɪbəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈneɪbərd/
ill-noised adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈnɔɪzd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈnɔɪzd/
Π
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxviii. sig. Ff8v A Gitterne, ill-played on, accompanied with a hoarce voice..made them looke the way of the ill-noysed song.
ill-nosed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈnəʊzd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈnoʊzd/
Π
1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. xxxviii. 168 The bald-ill-nos'd Galilæan.
ill-odoured adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈəʊdəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈoʊdərd/
ill-principled adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈprɪnsᵻpld/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈprɪnsəp(ə)ld/
Π
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 160 She is so ill-principled a Woman.
ill-savoured adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈseɪvəd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈseɪvərd/
ill-savoury adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈseɪv(ə)ri/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈseɪv(ə)ri/
ill-scented adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈsɛntᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈsɛn(t)əd/
ill-spirited adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈspɪrᵻtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈspɪrᵻdᵻd/
Π
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. v. 2 Ill spirited Worcester, did not we send grace, Pardon, and tearmes of loue to all of you? View more context for this quotation
ill-tasted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈteɪstᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈteɪstᵻd/
Π
1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) 298 Bitter and ill-tasted drugs.
ill-visaged adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈvɪzɪdʒd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈvɪzɪdʒd/
Π
1865 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 160 And John shall lie, where winds are dead, And hate the ill-visaged cursing tars.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Hickory-fyeced, pock~marked, ill visaged.
2. Special combinations.
ˈill-aˈccustomed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪləˈkʌstəmd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪləˈkəstəmd/
(a) little accustomed or habituated to something; (b) having little custom, little frequented by customers.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed > little used or accustomed
leasta1586
ill-accustomed1671
1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. 314 Some Souls so infirm and ill-accustomed..though of a noble Nature.
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 179 But one ill-accustomed shop.
ill assurance n.
Brit. /ˌɪl əˈʃʊərəns/
,
/ˌɪl əˈʃʊərn̩s/
,
/ˌɪl əˈʃɔːrəns/
,
/ˌɪl əˈʃɔːrn̩s/
,
U.S. /ˌɪl əˈʃʊrəns/
want of assurance.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > diffidence or misgiving
diffidencea1425
misgiving1582
ill assurance1905
1905 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 151 As they grew out of the restive sensitiveness of youthful ill-assurance,..they turned with gratitude towards their parent.
c1909 D. H. Lawrence Collier's Friday Night (1934) ii. 51 Ernest (flushing up at the sound of her ill-assurance).
† ill-boned adj. Obsolete having diseased or injured bones.
Π
1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) xvii. 184 There is a Saviour's hand..to wheel in an ill-boned soul.
ill-born adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈbɔːn/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈbɔrn/
of evil birth or origin.
ΘΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective] > in origin
ill-born1640
society > morality > moral evil > [adjective] > evil in birth or origin
ill-born1640
1640–4 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 215 To have strangled their ill-born Resolutions in the Cradle.
1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 12 From this Amphibious Ill-born Mob began That vain ill-natur'd thing, an Englishman.
ill-content adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈtɛnt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈtɛnt/
discontented, †displeased.
Π
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxiii. 496 Whan the frenshe men sawe the grete cruelnes of Charlemagn..they were yll contente.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 31 So the three..Dwelt with eternal summer, ill-content.
ill-contented adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈtɛntᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈtɛntəd/
= ill-content adj.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > [adjective]
unsaught?a1300
unsetea1350
unrestfulc1384
unsatisfiedc1430
discontentc1475
ill content1477
miscontent?1499
uncontentc1503
orpita1525
discontented1531
miscontenteda1533
evil contented1548
repining1565
uncontented1568
unpacified1570
discontentive1578
malcontent1578
ill-contented1582
malcontented1582
unmollified1587
unappeased1594
discontentful1604
discontenting1605
contentlessa1616
ungratifieda1625
insatisfied1643
unsatisfieda1648
unsoothed1648
repineful1655
dissatisfied1675
satisfactionless1841
sore-headed1844
disgruntled1847
sore-head1862
choked1950
dischuffed1975
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxxix. 163 With this spoyle the king..remained so ill contented.
1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 6 When the houshold estate..is so ill contented.
ill-convenience n.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈviːnɪəns/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈvinjəns/
Π
1737 in J. T. Bunce Hist. Old St. Martin's, B'ham (1875) 47 Great Illconveniences have attended the Ringing of States Days & Holidays at Both Churches.
1773 Carroll Papers in Maryland Hist. Mag. 14 367 I found no ill convenience from it nor did I feel it.
1777 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 2nd Ser. II. 235 I shall be particularly obliged to you if, without putting yourself to any ill convenience, you can procure for me the memorandum.
† ill-conveniency n. Obsolete
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [noun]
incommodity?a1475
discommoditya1535
inconveniency1552
disconvenience1556
discommodiousness1579
discommodious1583
disconveniency1601
incommodiousnessa1631
ill-conveniency1653
inconvenience1653
disaccommodationa1676
bovver1883
1653 Braintree Rec. 6 Upon consideration of great ill conveniencyes.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. xxiii. 852/1 Leaving out the Opium, it may be given..twice a day, without any ill conveniency.
1719 Mem. Lewis XIV v. 53 Liable to a thousand Illconveniencies.
ill-convenient adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlkənˈviːnɪənt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlkənˈvinjənt/
inconvenient, ill-suiting (nonstandard in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [adjective]
disconvenienta1475
discommodious1540
unmanageable1650
inconvenient1651
ill-convenient1708
unbain1828
1708 in Maryland Hist. Mag. 17 218 It might be very ill convenient on Emergency's not to be able to make an Election under three or four months.
1719 Maryland Hist. Mag. 18 9 [They] have stopped it [sc. a road] up and turned it into Ilconvenient & swampy ground.
1723 in J. T. Bunce Hist. Old St. Martin's, B'ham (1875) 44 It appearing to be very ill convenient to the Town..that the Guard should be kept at either of the Markett Crosses.
1740 D. Garrick Lying Valet ii It will be ill-convenient to pay me to-morrow.
1864 F. Greenwood in Cornhill Mag. Feb. 207 They're always a-coming at illconvenient times.
ill-customed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈkʌstəmd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈkəstəmd/
(a) having little custom; (b) characterized by a bad custom or fashion.
Π
1611 B. Rich Honestie of Age (1614) 26 But an ill customed shoppe, that taketh not fiue shillings a day.
1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art ii. 39 Forbid them to make what is ill-customed, and unrestrained..and without order.
ill-deserver n.
Brit. /ˌɪldᵻˈzəːvə/
,
U.S. /ˌɪldəˈzərvər/
Π
1586 Queen Elizabeth I in R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Eliz. (1630) iii. 98 I haue bestowed benefits vpon ill deseruers.
ill-deserving adj.
Brit. /ˌɪldᵻˈzəːvɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪldəˈzərvɪŋ/
deserving of ill.
Π
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. xi. 31 The ill-deseruing King.
1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles (1789) 154 So profane and ill-deserving a rout of men.
ill-faced adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfeɪst/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfeɪst/
having an unpleasing face or aspect, ugly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]
flatc1400
hardc1400
low-cheeredc1400
large?a1425
ruscledc1440
well-visagedc1440
platter-faced1533
well-faced1534
full-faced1543
fair-faced1553
bright-faceda1560
crab-faced1563
crab-snouted1563
crab-tree-faced1563
long-visaged1584
owlya1586
wainscot-faced1588
flaberkin1592
rough-hewn1593
angel-faced1594
round-faced1594
crab-favoured1596
rugged1596
weasel-faced1596
rough-faced1598
half-faced1600
chitty1601
lenten-faced1604
broad-faced1607
dog-faced1607
weaselled-faced1607
wry-faced1607
maid-faced1610
warp-faced1611
ill-faceda1616
lean-faceda1616
old-faceda1616
moon-faced1619
monkey-faced1620
chitty-face1622
chitty-faceda1627
lean-chapt1629
antic-faced1635
bloat-faced1638
bacon-facea1640
blue-faced1640
hatchet-faced1648
grave1650
lean-jawed1679
smock-faced1684
lean-visaged1686
flaber1687
baby-faced1692
splatter-faced1707
chubby1722
puggy1722
block-faced1751
haggard-looking1756
long-faced1762
haggardly1763
fresh-faced1766
dough-faced1773
pudding-faced1777
baby-featured1780
fat-faced1782
haggard1787
weazen-face1794
keen1798
ferret-like1801
lean-cheeked1812
mulberry-faced1812
open-faced1813
open-countenanced1819
chiselled1821
hatchety1821
misfeatured1822
terse1824
weazen-faced1824
mahogany-faced1825
clock-faced1827
sharp1832
sensual1833
beef-faced1838
weaselly1838
ferret-faced1840
sensuous1843
rat-faced1844
recedent1849
neat-faced1850
cherubimical1854
pinch-faced1859
cherubic1860
frownya1861
receding1866
weak1882
misfeaturing1885
platopic1885
platyopic1885
pro-opic1885
wind-splitting1890
falcon-face1891
blunt-featured1916
bun-faced1927
fish-faced1963
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. ii. 20 He is deformed..Ill-fac'd, worse bodied, shapelesse. View more context for this quotation
a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) Sol. ii. 9 Let such as always are at wars With their own fortunes, curse their ill-fac'd stars.
ill-famed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfeɪmd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfeɪmd/
of bad fame or repute.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute
unhonesta1382
ill-famed1483
scoury?a1513
renownless1552
uncredited1586
bankrupt1601
discredited1605
disopinioned1622
creditless1660
unreputable1688
irreputable1709
low-lifed?1750
louche1819
characterless1825
disreputable1828
pikey1838
shady1862
lowlife1939
sleazoid1976
1483 Cath. Angl. 195/1 Ille famed, infamatus.
1897 F. Whyte Eng. Stage 103 A street where ill-fed and ill-famed Frenchmen were..beginning to congregate.
† ill-fancied adj. Obsolete inelegant in design.
Π
1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Oct. (1965) I. 276 [I] never..saw so many fine Cloths ill fancy'd.
ill-fashioned adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfaʃnd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfæʃ(ə)nd/
of an ill fashion, or badly fashioned.
ΘΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done
unslya1300
misframeda1450
mismadec1480
ill-fashioned1600
bungled1619
ill-turneda1637
blunderly1746
stickit1784
wall-eyed1847
craftless1905
jack-legged1907
jackleg1936
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 211 Fortified..with ill fashioned trenches.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 255 His ill-fashioned gaberdine.
† ill-favourably adv. Obsolete (a) = ill-favouredly adv.; (b) with disfavour, unfavourably.
Π
1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. ii. f. 10 They..make the body to breake oute illfauourably..wyth scabbes.
1643 True Informer 27 It hath made the Venetian..to looke but ilfavourably of us.
ill-formed adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfɔːmd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfɔrmd/
badly formed, or having a bad form.
ΘΠ
the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective]
misshapena1400
deformedc1400
forshapenc1440
misfashioned?a1513
inform1555
fromshapen1581
misformed1590
informous1610
disjointed1652
ill-formeda1672
abnormous1710
malformed1817
dislocated1830
aberrated1976
a1672 A. Bradstreet Author to Bk. in Several Poems (1678) 236 Thou ill-form'd offspring of my feeble brain.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. iv. 269 They..make bold..to destroy ill-formed and mis-shaped Productions.
ill-formedness n.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfɔːm(ᵻ)dnᵻs/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfɔrm(ᵻ)dnᵻs/
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun]
solecism1583
absonism1592
acyrology1609
peccancy?1611
incorrectness1672
incorrection1788
barbarizing1861
solecizing1895
abusage1942
ill-formedness1972
1972 Language 48 i. 82 These have to do with (1) dialect variations and (2) degree of ill-formedness.
1972 A. Makkai Idiom Struct. Eng. 84 Let us now examine a few cases of lexemic illformedness.
ill-friended adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈfrɛndᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈfrɛndəd/
ill provided with friends.
Π
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 246 She is not that ill-friended.
† ill-habited adj. Obsolete having an ill habit of body, unhealthy, disordered.
Π
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 845 It becomes as meat to an ill habited stomach.
ill-hearted adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈhɑːrtᵻd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈhɑrdəd/
having an evil heart, ill-disposed, malicious.
ΘΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective]
teenfulOE
atteryc1175
ondfula1200
maliciousa1250
doggedc1300
enviousc1330
venoma1350
spitous?a1366
despitousc1374
heinous?a1400
venomyc1400
sinister1411
sputousc1420
doggish?a1425
cankered?a1439
doggya1450
sinistrous1460
spity1481
despiteful1488
spiteful1490
despiteous?1510
viperious?1510
peevisha1522
maliceful1522
envyful1530
viperinec1540
viperous?1542
vipered1560
uncanny1596
dogged-sprighted1600
maliced1602
ill-minded1611
virulent1613
ill-hearteda1617
doleful1617
spitish1627
splenial1641
litherlya1643
venomsome1660
slim1674
viper1721
vipereal1750
viperish1755
vicious1825
waspish1855
viperian1866
viperan1877
cattish1883
catty1886
bitchy1928
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective]
loathOE
teenfulOE
nithefulOE
ondfula1200
maliciousa1250
doggedc1300
enviousc1330
venomousa1340
venoma1350
spitous?a1366
despitousc1374
heinous?a1400
unkindlya1400
venomyc1400
sinister1411
sputousc1420
doggish?a1425
cankered?a1439
doggya1450
sinistrous1460
spity1481
despiteful1488
spiteful1490
despiteous?1510
viperious?1510
peevisha1522
envyful1530
viperous1535
viperinec1540
vipered1560
bad-minded1588
uncanny1596
dogged-sprighted1600
toothsome1601
maliced1602
ill-minded1611
virulent1613
ill-hearteda1617
doleful1617
spitish1627
ill-meaning1633
splenial1641
litherlya1643
venomsome1660
slim1668
cat-witted1672
vipereal1750
viperish1755
méchant1813
vicious1825
maliceful1840
mean1841
waspish1855
viperian1866
viperan1877
cattish1883
catty1886
bad mind1904
bitchy1908
a1617 S. Hieron Bargaine of Salt in Wks. (1620) II. 489 Many an hollow and ill hearted counterfait.
1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs xxvi, in Poems 18 Fient haet o' them 's ill hearted fellows.
† ill-language v. Obsolete (transitive) to use ill language about, speak ill of.
Π
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 551 Neither was this Trinity of Divine Subsistences only thus ill-languag'd by the Pagans generally.
† ill-lettered adj. Obsolete ill taught, illiterate.
Π
1604 F. Herring Modest Def. Caueat 32 In illiberal and illettered Natures.
ill-lived adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈlʌɪvd/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈlaɪvd/
leading a bad or immoral life.
Π
1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lvi A scandalous and ill-liued Teacher.
ill-meaning adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈmiːnɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈminɪŋ/
meaning evil, malicious in intent.
ΘΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adjective]
hateleOE
swartOE
ill-willinga1300
illc1330
ill-willeda1340
evil-willya1382
hatefula1400
malignc1429
malicea1500
maltalentivea1500
ill-willy15..
malevolent1509
malevolous1531
ill asposit1535
ill-givena1568
stomaching1579
malignant1592
gall-ful1596
gall-wet1597
ill-affecteda1599
unpleasant1603
evil-affected1611
gallsome1633
ill-meaning1633
ill-natured1645
unbenign1651
sullen1676
unbenevolent1694
reptilian1855
unbenignant1856
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective] > in intent
ill-meaning1633
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective]
loathOE
teenfulOE
nithefulOE
ondfula1200
maliciousa1250
doggedc1300
enviousc1330
venomousa1340
venoma1350
spitous?a1366
despitousc1374
heinous?a1400
unkindlya1400
venomyc1400
sinister1411
sputousc1420
doggish?a1425
cankered?a1439
doggya1450
sinistrous1460
spity1481
despiteful1488
spiteful1490
despiteous?1510
viperious?1510
peevisha1522
envyful1530
viperous1535
viperinec1540
vipered1560
bad-minded1588
uncanny1596
dogged-sprighted1600
toothsome1601
maliced1602
ill-minded1611
virulent1613
ill-hearteda1617
doleful1617
spitish1627
ill-meaning1633
splenial1641
litherlya1643
venomsome1660
slim1668
cat-witted1672
vipereal1750
viperish1755
méchant1813
vicious1825
maliceful1840
mean1841
waspish1855
viperian1866
viperan1877
cattish1883
catty1886
bad mind1904
bitchy1908
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective]
hateleOE
balefulOE
swartOE
hatelyOE
ill-willinga1300
illc1330
ill-willeda1340
evil-willya1382
hatefula1400
malignc1429
malicea1500
maltalentivea1500
malevolent1509
malevolous1531
fiendisha1535
ill asposit1535
ill-givena1568
malignant1592
ill-affecteda1599
unpleasant1603
manless?1609
evil-affected1611
ill-willy1611
ill-meaning1633
ill-natured1645
swarthy1651
unbenign1651
reptile1653
sullen1676
maligning1687
unbenevolent1694
reptilian1855
unbenignant1856
1633 G. Herbert Glance in Temple ii The malicious and ill-meaning harm.
1681 London Gaz. No. 1619/4 Designing and ill-meaning Men.
† ill-minded adj. Obsolete having an evil mind or disposition, unfriendly, hostile, malicious.
ΘΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective]
teenfulOE
atteryc1175
ondfula1200
maliciousa1250
doggedc1300
enviousc1330
venoma1350
spitous?a1366
despitousc1374
heinous?a1400
venomyc1400
sinister1411
sputousc1420
doggish?a1425
cankered?a1439
doggya1450
sinistrous1460
spity1481
despiteful1488
spiteful1490
despiteous?1510
viperious?1510
peevisha1522
maliceful1522
envyful1530
viperinec1540
viperous?1542
vipered1560
uncanny1596
dogged-sprighted1600
maliced1602
ill-minded1611
virulent1613
ill-hearteda1617
doleful1617
spitish1627
splenial1641
litherlya1643
venomsome1660
slim1674
viper1721
vipereal1750
viperish1755
vicious1825
waspish1855
viperian1866
viperan1877
cattish1883
catty1886
bitchy1928
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective]
loathOE
teenfulOE
nithefulOE
ondfula1200
maliciousa1250
doggedc1300
enviousc1330
venomousa1340
venoma1350
spitous?a1366
despitousc1374
heinous?a1400
unkindlya1400
venomyc1400
sinister1411
sputousc1420
doggish?a1425
cankered?a1439
doggya1450
sinistrous1460
spity1481
despiteful1488
spiteful1490
despiteous?1510
viperious?1510
peevisha1522
envyful1530
viperous1535
viperinec1540
vipered1560
bad-minded1588
uncanny1596
dogged-sprighted1600
toothsome1601
maliced1602
ill-minded1611
virulent1613
ill-hearteda1617
doleful1617
spitish1627
ill-meaning1633
splenial1641
litherlya1643
venomsome1660
slim1668
cat-witted1672
vipereal1750
viperish1755
méchant1813
vicious1825
maliceful1840
mean1841
waspish1855
viperian1866
viperan1877
cattish1883
catty1886
bad mind1904
bitchy1908
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mal-enthalenté, maliciously affected, ill-minded.
1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 18 Jan. Ill-minded Priests.
† ill-mindedness n. Obsolete
Π
1681 J. Crowne Henry VI i. ii. 14 I see..Too much Ill-mindedness in all this Fury.
† ill-monied adj. Obsolete ill supplied with money, poor.
Π
1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. iv. sig. G3v I thinke thou art ill monied.
† ill-part adj. Obsolete playing an evil part.
Π
1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. D2v Let king Iohn that ill part personage..Of chaste Matilda let him make an end.
ill-scraped adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈskreɪpt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈskreɪpt/
,
Scottish English /ˌɪlˈskrept/
Scottish not scraped clean, foul.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > uncleaned > uncleaned in other specific manner
ungarbled1439
unbrushenc1460
unscouredc1475
unswept1597
unscrapen1599
unwiped?1602
unswilled1645
unscraped1725
unmopped1775
unshovelled1828
unfurbished1829
unscavengered1846
unscreened1851
ill-scraped1858
unlicked1861
undusted1862
unbrushed1888
unscrubbedc1900
1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 32 Mare than ae ill scrapit tongue Misca'd ye sair.
1884 D. Pae Eustace 67 To put up with your ill-scraped tongue.
ill-seeming adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈsiːmɪŋ/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈsimɪŋ/
of evil appearance or aspect.
Π
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 148 Like a fountaine troubled, Muddie, ill seeming . View more context for this quotation
ill-shaped adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈʃeɪpt/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈʃeɪpt/
= ill-shapen adj.
Π
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. i. 44 Skins Of ill shapte fishes.
ill-shapen adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈʃeɪp(ə)n/
,
U.S. /ˌɪlˈʃeɪp(ə)n/
badly shaped, or of a bad shape; ill-contrived, awkward.
Π
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 214 Such manner of vncouth speech did the Tanner of Tamworth vse..I hope I shall be hanged to morrow. For [I feare me] I shall be hanged, whereat the king laughed..to heare his ill shapen terme.
† ill-speak v. Obsolete (transitive) to speak evil of, slander, traduce.
Π
1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts xix. 9 Il-speaking the way of the Lord before the multitude.
† ill-stated adj. Obsolete in an evil state or condition.
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1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 145 An ill-stated Body.
† ill-thewed adj. Obsolete ill-mannered.
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1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. i. xx Certes they be ill thew'd and baser born.
ill-thriven adj.
Brit. /ˌɪlˈθrɪvn/
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U.S. /ˌɪlˈθrɪv(ə)n/
that has thriven badly; badly grown, sickly, stunted; peevish, ill-disposed.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-nature > [adjective]
shrew1297
shrewd13..
maliciousc1330
ill-disposedc1460
shrewishc1480
indisposed1481
misaffectionate1533
unsavoury1568
ill-conditioned1614
ill-natured1645
unamiable1711
malignant1785
ill-thriven1806
nasty1825
beastly1911
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill-nature > [adjective]
shrew1297
shrewd13..
maliciousc1330
ill-disposedc1460
shrewishc1480
indisposed1481
unsavoury1568
ill-natured1656
unamiable1774
ill-thriven1806
nasty1825
1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 58 Short ill-thriven furze.
1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton (1878) xviii. 130 A little cross-grained, ill-thriven old fellow.
† ill-wresting adj. Obsolete wresting any one's words or actions to his disadvantage.
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1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxl. sig. I2 Now this ill wresting world is growne so bad, Madde slanderers by madde eares beleeued be.
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