nnoun.statean often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complainingSynset:ailment complaint
Derivationally Related Form:ail
Hypernyms:disorder upset
Inherited Hypernyms:ailmentdisorderphysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:kinetosismotion sicknesspip
Full Hyponyms:airsicknesscar sicknessmotion sicknesspipseasickness
adjadj.allaffected by an impairment of normal physical or mental functionSynset:sick
Examples:- ill from the monotony of his suffering
Antonyms:well
Derivationally Related Form:illnesssicksickness
Inherited Hypernyms:ill
Similar to:afflicted stricken aguish ailing indisposed peaked poorly seedy sickly under the weather unwell air sick airsick carsick seasick autistic bedfast bedrid bedridden sick-abed bilious liverish livery bronchitic consumptive convalescent recovering delirious hallucinating diabetic dizzy giddy vertiginous woozy dyspeptic faint light light-headed lightheaded swooning feverish feverous funny gouty green laid low stricken laid up milk-sick nauseated nauseous queasy sick sickish palsied paralytic paralyzed paraplegic rachitic rickety scrofulous sneezy spastic tubercular tuberculous unhealed upset
See also:unfit unhealthy
adj satadj.allpresaging ill fortuneSynset: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
Antonyms:propitious
Derivationally Related Form:omeninauspiciousness
Inherited Hypernyms:ill
Similar to:unpropitious
advadv.all('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not wellDomain Usage:combining form
Synset: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
Antonyms:well
Pertainyms:poor
Inherited Hypernyms:ill