ill
Not feeling right
Ill means unwell or sick: She's been ill for a week.
More common in British than American English, where sick dominates.
Ill also means bad or harmful: ill effects, ill will, ill-advised.
As an adverb, it means badly or poorly: ill-prepared, ill-suited.
Ills are troubles or misfortunes: the ills of society.
To speak ill of someone is to criticize them.
In hip-hop slang, ill flips to mean impressively skilled or cool: That beat is ill.
Experiencing poor health
- ailingIn poor health
- sicklyProne to poor health
- feverishHaving elevated temperature
- nauseousFeeling urge to vomit
bedridden · convalescent · infirm · indisposed · debilitated · weak · feeble · frail
Minor health problem
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- maladyA bodily affliction
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
virus · chronic · acute · diagnosis · symptoms · treatment · prognosis · contagion
Planned purpose
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- maliciousMeaning to do harm
- malevolentHarboring ill will
sinister · nefarious · hostile · spiteful · vindictive · baleful · pernicious · ominous
Chance affecting outcomes
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- omenProphetic indicator
- fatePredetermined course of events
- starredGiven principal billing
fated · boding · tidings · wind · portent · harbinger · curse · jinx
Mild physical or mental distress
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- queasinessMild stomach disturbance
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
listlessness · languor · indisposition · weakness · weariness · faintness · dizziness · nausea
unwell
Experiencing poor health
nauseous · bedridden · convalescent · infirm · indisposed · debilitated · weak · feeble · frail · pallid
ailment
Minor health problem
- afflictionCause of ongoing distress
- maladyA bodily affliction
- sicknessBodily disorder or disease
infection · virus · chronic · acute · diagnosis · symptoms · treatment · prognosis · contagion · pathogen
intent
Planned purpose
malevolent · sinister · nefarious · hostile · spiteful · vindictive · baleful · pernicious · ominous · menacing
luck
Chance affecting outcomes
starred · fated · boding · tidings · wind · portent · harbinger · curse · jinx · adversity
discomfort
Mild physical or mental distress
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- queasinessMild stomach disturbance
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
lethargy · listlessness · languor · indisposition · weakness · weariness · faintness · dizziness · nausea · chills
effects
Consequences or belongings
- consequencesResults of actions taken
- healthCondition of body, mind
- fatedDetermined by destiny
starred · advised · conceived · gotten · timed · prepared · suited · equipped · treatment · wind
prepared
Made ready beforehand
conceived · timed · fitting · mannered · bred · gotten · inadequate · insufficient · poor · wanting
- Short Wordsact, a, add, I, bat
- sicknesssick, unwell, ailing, diseased, infected
- states of beingalive, dead, living, existing, conscious
- Southern dialecty'all, fixin to, bless your heart, reckon, howdy
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
illgood
Satisfactory in quality
beneficial · benevolent · benign · wholesome · positive
illauspicious
Indicating future success
favorable · fortunate · propitious · lucky · promising
- optical illusionMisleading visual perception
- illegal dumpingUnlawful waste disposal
- mental illnessDisorder affecting cognition or mood
- ill willHostile or unfriendly feeling
- illegal drugsOutlawed intoxicating substances
- terminal illnessIncurable, deadly medical condition
illness, illegal, illusion, illustrate, illuminate, illogical, illicit, illiterate, illegally