Other Words for Ill

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Ill as a Adjective has these synonyms:

bad, miserable, wretched, disastrous, unfavorable, unpropitious, untoward, disturbing, unfortunate, unlucky, inauspicious, ominous, unpromising, sinister, unwholesome
Example: Ill fortune led Ulysses to our isle. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.

evil, abuse
Example: Speak no ill of her in my home.

harmful, hurtful, injurious, detrimental, damaging, pernicious, dangerous, adverse, deleterious, baleful, bad, unfavorable, destructive, disastrous, catastrophic, ruinous, cataclysmic
Example: He suffered no lasting ill effects from the accident.

hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic, belligerent, malevolent, malicious, ill-wishing, unkind(ly), harsh, cruel
Example: The reading of the bequests sparked ill will amongst the heirs.

injustice, inequity, wrong, evil, sin, transgression, abuse, mistreatment, maltreatment
Example: He entered politics hoping to cure some of society's ills.

Ill as a Adverb has these synonyms:

scarcely, hardly, by no means, in no way
Example: It ill behoves you to criticize other people's English.

unkindly, harshly, unfairly, unjustly, improperly, badly, wrongly, wrongfully, unsatisfactorily, poorly, malevolently, maliciously
Example: He insists that he was ill-treated when in prison.

Ill as a Noun has these synonyms:

badly, adversely, unfavorably, critically, harshly, unkindly
Example: Please don't think ill of me for failing to attend your wedding.

badly, adversely, unfavorably, poorly, inauspiciously, unfortunately, unluckily
Example: Don't speak ill of the dead.

Ill as a Verb has these synonyms:

ailing, unsound, sick, indisposed, infirm, unhealthy, in a bad way, diseased, afflicted, in bad health, sickly, unwell, not well, out of commission, invalided, valetudinarian, under the weather, poorly, not up to snuff, out of sorts
Example: Call a doctor - this man is ill. I was rather ill last night after eating that fish mousse.

bad, wicked, sinful, evil, iniquitous, immoral, depraved, vicious, vile, wrong, corrupt
Example: Police raided several houses of ill repute.

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