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Saltos de línea: ill

Definición de ill en inglés:


1Suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell: he was taken ill with food poisoning [with submodifier]: a terminally ill patient (as plural noun the ill) a day centre for the mentally ill
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unwell, sick, not (very) well, ailing, poorly, sickly, peaky, afflicted, indisposed, infirm, liverish;
out of sorts, not oneself, not in good shape, not up to par, under/below par, bad, in a bad way;
bedridden, invalided, on the sick list, valetudinarian;
queasy, nauseous, nauseated;
weak, feeble, frail;
diseased, infected;
British off colour
informal under the weather, not up to snuff, laid up, dicky, funny, peculiar, iffy, crummy, lousy, rough, groggy, green about the gills, at death's door, like death warmed up
British informal ropy, grotty
Scottish informal wabbit
Australian/New Zealand informal crook
vulgar slang crappy
dated queer, seedy
2 [attributive] Poor in quality: ill judgement dogs the unsuccessful
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  • It was because of her ill judgment.
bad, poor, unsatisfactory, incompetent, unacceptable, inadequate, deficient, defective, faulty, unskilful, inexpert, amateurish
2.1Bad or harmful: she had a cup of the same wine and suffered no ill effects
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harmful, damaging, detrimental, deleterious, adverse, injurious, hurtful, destructive, pernicious, inimical, dangerous, ruinous, calamitous, disastrous, malign, malignant;
unhealthy, unwholesome, poisonous, noxious, cancerous
2.2Not favourable or auspicious: I have had a run of ill luck a bird of ill omen
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1 [usually in combination] Badly, wrongly, or imperfectly: the street is dominated by ill-lit shops it ill becomes one so beautiful to be gloomy
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1.1Unfavourably or inauspiciously: a look on her face which boded ill for anyone who crossed her path
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barely, scarcely, hardly, just, only just, just possibly, narrowly;
with difficulty, only with effort
British informal at a push


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1A problem or misfortune: a lengthy work on the ills of society
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1.1 [mass noun] Evil or harm: how could I wish him ill?
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harm, hurt, injury, damage, mischief, pain, trouble, unpleasantness, misfortune, grievance, suffering, distress, anguish, trauma, grief





ill at ease

Uncomfortable or embarrassed.
Example sentences
embarrassed, shy, bashful, blushing, retiring, shrinking;
unsure, uncertain, unsettled, hesitant, faltering;
apprehensive, distrustful;
British nervy
North American informal antsy
rare unquiet

speak (or think) ill of

Say (or think) something critical about (someone).
Example sentences
denigrate, disparage, cast aspersions on, criticize, be critical of, speak badly of, speak of with disfavour, be unkind about, be malicious about, be spiteful towards, blacken the name of, blacken the character of, besmirch, run down, insult, abuse, attack, slight, revile, malign, vilify;
North American slur
informal bad-mouth, slate, bitch about, do a hatchet job on, pull to pieces, sling mud at, throw mud at, drag (someone's name) through the mud
rare asperse, derogate, vilipend, vituperate

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