nounπShare(often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity."The family faced many ills this year, including a job loss and a serious illness. "sufferingdisasterconditionnegativeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareHarm or injury."The accident caused significant ill to the driver's arm. "sufferingconditionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareEvil; moral wrongfulness."The politician's actions were motivated by a deep-seated ill will towards his opponents. "moralcharacterphilosophyreligionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA physical ailment; an illness."I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills."medicinediseasebodyconditionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπSharePCP, phencyclidine."The lab technician carefully handled the ill, knowing it was a dangerous substance. "medicinesubstanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareEvil; wicked (of people)."The teacher considered some of the students' actions to be ill-intentioned. "moralcharacternegativeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareMorally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy."His actions were ill-considered and caused a lot of trouble at school. "moralcharacterattitudenegativeguiltessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareIndicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel."He suffered from ill treatment."charactermoralattitudeinhumannegativeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareUnpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard."ill manners; ill will"qualityconditioncharacternegativeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareUnwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick."My grandmother is ill and needs to see a doctor. "medicineconditionbodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareHaving an urge to vomit."Seeing those pictures made me ill."medicinephysiologysensationbodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShare(hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way."His rhymes were ill, showing a unique and amazing creativity. "musicculturelanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareExtremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be."That band was ill."conditionnegativeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareUnwise; not a good idea."It was an ill-advised decision to skip school today. "attitudecharactermoralvalueessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adverbπShareNot well; imperfectly, badly; hardly."The student was ill prepared for the history test. "conditionmedicineessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading