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ush-off or go-by, cut, turn one's nose up at: I don't care if
you are cruel to me, just don't ignore me.
9.4 ill...
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ill adj. 1 ailing, unsound, sick, indisposed, infirm, unhealthy, in
a bad way, diseased, afflicted, in bad health, sickly, unwell,
not well, out of commission; invalided, valetudinarian; Colloq
under the weather, in a bad way, poorly, not up to snuff, out of
sorts, on the sick-list, off one's feed, Slang Brit dicky,
seedy: Call a doctor - this man is ill. I was rather ill last
night after eating that fish mousse. 2 bad, wicked, sinful,
evil, iniquitous, immoral, depraved, vicious, vile, wrong,
corrupt: Police raided several houses of ill repute. 3
hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic, belligerent, malevolent,
malicious, ill-wishing, unkind(ly), harsh, cruel: The reading
of the bequests sparked ill will amongst the heirs. 4 harmful,
hurtful, injurious, detrimental, damaging, pernicious,
dangerous, adverse, deleterious, baleful, bad, unfavourable,
destructive, disastrous, catastrophic, ruinous, cataclysmic: He
suffered no lasting ill effects from the accident. 5 bad,
miserable, wretched, disastrous, unfavourable, unpropitious,
untoward, disturbing, unfortunate, unlucky, inauspicious,
ominous, unpromising, sinister, unwholesome: Ill fortune led
Ulysses to our isle. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. 6
ill at ease. uncomfortable, discomfited, uneasy, edgy, on edge,
fidgety, nervous, anxious, disturbed, distressed, troubled,
awkward, unsure, uncertain: I felt ill at ease in the presence
of so august a personage.
--n. 7 evil, abuse: Speak no ill of her in my home! 8 harm,
damage, injury, hurt, mischief, trouble, misfortune, misery,
affliction, pain, distress, woe, woefulness, discomfort,
unpleasantness, disaster, catastrophe, cataclysm, calamity,
adversity, damage, suffering, ruin, destruction: You will be
held responsible if any ill befalls the children. 9 injustice,
inequity, wrong, evil, sin, transgression, abuse, mistreatment,
maltreatment: He entered politics hoping to cure some of
society's ills.
--adv. 10 badly, adversely, unfavourably, poorly,