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impression: He is labouring under the illusion that he is a
great pianist. 2 fantasy, day-dream, hallucination, phantasm,
phantom, chimera, phantasmagoria, mirage, aberration, vision,
spectre, figment of the imagination, will-o'-the-wisp, ignis
fatuus: For years after he died, she had the illusion of seeing
her father everywhere.
illusory adj. illusive, imaginary, fictional, unreal, untrue,
fallacious, false, mistaken, imagined, fanciful, fancied,
hallucinatory, deceptive, misleading, apparent,: Any financial
gains that you perceive in the scheme are purely illusory.
illustrate
v. 1 instance, exemplify, demonstrate: Let me illustrate my
point with the following example. 2 picture, illuminate,
grangerize; decorate, embellish, emblazon, ornament, adorn: We
are looking for an artist to illustrate the book.
illustration
n. 1 example, case (in point), instance, sample, specimen,
exemplar, Colloq for instance: This film is an illustration of
the film noir genre. 2 picture, depiction, representation,
figure: An illustration of a jet engine appears on page 32.
illustrious
adj. distinguished, famous, noted, renowned, famed, eminent,
well-known, prominent, important, notable, respected, esteemed,
venerable, honoured, acclaimed, celebrated, great: He belongs
in the same category as other illustrious generals, like
Kitchener.
ill will n. dislike, animosity, hatred, hate, loathing, abhorrence,
detestation, malevolence, malice, hostility, enmity, animus,
antipathy, aversion, rancour, acrimony, spite, venom, vitriol,
acerbity: I bear her no ill will for the way she treated me.
She incurred his ill will by refusing him access to the
children.
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image n. 1 likeness, representation, picture, sculpture, statue,