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ush-off or go-by, cut, turn one's nose up at: I don't care if<br />

you are cruel to me, just don't ignore me.<br />

9.4 ill...<br />

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=ill<br />

adj. 1 ailing, unsound, sick, indisposed, infirm, unhealthy, in<br />

a bad way, diseased, afflicted, in bad health, sickly, unwell,<br />

not well, out of commission; invalided, valetudinarian; Colloq<br />

under the weather, in a bad way, poorly, not up to snuff, out of<br />

sorts, on the sick-list, off one's feed, Slang Brit dicky,<br />

seedy: Call a doctor - this man is ill. I was rather ill last<br />

night after eating that fish mousse. 2 bad, wicked, sinful,<br />

evil, iniquitous, immoral, depraved, vicious, vile, wrong,<br />

corrupt: Police raided several houses of ill repute. 3<br />

hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic, belligerent, malevolent,<br />

malicious, ill-wishing, unkind(ly), harsh, cruel: The reading<br />

of the bequests sparked ill will amongst the heirs. 4 harmful,<br />

hurtful, injurious, detrimental, damaging, pernicious,<br />

dangerous, adverse, deleterious, baleful, bad, unfavourable,<br />

destructive, disastrous, catastrophic, ruinous, cataclysmic: He<br />

suffered no lasting ill effects from the accident. 5 bad,<br />

miserable, wretched, disastrous, unfavourable, unpropitious,<br />

untoward, disturbing, unfortunate, unlucky, inauspicious,<br />

ominous, unpromising, sinister, unwholesome: Ill fortune led<br />

Ulysses to our isle. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. 6<br />

ill at ease. uncomfortable, discomfited, uneasy, edgy, on edge,<br />

fidgety, nervous, anxious, disturbed, distressed, troubled,<br />

awkward, unsure, uncertain: I felt ill at ease in the presence<br />

of so august a personage.<br />

--n. 7 evil, abuse: Speak no ill of her in my home! 8 harm,<br />

damage, injury, hurt, mischief, trouble, misfortune, misery,<br />

affliction, pain, distress, woe, woefulness, discomfort,<br />

unpleasantness, disaster, catastrophe, cataclysm, calamity,<br />

adversity, damage, suffering, ruin, destruction: You will be<br />

held responsible if any ill befalls the children. 9 injustice,<br />

inequity, wrong, evil, sin, transgression, abuse, mistreatment,<br />

maltreatment: He entered politics hoping to cure some of<br />

society's ills.<br />

--adv. 10 badly, adversely, unfavourably, poorly,

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