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ill - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" |
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well in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well"
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unhealthy not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"
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unfit not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
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afflicted,
stricken mentally or physically unfit
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aguish affected by ague
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ailing,
indisposed,
peaked,
poorly,
seedy,
sickly,
under the weather,
unwell somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"
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airsick,
air sick,
carsick,
seasick experiencing motion sickness
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autistic characteristic of or affected with autism; "autistic behavior"; "autistic children"
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bedfast,
bedrid,
bedridden,
sick-abed confined to bed (by illness)
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bilious,
liverish,
livery suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric distress
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bronchitic suffering from or prone to bronchitis
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consumptive tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
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convalescent,
recovering returning to health after illness or debility; "convalescent children are difficult to keep in bed"
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delirious,
hallucinating marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure"
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diabetic suffering from diabetes
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dizzy,
giddy,
vertiginous,
woozy having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"
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dyspeptic suffering from dyspepsia
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faint,
light,
light-headed,
lightheaded,
swooning lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
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feverish,
feverous marked by intense agitation or emotion; "worked at a feverish pace"
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funny experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"
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gouty suffering from gout
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green of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass; "a green tree"; "green fields"; "green paint"
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laid low
stricken
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laid up
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milk-sick affected with or related to milk sickness
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nauseated,
nauseous,
queasy,
sick,
sickish feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
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palsied affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor; "palsied hands"
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paralytic,
paralyzed affected with paralysis
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paraplegic suffering complete paralysis of the lower half of the body usually resulting from damage to the spinal cord
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rachitic,
rickety inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
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scrofulous having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; "our canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley Mowat
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sneezy inclined to sneeze
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spastic suffering from spastic paralysis; "a spastic child"
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tubercular,
tuberculous constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus; "a tubercular child"; "tuberculous patients"; "tubercular meningitis"
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unhealed not healed; "an unhealed wound"
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upset mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"
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ill - presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" |
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inauspicious,
ominous |
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unpropitious not propitious
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ill - distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute" |
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bad feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
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ill - resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good" |
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harmful causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
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ill - indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will" |
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hostile unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business); "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid"
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ill - (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan" |
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badly,
poorly |
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good,
well (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'); "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-seasoned dish"; "a well-planned party"; "the baby can walk pretty good"
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combining form a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"
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hapless,
miserable,
misfortunate,
pathetic,
piteous,
pitiable,
pitiful,
poor,
wretched deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
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ill - unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" |
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badly |
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unfavorable,
unfavourable (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose; "unfavorable winds"
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well (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'); "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-seasoned dish"; "a well-planned party"; "the baby can walk pretty good"
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ill - with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now" |