ill - Meaning in Kannada

ill - Meaning in Kannada

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Definitions and Meaning of ill in English

ill adjective

1. presaging ill fortune

   Examples

   • "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
   • "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"
   • "ill omens"
   • "ill predictions"
   • "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"
2. distressing

   Examples

   • "ill manners"
   • "of ill repute"
3. resulting in suffering or adversity

   Examples

   • "ill effects"
   • "it's an ill wind that blows no good"
4. indicating hostility or enmity

   Examples

   • "ill feelings"
   • "ill will"
   • "you certainly did me an ill turn"
5. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

   Example

   • "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

ill abverb

1. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

   Examples

   • "an ill-conceived plan"
   • "he performed badly on the exam"
   • "he was ill prepared"
   • "ill-fitting clothes"
   • "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"
   • "the car runs badly"
   • "the team played poorly"
2. with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly

   Example

   • "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"
3. unfavorably or with disapproval

   Examples

   • "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
   • "tried not to speak ill of the dead"

ill noun

1. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

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