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adjective

Ill adj. (compar. iller; superl. illest)

1.

Contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable. "Neither is it ill air only that maketh an ill seat, but ill ways, ill markets, and ill neighbors." "There 's some ill planet reigns."

2.

Contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper. "Of his own body he was ill, and gave The clergy ill example."

3.

Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever. "I am in health, I breathe, and see thee ill."

4.

Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant. "That 's an ill phrase."

Ill at ease, uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious. "I am very ill at ease."

Ill blood, enmity; resentment; bad blood.

Ill breeding, lack of good breeding; rudeness.

Ill fame, ill or bad repute; as, a house of ill fame, a house where lewd persons meet for illicit intercourse.

Ill humor, a disagreeable mood; bad temper.

Ill nature, bad disposition or temperament; sullenness; esp., a disposition to cause unhappiness to others.

Ill temper, anger; moroseness; crossness.

Ill turn.

(a)

An unkind act.

(b)

A slight attack of illness. (Colloq. U.S.) Ill will, unkindness; enmity; malevolence.

Synonyms: Bad; evil; wrong; wicked; sick; unwell.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ill humor" Quotes from Famous Books

... left Paris on March 23, sans prendre conge, just as he had once before threatened to do. On the same day the French ambassador left London, accompanied, as Gibbon said, by "some slight expression of ill humor from John Bull." At the end of the month M. Gerard sailed for America, the first accredited minister to the new member of the sisterhood of civilized nations. A fortnight later the squadron of D'Estaing ...

— Benjamin Franklin • John Torrey Morse, Jr.

... in that ceaseless wind, untempered by green of bough overhead or refreshing turf under foot. There was no justice in their hearts, and no mercy. Morgan himself did not escape this infection of ill humor that rose out of the hard-burned earth, streamed on the hot wind, struck into men's brains with the rays of the penetrating sun. Not conscious of it, certainly, any more than the rest of them in Ascalon were aware of their red-eyed resentment ...

— Trail's End • George W. Ogden

... attempted slaughter of his faithful beast in a degree much deeper than the harsh treatment he had himself received. Having in vain raised his hand to his eyes, he said to Wamba, the jester, who, seeing his master's ill humor, had prudently retreated to the rear, "I pray thee, do me the kindness to wipe my eyes with the skirt of thy mantle; the dust offends me, and these bonds will not let me help myself one ...

— The Literary World Seventh Reader • Various

... all that and did not care either about the librarian's visits. It was best for every one to look after himself; the great were no company for such as he. He made no attempt to conceal his ill humor, but Brun took no notice. The latter had moved out into Frederiksberg Avenue in October, and dropped in almost every afternoon on his way home from the library. The children took care to be down there at that time, for he always brought something ...

— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo

... he replied, "but as to myself, my mind is at ease and I am thankful that it is so. You see me now a prisoner, but at a future period, you will see me honored by the whole world." There was one among the prisoners whose quarrelsome temper and extreme ill humor caused him to be shunned by the others. Francis entreated them to draw a distinction between his person and his defects, and to bear with him: not being able to induce them to do so, he had the charity to keep him company himself, ...

— The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi • Father Candide Chalippe

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