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(adj) inauspicious, ominous
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
(adj) sick
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
ill from the monotony of his suffering
(`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
(adv) badly
unfavorably or with disapproval
tried not to speak ill of the dead; thought badly of him for his lack of concern
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining