1. (

• ailment ,
• complaint ,
• ill

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

1. (

• ill ,
• sick ,

) affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" ;

2. (

• ill

) resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good" ;

3. (

• ill

) distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute" ;

4. (

• ill

) indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will" ;

5. (

• ill ,
• 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" ;