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Moderateill
The correct spelling is ill.
How to pronounce ill
/ɪl/
nounIPA: /ɪl/
Say it like: Ill
The correct spelling is ill. (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity. For example: "Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear."
Usage Examples
“Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear.”
“I wouldn't want you to do me ill.”
“I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
- 2.Harm or injury.
- 3.Evil; moral wrongfulness.
- 4.A physical ailment; an illness.
- 5.PCP, phencyclidine.
adjective
- 1.Evil; wicked (of people).
- 2.Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
- 3.Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
- 4.Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
- 5.Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
adverb
- 1.Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
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