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The correct spelling is ills.
How to pronounce ills
noun
IPA: /ɪlz/
Say it like: Ill-s
The correct spelling is ills. (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.”
Definition
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.
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