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ills

The correct spelling is ills.

How to pronounce ills

noun

IPA: /ɪlz/

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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. 1.(often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
  2. 2.Harm or injury.
  3. 3.Evil; moral wrongfulness.
  4. 4.A physical ailment; an illness.
  5. 5.PCP, phencyclidine.

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