ill
Usage
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The adjective ill is more mild than evil or wicked, and it appears mainly in certain fixed expressions: ill will; ill-natured. Evil applies to that which violates or leads to the violation of moral law: evil practices. Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan. Bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits.Example Sentences
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"Hospitals are great places when you are acutely ill, but they are not when you no longer need that medical care," says the trust's head of nursing Emma Roberts.
From BBC
In the year 138, as Hadrian grew increasingly ill, he paid Marcus even greater honor by engineering a more consequential name change.
But real estate insiders say the property is badly in need of remodeling, with aging office spaces, tiny windows, fickle elevators and a pesky rodent population among its ills.
From Barron's
“We know the central premise behind mental health diversion is that if we obtain mental health treatment for those that are mentally ill that are committing crimes, the public will be safer,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
“It did feel like the worst, the most ill I’ve felt in a long, long time,” Rowe told Salon in a video interview.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
