Definitions for ills

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ills ill

Spelling: [il]

IPA: /ɪl/

Ills is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in ills (ills).

Definitions for ills

noun

1. an unfavorable opinion or statement:
2. harm or injury:
3. trouble, distress, or misfortune:
4. evil:
5. sickness or disease.

Idioms

1. ill at ease, socially uncomfortable; nervous:

adverb

1. in an ill manner.
2. unsatisfactorily; poorly:
3. in a hostile or unfriendly manner.
4. unfavorably; unfortunately.
5. with displeasure or offense.
6. faultily; improperly.
7. with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely:

adjective

1. of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick:
2. objectionable; unsatisfactory; poor; faulty:
3. hostile; unkindly:
4. evil; wicked; bad:
5. unfavorable; adverse:
6. of inferior worth or ability; unskillful; inexpert:
7. Slang. great; amazing:

Origin of ills

1150-1200; Middle English ill(e) (noun and adj.) Old Norse illr (adj.) ill, bad

Examples for ills

And the soul which we behold is in a similar condition, disfigured by ten thousand ills.

The character-building cornerstone of American life has lately come under fire for ills ranging from racism to concussions.

They seem to cherish a strange, irrational notion that something in the very flow of time will cure all ills.

“EOTS is a poster child for one of the ills of the acquisition process,” the official said.

So Snowden spent the first half of his pre-taped question talking about the ills of American surveillance.

It was and is intended by her for the stomachs of men, to cure all the ills of mankind.

Writ in its history are all the ills and passions of the past century.

My head so pillowed and a saint from Heaven ministering to my ills?

Pat is more occupied with the bright present than with past ills.

I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless: ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.