adj.
1.not in good physical or mental health
2.resulting in suffering or adversity
3.distressing
4.indicating hostility or enmity
5.presaging ill-fortune ill adv.
1.(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner
2.unfavorably or with disapproval
3.with difficulty or inconvenience ill n.
1.an often persistent bodily disorder or disease
Idiom of the Day
taper off
to come to an end little by little, to become smaller toward the end
The rain began to taper off early in the afternoon.