A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue, or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness
Suffering, hardship or pain that one has to endure
“Such kindhearted people wish ill on nobody, but wish everybody well.”
Plural for a physical (or sometimes figurative) ailment or disease
“Haven't you brought a remedy that can cure me of this ill?”
Plural for a problem or difficulty
“The counterculture of the 1970s often gets blamed for every current social ill.”
Plural for that which is considered immoral
“Schools are not arenas for social remediation, such that every ill of society may be solved through an innovative school-based intervention.”
Related Words and Phrases
|