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31Ill — Ill, adv. In a ill manner; badly; weakly. [1913 Webster] How ill this taper burns! Shak. [1913 Webster] Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Note: Ill, like above, well,… …
32Ill-omened — Ill o mened, a. Having unlucky omens; inauspicious. See Note under {Ill}, adv. Syn: ill fated, ill starred, unlucky. [1913 Webster] …
33ill-starred — ill fated, disastrous, *unlucky, unfortunate, calamitous, luckless, hapless Analogous words: malefic, malign, baleful, *sinister: *ominous, portentous, fateful …
34ill-starred — ill′ starred′ adj. unlucky; ill fated • Etymology: 1595–1605 …
35ill-omened — [il′ō′mənd] adj. having bad omens; ill fated; inauspicious …
36ill-be|got|ten — «IHL bih GOT uhn», adjective. brought into life or existence in an untimely or unpropitious way; ill fated at birth …
37ill-omened — adjective marked by or promising bad fortune their business venture was doomed from the start an ill fated business venture an ill starred romance the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons W.H.Prescott • Syn: ↑doomed, ↑ill fated, ↑ill starred …
38ill-starred — adjective marked by or promising bad fortune (Freq. 3) their business venture was doomed from the start an ill fated business venture an ill starred romance the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons W.H.Prescott • Syn: ↑doomed, ↑ill f …
39fated — [[t]fe͟ɪtɪd[/t]] ADJ: oft ADJ to inf If you say that a person is fated to do something, or that something is fated, you mean that it seems to have been decided by fate before it happens, and nothing can be done to avoid or change it. → See also… …
40ill-omened — adj ill starred, ill fated, star crossed, doomed, unlucky. See ill fated (def.1) …
