- ill-being
- noun Date: 1840 a condition of being deficient in health, happiness, or prosperity
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ill-being — [il′bē′iŋ] n. an unhealthy, unhappy, or unprosperous condition … English World dictionary
ill-being — ill′ be′ing n. a state of lacking health, solvency, or contentment • Etymology: 1830–40 … From formal English to slang
ill-being — /il bee ing/, n. state or condition of lacking health, solvency, etc. [1830 40; modeled on WELL BEING] * * * … Universalium
ill-being — noun lack of prosperity or happiness or health • Ant: ↑well being • Hypernyms: ↑adversity, ↑hardship, ↑hard knocks • Hyponyms: ↑misery, ↑wretchedness, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ill-being — unhappiness, illness; doing poorly … English contemporary dictionary
ill, sick — These terms mean of unsound physical or mental health, unhealthy, diseased, afflicted, not well. In the United States, they are used interchangeably, with ill being considered the more formal and sometimes applied only to more serious maladies… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Ill Niño — in 2010 Background information Origin New Jersey, US Genres … Wikipedia
Ill — ([i^]l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa, adv., Dan. ilde, adv.] 1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ill at ease — Ill Ill ([i^]l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa, adv., Dan. ilde, adv.] 1. Contrary to good, in a physical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ill blood — Ill Ill ([i^]l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa, adv., Dan. ilde, adv.] 1. Contrary to good, in a physical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
