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• ill-off — ill offˈ adjective (rare) In bad circumstances, badly off • • • Main Entry: ↑ill …   Useful english dictionary

• ill off — adverb (or adjective) : badly off were not so ill off by the modest standards of that day G.M.Trevelyan * * * ill off Poor or ill provided • • • Main Entry: ↑off …   Useful english dictionary

• To be ill off — Off Off ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ill-off — Synonyms and related words: badly off, bare handed, beggarly, depressed, dire, distressed, donsie, doomful, down to bedrock, embarrassed, empty handed, evil starred, famished, fatal, feeling the pinch, fortuneless, funest, half starved, hapless,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Off — ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Off and on — Off Off ([o^]f; 115), adv. [OE. of, orig. the same word as R. of, prep., AS. of, adv. & prep. [root]194. See {Of}.] In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as: [1913 Webster] 1. Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ill-equipped — Synonyms and related words: bare handed, beggarly, disqualified, empty handed, famished, half starved, ill off, ill fitted, ill furnished, ill provided, impoverished, incapable, incompetent, on short commons, pauperized, poor, shorthanded,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• ill — [adj1] sick afflicted, ailing, a wreck*, below par*, bummed*, diseased, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, got the bug*, indisposed, infirm, laid low*, off one’s feet*, on sick list*, out of sorts*, peaked, poorly,… …   New thesaurus

• Ill — Ill, n. 1. Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity. [1913 Webster] Who can all sense of others ills escape Is but a brute at best in human shape.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ill-tempered — adj formal 1.) easily made angry or impatient = ↑bad tempered 2.) an ill tempered meeting, argument etc is one in which people are angry and often rude to each other ▪ Six players were sent off in an ill tempered game …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ill-advised — [adj] unwise, not thought out brash, confused, foolhardy, foolish, half baked*, hotheaded*, ill considered, ill judged, impolitic, imprudent, inappropriate, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, madcap*, misguided, off… …   New thesaurus