Words starting with I

• ill — Adverb – English ～ with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"
• ill — Adjective – English ～ affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
• ill at ease — Adjective – English ～ socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers"
• ill-advised — Adjective – English ～ without careful prior deliberation or counsel; "ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"
• ill — Adjective – English ～ resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good"
• ill-chosen — Adjective – English ～ not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
• ill-considered — Adjective – English ～ not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"
• ill-famed — Adjective – English ～ known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold"
• ill-gotten — Adjective – English ～ obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"
• ill-favored — Adjective – English ～ usually used of a face; "an ill-favored countenance"
• ill-fitting — Adjective – English ～ not the right size or shape
• ill — Adjective – English ～ presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government"
• ill — Adjective – English ～ distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute"
• ill-equipped — Adjective – English ～ poorly supplied with physical equipment; "the school was ill-equipped"
• ill-affected — Adjective – English ～ discontented as toward authority
• ill-favoured — Adjective – English ～ usually used of a face; "an ill-favored countenance"
• ill-formed — Adjective – English ～ not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage
• ill-fated — Adjective – English ～ 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
• ill-dressed — Adjective – English ～ not well dressed
• ill-defined — Adjective – English ～ poorly stated or described; "he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts"

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