ill+luck

  • 21Luck in the Shadows — infobox Book | name = Luck in the Shadows title orig = translator = image caption = First edition author = Lynn Flewelling illustrator = cover artist = Gary Ruddell country = United States language = English series = Nightrunner genre = Fantasy… …

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  • 22ill — ill1 W3S3 [ıl] adj [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: illr] 1.) especially BrE suffering from a disease or not feeling well American Equivalent: sick ▪ Bridget can t come she s ill. ▪ I was feeling ill that day and decided to stay at home. ▪… …

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  • 23ill — ill1 W3S3 [ıl] adj [Date: 1100 1200; : Old Norse; Origin: illr] 1.) especially BrE suffering from a disease or not feeling well American Equivalent: sick ▪ Bridget can t come she s ill. ▪ I was feeling ill that day and decided to stay at home. ▪… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24ill — 1 /Il/ adjective 1 (not usually before noun) especially BrE suffering from a disease or not feeling well; sick: Bridget can t come she s ill. | feel ill: I was feeling ill that day, and decided to stay at home. | be taken ill/fall ill (=become… …

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  • 25ill — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (esp. BrE) adj. ⇨ See also ↑sick VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem ▪ lie ▪ He was lying ill in bed …

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  • 26ill-fated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ill starred, doomed; unlucky. See adversity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ill starred, catastrophic, disastrous; see destructive 2 , doomed , unfortunate 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. doomed …

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  • 27ill-starred — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. luckless, unhappy, ill fated, futile; see doomed , unfortunate 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Involving or undergoing chance misfortune: hapless, ill fated, luckless, star crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky …

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  • 28ill-fated — adjective destined to fail or have bad luck …

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  • 29bad luck — noun 1. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑misfortune, ↑tough luck, ↑ill luck • Ant: ↑good luck, ↑good fortune (for: ↑ …

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  • 30tough luck — noun an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes • Syn: ↑misfortune, ↑bad luck, ↑ill luck • Ant: ↑good luck (for: ↑bad luck), ↑good fortune ( …

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