ill timed
1: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: {ill-timed(a)}, {ill timed(p)}, {unseasonable}, {un...
ill turn
1: an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice" [syn: {disservice}, {ill service}] [ant: {service}]
ill will
1: the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" [syn: {hostility}, {enmity}] 2: a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility" [syn: {host...
ill-advised
1: 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-advised ...
ill-affected
1: discontented as toward authority [syn: {disaffected}, {malcontent}, {rebellious}]
ill-being
1: lack of prosperity or happiness or health [ant: {wellbeing}]
ill-bred
1: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: {bounderish}, {lowbred}, {rude}, {underbred}, {yokelish}]
ill-breeding
1: impoliteness resulting from ignorance [syn: {bad manners}]
ill-chosen
1: 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?" [syn: ...
ill-conceived
1: poorly conceived or thought out; "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company" [syn: {misguided}]
ill-considered
1: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: {ill-judged}, {improvident}, {shortsighted}]
ill-defined
1: poorly stated or described; "he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts" [syn: {unclear}] [ant: {well-defined}]
ill-equipped
1: poorly supplied with physical equipment; "the school was ill-equipped"
ill-famed
1: having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice" [syn: {infamous}, {notorious}]
ill-fated
1: 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...
ill-favored
1: usually used of a face; "an ill-favored countenance" [syn: {ill-favoured}]
ill-favoured
1: usually used of a face; "an ill-favored countenance" [syn: {ill-favored}]
ill-fed
1: not getting adequate food; "gaunt underfed children"; "badly undernourished" [syn: {underfed}, {undernourished}]
ill-formed
1: not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage [syn: {ungrammatical}] [ant: {grammatical}]
ill-gotten
1: obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains" [syn: {dirty}]
ill-humored
1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: {crusty}, {curmudgeonly}, {gruff}, {ill-humoured}]
ill-humoured
1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: {crusty}, {curmudgeonly}, {gruff}, {ill-humored}]
ill-judged
1: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: {ill-considered}, {improvident}, {shortsighted}]
ill-mannered
1: socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion" [syn: {rude}, {unmannered}, {unmannerly}]
ill-natured
1: having an irritable and unpleasant disposition; "an ill-natured disagreeable old man" [ant: {good-natured}]
ill-omened
1: 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...
ill-proportioned
1: out of proportion in shape [syn: {lopsided}, {one-sided}] 2: lacking pleasing proportions
ill-shapen
1: so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers" [syn: {d...
ill-sorted
1: not easy to combine harmoniously [syn: {incompatible}, {mismated}, {unsuited}]
ill-starred
1: 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...
ill-tempered
1: perversely irritable [syn: {crabbed}, {crabby}, {cross}, {fussy}, {grouchy}, {grumpy}, {bad-tempered}]
ill-timed
1: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: {ill-timed(a)}, {ill timed(p)}, {unseasonable}, {un...
ill-treat
1: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: {mistreat}, {maltreat}, {abuse}, {ill-use}, {step}]
ill-treated
1: physically abused; "an abused wife" [syn: {abused}, {maltreated}, {mistreated}] [ant: {unabused}]
ill-treatment
1: cruel or inhumane treatment [syn: {maltreatment}, {ill-usage}, {abuse}]
ill-usage
1: cruel or inhumane treatment [syn: {maltreatment}, {ill-treatment}, {abuse}]
ill-use
1: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: {mistreat}, {maltreat}, {abuse}, {step}, {ill-treat}]
ill-used
1: of persons; taken advantage of; "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used" [syn: {exploited}, {put-upon}, {used}, {victimized}, {victimised}]
Illampu
1: a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high)
illation
1: the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation [syn: {infer...
illative
1: relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" [syn: {inferential}] 2: resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"...
Illecebrum
1: 1 species: coral necklace [syn: {genus Illecebrum}]
Illecebrum verticullatum
1: glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas [syn: {coral necklace}]
illegal
1: prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move" [ant: {legal}]
illegalise
1: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." [syn: {outlaw}, {criminalize}, {criminalise}, {illegalize}] [ant: {legalize}, {legalize}, {legalize}]
illegality
1: unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute [ant: {legality}]
illegalize
1: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." [syn: {outlaw}, {criminalize}, {criminalise}, {illegalise}] [ant: {legalize}, {legalize}, {legalize}]
illegally
1: in an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste illegally" [syn: {illicitly}, {lawlessly}] [ant: {legitimately}]
illegibility
1: writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered [ant: {legibility}]
illegible
1: (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible; "illegible handwriting" [ant: {legible}]
illegibly
1: in an illegible manner; "this student writes illegibly" [syn: {undecipherably}, {unreadably}] [ant: {legibly}]
illegitimacy
1: the status of being born to parents who were not married [syn: {bastardy}, {bar sinister}] 2: unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law [ant: {legitimacy}]
illegitimate
1: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" [syn: {illicit}, {outlaw(a)}, {outlawed}, {unlawful}] 2: of marriages a...
illegitimate child
1: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn: {bastard}, {by-blow}, {love child}, {illegitimate}, {whoreson}]
illegitimate enterprise
1: an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit [syn: {racket}, {fraudulent scheme}]
illegitimately
1: in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom; "He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold" [syn: {illicitly}] [ant: {legitimately}, {legitimately}] 2: of biological parents not...
illiberal
1: narrow-minded about cherished opinions [syn: {intolerant}]
illiberality
1: a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money [ant: {liberality}]
illiberally
1: in a narrow-minded manner; "his illiberally biased way of thinking" [syn: {intolerantly}]
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illicit
1: contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention; "an illicit association with his secretary" [ant: {licit}] 2: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of ...
illicitly
1: in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom; "He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold" [syn: {illegitimately}] [ant: {legitimately}, {legitimately}] 2: in an illegal manner...
illicitness
1: the quality of not conforming strictly to law [ant: {licitness}]
Illicium
1: anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves [syn: {genus Illicium}]
Illicium anisatum
1: small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant [syn: {star anise}]
Illicium floridanum
1: small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils of southeastern United States [syn: {purple anise}]
Illicium verum
1: small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative [syn: {star anise}, {Chinese anise}]
Illimani
1: a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,201 feet high)
illimitable
1: without limits in extent or size or quantity; "immeasurable vastness of our solar system" [syn: {limitless}, {measureless}, {unmeasured}]
Illinois
1: a Midwest state in north-central United States [syn: {Prairie State}, {Land of Lincoln}, {IL}] 2: a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west 3: the Algonquian la...
Illinois River
1: a river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River
illiteracy
1: ignorance resulting from not reading 2: an inability to read [syn: {analphabetism}] [ant: {literacy}]
illiterate
1: not able to read or write [ant: {literate}] 2: ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge; "ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "musically illiterate" [syn: {ignorant}] n : a pe...
illness
1: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism [syn: {unwellness}, {malady}, {sickness}] [ant: {health}, {health}]
illogic
1: invalid or incorrect reasoning [syn: {illogicality}, {illogicalness}] [ant: {logicality}, {logicality}]
illogical
1: lacking in correct logical relation [syn: {unlogical}] [ant: {logical}] 2: lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected...
illogicality
1: invalid or incorrect reasoning [syn: {illogicalness}, {illogic}] [ant: {logicality}, {logicality}]
illogically
1: in an illogical manner; "she acted illogically under the pressure" [ant: {logically}]
illogicalness
1: invalid or incorrect reasoning [syn: {illogicality}, {illogic}] [ant: {logicality}, {logicality}]
illume
1: make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: {light}, {illumine}, {light up}, {illuminate}]
illuminance
1: the luminous flux incident on a unit area [syn: {illumination}]
illuminant
1: something that can serve as a source of light
illuminate
1: make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: {light}, {illume}, {illumine}, {light up}] 2: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks...
illuminated
1: provided with artificial light; "illuminated advertising"; "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a brightly lit room"; "a well-lighted stairwell" [syn: {lighted}, {lit}, {well-lighted}]
illuminating
1: highly enlightening; making understandable or clarifying; "an illuminating lecture"; "illuminating pieces of information" [syn: {enlightening}] [ant: {unilluminating}] 2: providing light; "the sun'...
illumination
1: a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light" [syn: {light}] 2: the degree of visibility of your environment 3: an interpretation that removes obstacles to understan...
illumine
1: make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: {light}, {illume}, {light up}, {illuminate}]
illusion
1: an erroneous mental representation [syn: {semblance}] 2: something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: {fantasy}, {phantasy}, {fancy}] 3: the ac...
illusional
1: marked by or producing illusion; "illusionary stage effects" [syn: {illusionary}]
illusionary
1: marked by or producing illusion; "illusionary stage effects" [syn: {illusional}]
illusionist
1: a person with unusual powers of foresight [syn: {visionary}, {seer}] 2: someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience [syn: {magician}, {prestidigitator}, {conjurer}, {conjuror}]
illusive
1: based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign ...
illusory
1: based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign ...
illustrate
1: clarify by giving an example of [syn: {exemplify}, {instance}] 2: depict with an illustration 3: e.g., illustrate a book with drawings
illustration
1: artwork that helps make something clear or attractive 2: showing by example [syn: {exemplification}] 3: an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical exa...
illustrative
1: clarifying by use of examples [syn: {exemplifying}] 2: serving to demonstrate [syn: {demonstrative}]
illustrator
1: an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)
illustrious
1: widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: {celebrated}, {famed}, {far-fame...
illustriously
1: in an illustrious manner; "Einstein, the illustriously famous physicist of the 20th century"
Illyria
1: an uncertain region on the east shore of the Adriatic where an ancient Indo-European people once lived
Illyrian
1: a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages; spoken along the Dalmatian coast
Ilmen
1: a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga [syn: {Lake Ilmen}]
ilmenite
1: a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form; a source of titanium
ILO
1: the United Nations agency concerned with the interests of labor [syn: {International Labor Organization}, {International Labour Organization}]
Ilosone
1: an antibiotic (trade name Erythrocin or E-Mycin or Ethril or Ilosone or Pediamycin) obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces erythreus; effective against many Gram-positive bacteria and some Gra...
ilx
1: being nine more than fifty [syn: {fifty-nine}, {59}]
ilxx
1: being nine more than sixty [syn: {sixty-nine}, {69}]
ilxxx
1: being nine more than seventy [syn: {seventy-nine}, {79}]
Ilya Ehrenberg
1: Russian novelist (1891-1967) [syn: {Ehrenberg}, {Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg}]
Ilya Ilich Metchnikov
1: Russian bacteriologist in France who formulated the theory of phagocytosis (1845-1916) [syn: {Metchnikoff}, {Elie Metchnikoff}, {Metchnikov}, {Elie Metchnikov}]
image
1: an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate" [syn: {mental image}] 2: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) ...
image breaker
1: someone who tries to destroy traditional ideas or institutions [syn: {iconoclast}]
image orthicon
1: a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing se...
image scanner
1: an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer [syn: {scanner}, {digital scanner}]
imagery
1: the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" [syn: {imagination}, {imaging}, {mental imagery}]
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