Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a bad look or appearance; ugly; uncomely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a bad look; threatening; ugly. See Note under
ill , adv.
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Examples
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I then moved forward, and a murmuring sound arose from the crowd as they followed and surrounded me; when an ill-looking man approaching, tapped me on the shoulder, and said,
Chapter 20 2010
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Someone called animal management and reported an ill-looking cat with a lot of missing hair walking along the street.
Prince George's County Animal Watch Post 2010
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An ill-looking Mr. Layton, who was already in remission from prostate cancer, shocked the nation Monday with the revelation that he had been diagnosed with another, unspecified cancer, nearly three months after leading the NDP to its best-ever performance in a federal election.
Canada's NDP Names Interim Chief Nirmala Menon 2011
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I then moved forward, and a murmuring sound arose from the crowd as they followed and surrounded me; when an ill-looking man approaching, tapped me on the shoulder, and said, "Come, Sir, you must follow me to Mr. Kirwin's, to give an account of yourself."
Chapter 3 2010
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In Georgian England, sweeps and climbing-boys were regarded as general cesspools of disease—dirty, consumptive, syphilitic, pox-ridden—and a “ragged, ill-looking sore,” easily attributed to some sexually transmitted illness, was usually treated with a toxic mercury-based chemical and otherwise shrugged off.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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It is a disease which always makes its first attack on . . . the inferior part of the scrotum; where it produces a superficial, painful, ragged, ill-looking sore, with hard and rising edges. . .
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Animal management received a report of an ill-looking raccoon sitting still in front of a residence's front gate.
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In Georgian England, sweeps and climbing-boys were regarded as general cesspools of disease—dirty, consumptive, syphilitic, pox-ridden—and a “ragged, ill-looking sore,” easily attributed to some sexually transmitted illness, was usually treated with a toxic mercury-based chemical and otherwise shrugged off.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In Georgian England, sweeps and climbing-boys were regarded as general cesspools of disease—dirty, consumptive, syphilitic, pox-ridden—and a “ragged, ill-looking sore,” easily attributed to some sexually transmitted illness, was usually treated with a toxic mercury-based chemical and otherwise shrugged off.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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It is a disease which always makes its first attack on . . . the inferior part of the scrotum; where it produces a superficial, painful, ragged, ill-looking sore, with hard and rising edges. . .
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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