ILLNESS
noun
Synonyms
Malady; disease; indisposition; ailment. Illness, Sickness. Within the present century, there has been a tendency in England to use illness in the sense of a continuous disease, disorder of health, or sickness, and to confine sickness more especially to a sense of nausea, or "sickness of the stomach."
Definitions
- 1. The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness. [Obs.] "The illness of the weather." Locke.
- 2. Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness.
- 3. Wrong moral conduct; wickedness. Shak.
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
