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Synonyms for illness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : il-nis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪl nɪs

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Définition of illness

Origin :
  • "disease, sickness," 1680s, from ill + -ness. Earlier it meant "bad moral quality" (c.1500).
  • noun disease; bad health
Example sentences :
  • That was the beginning of her illness, February, eighteen eighty-three.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Illness has always been a great source of fear, and still is.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • She would presume that he must go home after such an illness: the result she would wait!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • I have not dared tell them of your marriage—only of your illness.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He seemed in his illness to love everybody more than even while he was well.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Belated vacations and illness had depleted the training-school.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Upon the event of her illness I laid bets to an amazing amount.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • During your illness, you have betrayed a secret—you have reason to start with horror.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • She would have concealed from him her illness and her poverty.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The Baptist pulled off his hat, and apologized, on the ground of illness.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

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