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Antonyms for illness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : il-nis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪl nɪs

Definition 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

Synonyms for illness

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