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Antonyms for illnesses
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : il-nis |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪl nɪs |
Definition of illnesses
Origin :- "disease, sickness," 1680s, from ill + -ness. Earlier it meant "bad moral quality" (c.1500).
- noun disease; bad health
- Some of the illnesses were slight, and some of the men would be discharged by Death.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- After all, people had been known to recover from illnesses quite as desperate.
- Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
- Her nursing has kept mamma alive through one or two illnesses.
- Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Well, it seems there is such a kind of bugs; all illnesses come from them, they say.
- Extract from : « Fruits of Culture » by Leo Tolstoy
- It was odd that it should be so; the two illnesses occurring at the same time!
- Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow. First Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- These are not "illnesses" but, rather, some of the tragic conditions of life.
- Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
- My illnesses have cost me the house—but they weren't worth it.
- Extract from : « The Forest Farm » by Peter Rosegger
- Luckily, you get over your sulks and recover from your illnesses.
- Extract from : « Letters to an Unknown » by Prosper Mrime
- All your illnesses have occurred too conveniently not to be a little suspicious.
- Extract from : « Letters to an Unknown » by Prosper Mrime
- And so much depends upon the patient in all illnesses—doesn't it?
- Extract from : « The Drunkard » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Synonyms for illnesses
- affliction
- ailing
- ailment
- attack
- breakdown
- bug
- collapse
- complaint
- confinement
- convalescence
- disability
- diseasedness
- disorder
- disturbance
- dose
- failing health
- fit
- flu
- ill health
- indisposition
- infirmity
- malady
- malaise
- poor health
- prostration
- relapse
- seizure
- sickness
- syndrome
- unhealth
- virus
- what's going around
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