Synonyms for illness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : il-nis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪl nɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for illness Other synonyms for the word illness
Définition of illness
Origin :- "disease, sickness," 1680s, from ill + -ness. Earlier it meant "bad moral quality" (c.1500).
- noun disease; bad health
- 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
Antonyms for illness
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