Definition of illness

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Illness (n.) Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness..

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Illness :: Illness (n.) The condition of being ill, evil, or bad; badness; unfavorableness..
Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death..
Quiet :: Quiet (a.) Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security..
Cold :: Cold (n.) The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.
Sickness :: Sickness (n.) The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.
Stillroom :: Stillness (n.) Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
Hush :: Hush (n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.
Oxyphony :: Oxyphony (n.) Acuteness or shrillness of voice.
Illness :: Illness (n.) Wrong moral conduct; wickedness.
Turn :: Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn..
Previous :: Previous (a.) Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness..
Chillness :: Chillness (n.) Coolness; coldness; a chill.
Quietness :: Quietness (n.) The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness..
Shrillness :: Shrillness (n.) The quality or state of being shrill.
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death..
Illness :: Illness (n.) Disease; indisposition; malady; disorder of health; sickness; as, a short or a severe illness..
Preternatural :: Preternatural (a.) Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor..
Calm :: Calm (n.) Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity..
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