English words starting with il - page 2

Meanings of Ill-treat:

verb

To treat someone badly, especially by being violent or by not taking care of them

Usage examples:

The child had been severely ill-treated by his parents.

Meanings of Ill-treated:

verb

Past participle, past simple of ill-treat

Usage examples:

The child had been severely ill-treated by his parents.

Meanings of Ill-treatment:

noun

The act of treating someone badly, especially by being violent or by not taking care of them

Usage examples:

Many asylum seekers described the ill-treatment they had received in detention centres., workers ha…

Meanings of Ill-used:

adjective

Treated badly

Usage examples:

An ill-used servant girl, within the relationship he feels ill-used most of the time.

Meanings of Ill-will:

noun

Bad feelings between people because of things that happened in the past

Usage examples:

The feud between the sisters resulted in decades of ill will that lasted their whole lives., we may…

Meanings of Illation:

noun

The action of inferring or drawing a conclusion.

Usage examples:

To the extent that our private views are doing the work - to the extent that the engine of illation…

Meanings of Illations:

noun

The action of inferring or drawing a conclusion.

Usage examples:

To the extent that our private views are doing the work - to the extent that the engine of illation…

Meanings of Illative:

adjective

Of the nature of or stating an inference.

Usage examples:

The word ‘world,’ or cosmos, in the original language of the new testament, is not an illative term.

noun

The illative case, or a word in this case.

Usage examples:

The illative is used selectively and usually as an adverb of place, but in some dialects of lithuan…

Meanings of Illatives:

noun

The illative case, or a word in this case.

Usage examples:

The illative is used selectively and usually as an adverb of place, but in some dialects of lithuan…

adjective

Of the nature of or stating an inference.

Usage examples:

The word ‘world,’ or cosmos, in the original language of the new testament, is not an illative term.

Meanings of Illegal:

adjective

Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

Usage examples:

Illegal drugs

noun

A person living in a country without official authorization.

Usage examples:

Letting the states bill the feds for the costs associated with illegals would hit the politicians i…

Meanings of Illegalities:

noun

The state of being contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

Usage examples:

Proceedings will be required to establish the illegality of the act

Meanings of Illegality:

noun

The state of being contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

Usage examples:

Proceedings will be required to establish the illegality of the act

Meanings of Illegally:

adverb

In a way that is contrary to or forbidden by law.

Usage examples:

She had been fined for parking illegally

Meanings of Illegibility:

noun

The fact of being impossible or almost impossible to read

Usage examples:

Thousands of ballots were voided by election officials because of illegibility., the names on the m…

Meanings of Illegible:

adjective

Not clear enough to be read.

Usage examples:

His handwriting is totally illegible

Meanings of Illegibly:

adverb

In a way that is impossible or almost impossible to read because the writing or print is very untidy or not clear

Usage examples:

The reports were illegibly written in pencil., he had good handwriting, but he typed almost illegib…

Meanings of Illegitimacies:

noun

The state of not being in accordance with accepted standards or rules; lack of authorization by the law.

Usage examples:

She talks with anger about the illegitimacy of the election

Meanings of Illegitimacy:

noun

The state of not being in accordance with accepted standards or rules; lack of authorization by the law.

Usage examples:

She talks with anger about the illegitimacy of the election

Meanings of Illegitimate:

adjective

Not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules.

Usage examples:

Defending workers against illegitimate managerial practices

noun

A person who is illegitimate by birth.

Usage examples:

A woman responding to a survey about the experience of illegitimates in 1986 said that her mother ‘…

Meanings of Iller:

adjective

Suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell.

Usage examples:

He was taken ill with food poisoning

adverb

Badly, wrongly, or imperfectly.

Usage examples:

The street is dominated by ill-lit shops

noun

A problem or misfortune.

Usage examples:

A lengthy work on the ills of society

Meanings of Illest:

adjective

Suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell.

Usage examples:

He was taken ill with food poisoning

adverb

Badly, wrongly, or imperfectly.

Usage examples:

The street is dominated by ill-lit shops

noun

A problem or misfortune.

Usage examples:

A lengthy work on the ills of society

Meanings of Illiberal:

adjective

Opposed to liberal principles; restricting freedom of thought or behaviour.

Usage examples:

Illiberal and anti-democratic policies

Meanings of Illicit:

adjective

Forbidden by law, rules, or custom.

Usage examples:

Illicit drugs

Contrary to accepted morality or convention

Meanings of Illicitly:

adverb

In a way that is contrary to or forbidden by law, rules, or custom.

Usage examples:

He had agreed to help a friend send the illicitly obtained cash south

Meanings of Illimitable:

adjective

Without limits or an end.

Usage examples:

The illimitable human capacity for evil