There is no easy cure-all for old economic ills.
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Ills
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Synonyms for "ills" (300 found)
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Strong matches (90)
defilementdeleteriousdepravitydespoliationdestructiondetrimentdetrimentaldiabeticdiabolicdiredisadvantageouslydisagreeabledisagreeablydiscourteousdiseasediseaseddisgusteddisorderdisordereddisrespectful
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doomfuldopedowndrawbackdrearydyspepticevil-starredevillyfaintfaintishfatefulfaultyfeeling awfulfeeling faintfeeling something terriblefeverousfly in the ointmentforebodingfrailfunnyghastlygloomygoutygreengrievancehallucinatinghardharmhatefulhavochostilehurthurtfulilill favouredill intentionedill-bodingill-bredill-fatedill-manneredill-omenedill-starredillinoisillyimpertinentimpoliteimproperin a bad wayin dangerinaccurateinauspiciousinclineinconvenientlyincurableinexpedientinfectioninferiorinfirmityinhospitableinhospitablyinimical
Adjective(7 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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iniquitousinjuriousinjuryinvalidlaid uplight headedliverishloweringmaladymaliciousmenacingmilk sickmischievousmiserymisfortunemortally illnaughtynauseatednot quite rightof evil portent
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off coloroff-colorout of sortsoutragepainpalsiedparalyzedparaplegicpeakypeccantpeevishpoisonpollutionpoorportendingportentousqueasyrachiticrecoveringrockyropyrottenrudescrofulousseedysick unto deathsickishsicknesssinfulsinistersnake in the grasssneezysomberspasticspitespleensurlysyndrometaken illthe worstthreateningtoxintroubletuberculousuglyunadvantageouslyunaffectionateunaffectionatelyunamiableunamiablyunbenignunbenignantunbenignantlyunbenignlyuncompassionateuncompassionatelyuncompassioneduncordialuncordiallyunder the weatherunder weatherunfavorableunfavourableunfortunatelyunfriendlyungenialungeniallyungraciousungraciouslyunhandilyunhealedunhealthyunjustunkindlyunlovingunlovinglyunluckyunpleasantunprepossessingunprofitablyunpromisingunpropitiousunrewardinglyunskillfulunsoundunsympatheticunsympatheticallyunsympathizinguntowardupsetuselesslyvenomvertiginousvexationviceviciouswickednesswith difficultywoewrongly
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(22 words)
like death warmed overmalmaladivemawkishnauseatednauseousoff one's feedon the pat and mickout of sortspat and mickpoorlyqueersick as a dogsick as a parrotsickensickishsicklyunder the weatherunhealthyunwell
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All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.
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There are those who think, falsely, that video games are the source of all our ills.
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We have to try to do away with the stigma behind many of society's ills. Shaming will only make things worse.
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