Reverse Dictionary: ILLN – ILLZ

ILL-NATURE, ILL-NATURED, ILL-NATUREDLY – ADJECTIVES
– having an ill-natured aspect TETHER-FACED Bk1905 Sc.
– ill-natured, arrogant, bullying IGNORANT 1940s W. Indies & Black British sl.
– ill-natured, bad-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained CANKERSOME 1786 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, bad-tempered, testy, cross, snappish, querulous; shrewish; irritable NAGGY 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, brusque, very positive and decided in one’s manner and opinions NIP-SICKER 1866 Sc. 
– ill-natured, crabbed, cross-grained, bad-tempered RUBARBATIVE 1600 obs.
– ill-natured, crabbed, sour in temper: usually applied to women ZOWER-ZAPPED B1900 Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, cross, fretful, mischievous, ‘elvish’ ALFISH 1887 Sc.
– ill-natured, cross-grained KAA-WAA;  KAW-WAW 1859 Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, cross, peevish, ill-tempered TATTERY Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, cross-tempered, touchy NAGGIE 1838 Sc.
– ill-natured, cruel, fierce ATTERN c950 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, discontented-looking, morose, disagreeable ALLAGRUGOUS 1742 Sc. 
– ill-natured, fierce, crabbed TARN’D 1805 Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, fractious; crabbed, irritable, peevish; snappish CAPERNOITED 1719 Sc.
– ill-natured, fractious, fretful, cross, peevish; unreasonably quarrelsome TANKERSOME B1900 Eng. dial. obs.
– ill-natured, fretful TARVEAL 1742 Sc. obs.
– ill-natured, fretful, captious, hard to please; forward TASH Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– ill-natured, harsh, severe HASKY Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, ill-tempered; mean ILL-FAVOURED 1895 Sc.
– ill-natured, malicious, spiteful, bad-tempered; snappish, snarling; cynical DOGGISH a1425 rare
– ill-natured, offensive, disobliging MISBEHOLDEN 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.  
– ill-natured, peevish CAINJING Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, peevish TOOTHY 1691 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, peevish YAUPING 1825 Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, quarrelsome NAGGY AS A THORN-STICK B1900 Sc.
– ill-natured, sarcastic NETHERY Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, sarcastic NETTERIE Bk1905 Sc.
– ill-natured, sharp; impertinent NEBBY 1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, sharp in manner; impertinent NEBSIE;  NEBSY 1896 Sc.
– ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered, crabbed CANKERED 1513
– ill-natured, spiteful; ill-tempered, crabbed CANKERLY 1580 obs.
– ill-natured, stomachful CAGGY 1855 Eng. dial.
– ill-natured, sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-tempered, crabbed, grumpy, irritable GROUTY 1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– ill-natured, sulky-looking, crusty NITTERET 1866 Sc.
– ill-natured, surly; churlish; narrow-minded NABAL 1861 chiefly Sc., rare 
– ill-natured, surly; churlish; narrow-minded NABAL 1871
– ill-natured, surly, full of unpleasant devices ILL-KEESTERD 1929 Sc.
– ill-natured, touchy, fretful, sarcastic, quarrelsome NAGGLY 1887 Sc.
– ill-natured, wicked ILL-BISTIT Bk1905 Sc.
– showing an ill-natured disposition; ill-conditioned and quarrelsome, perverse, cross-grained CANTANKEROUS 1772
 
ILL-NATURE etc. – ADVERBS
– in an ill-natured manner; spitefully, malignantly; peevishly CANKEREDLY 1535
 
ILL-NATURE etc. – NOUNS
– an ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, or cross-grained disposition CANTANKER 1825 nonce word obs.
– ill nature ILL-GIVENESS 1881 Eng. dial.
– ill-natured talk BACK-HASH;  BAG-HASH Bk1898 Sc.
– ill nature, quarrelsomeness ATTER 1907 Sc.
 
ILL-NATURE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– an ill-natured, big, uncomely person GAABRIL 1866 Sc.
– an ill-natured, brusque person NIP-SICKER 1964 Sc. 
– an ill-natured, carping person SCRAE;  SKRAE 1853 Sc. 
– an ill-natured, crabbed person TARRANT 1703 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured, cross-grained person, esp. a child NEDDARCAP;  NEDDERCAP B1900 Sc.
– an ill-natured, cross, or crabbed person SOUR-SOP;  ZOURZOP Bk1895 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured, cross, or troublesome person; generally applied to a child or an aged person BICHT 1887 Sc. obs.
– an ill-natured, disobliging person PATCH 1900 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured fellow; an effeminate weakling; a lunatic SAMMY;  ZAMMY 1876 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured, impertinent fellow NASH-GAB;  NASH-GOB 1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured or ill-favoured person PARTAN 1896 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured or irritable person NETHER 1924 Sc. 
– an ill-natured or mischievous person KADDIE 1866 Sc.
– an ill-natured or spiteful female gossip or tattler TABBY 1761 
– an ill-natured, peevish, or cantankerous boy BISHOP 1825 Sc.
– an ill-natured, peevish person; one of a malignant disposition ATTERCOP c1505 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ATTERCAP 1892 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person EDDERCAP 1892 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ETHERCAP 1725 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person ETTERCAP 1820 Sc.
– an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person NATTER-CROP Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured person ILL-MITE Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured person SNOP-SNARL B1900 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured person; one of a virulent or malignant disposition ADDERCAP 1822 Sc. 
– an ill-natured, shrewish woman SKELLAT 1810 Sc.
– an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant TARTAR 1663
– an ill-natured, snarling person; one who is dreaded as a bugbear WORRY-CARL;  WORRY-CARLE 1802 Sc.
– an ill-natured, sour person GANSEL 1813 Sc. obs.
– an ill-natured, spiteful person WILD CAT 1825 Sc.
– an ill-natured, sulky person MOLLIGRUBS;  MOLLYGRUBS Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured, sulky person MOLLIGRUMPHS Bk1905 Sc.
– an ill-natured, sulky person MOOLIGRUBS Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– an ill-natured, ugly old woman; a virago RUDAS 1725 Sc.
– an ill-natured, ungovernable woman BANGREE;  BANGREL Bk1898 Sc.
– an ill-natured woman; a mischievous girl or young woman BESOM 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.;  BISSOM;  BIZZOM;  BIZZUM 1808 Sc. & Ireland
– an ill-natured, wrinkled old woman SCRANNY 1824 Sc.
 
ILL-NATURE etc. – VERBS
– to be ill-natured SNOP-SNARL B1900 Eng. dial.
– to speak ill-naturedly; to scold; to find fault, to grumble YARM 1790 Eng. dial.

ILLNESS – see ILL

ILL-NOURISHED – ADJECTIVES
– ill-nourished; thin, poor FAGEY Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– ill-nourished, weak; lame, suffering from rickets RICKETY 1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.

ILLOGICAL, ILLOGICALNESS – ADJECTIVES
– contrary to what is usually logical or expected; confused, muddled, perverse ARSE ABOUT FACE 1923 UK sl.
– illogical, absurd; not according to right reason ADOXAL 1652 obs. rare
– illogical, fallacious PARALOGISTIC 1879
– illogical, unreasonable; involving or characterized by false reasoning PARALOGIC 1859 rare
– illogical, unreasonable; involving or characterized by false reasoning PARALOGICAL 1658

ILLOGICAL etc.  – ADVERBS
– in a manner contrary to what is logical, usual, or expected ARSEY-VERSEY, ARSIE-VARSIE, ARSEY-VARSEY, ARSY-VARSY, ARSY-VERSY 1542 UK sl.

ILLOGICAL etc.  – NOUNS
– an illogical argument; a piece of false or erroneous reasoning; a fallacy PARALOGISM 1565
– an illogical argument; a piece of false or erroneous reasoning; a fallacy PARALOGY 1646 obs. rare
– an illogical or ridiculous thing ABSURDISM 1815
– illogicalness ILLOGICITY 1886 rare

ILLOGICAL etc.  – NOUNS, PERSON
– an illogical or false reasoner PARALOGICIAN 1739 obs.
– an illogical or false reasoner PARALOGIST 1624
– a person who behaves illogically or absurdly ABSURDIST 1894 rare
– a person who behaves illogically or rashly BINDER Bk1997 Ulster sl. 

ILLOGICAL etc.  – VERBS
– to reason illogically or falsely PARALOGIZE 1624

ILL-OMENED – ADJECTIVES
– ill-omened, inauspicious INAUSPICATE 1632 obs.
– ill-omened, inauspicious, sinister LEFT-HANDED 1609
– ill-omened, unlucky, ill-fated ONCHANCY 1876 Sc.
– ill-omened, unlucky, ill-fated UNCHANCY 1533 chiefly Sc.
– ill-omened, unlucky, unfortunate; not of good omen; foreboding evil INAUSPICIOUS 1599

ILL-OMENED – NOUNS, PERSON
– an ill-omened or unlucky person KAE 1866 Sc.

ILL-REPUTE – VERBS
– to bring into ill-repute; to cast discredit or disgrace upon a person; to taint or tarnish SMIRCH 1820

ILL-SHAPED – ADJECTIVES
– ill-shaped, deformed; clumsy in appearance UNMACKLY 1811 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ill-shaped, disproportioned UNGAIN 1790 Eng. dial.
– ill-shaped, dwarfish, stunted NAUCHLIE 1880 Sc.
– ill-shaped, ill-grown ILL-VUXEN Bk1905 Sc.

ILL-SHAPED – NOUNS, PERSON
– an ill-shaped, greedy, long-necked person GALDROCH 1824 Sc. obs.
– an ill-shaped, large, awkward person CAMERAL 1825 Sc.

ILL-STARRED – ADJECTIVES
– ill-starred, miserable, unhappy FEEBLE 1297 obs.

ILL-SUCCESS – NOUNS
– ill-success; adversity, poverty WANSPEED c893 obs.

ILL-SUPPLIED – ADJECTIVES
– ill-supplied; wanting in resources FEEBLE c1314 obs.

ILL-TASTING – ADJECTIVES
– ill-tasting, nauseous, esp. through being over-sweet WALLOWISH 1548 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ill-tasting, nauseous, insipid, tasteless; having a sickly taste WALSH 1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

ILL TEMPER, ILL-TEMPERED, ILL-TEMPEREDLY – ADJECTIVES
– given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, uncertain in temper TIFTY Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– having the appearance of ill-temper or reluctance THRAWART-LIKE 1768 Sc.
– ill-tempered GAMMY B1900 Amer.
– ill-tempered ILL-HYVERED Bk1905 Sc.
– ill-tempered KAFTY Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered MALTALENT a1578 obs.
– ill-tempered SCRANNY 1881 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, addicted to causeless anger MELANCHOLIAN 1390 obs.
– ill-tempered, angry, esp. if only temporarily UNCLE BERTIE 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘shirty’
– ill-tempered, angry, excited, violent, mad RADGY 19C Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, awkward HAINISH Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, badly behaved, tricky, mischievous ILL-CONTRIVED 1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, badly behaved, tricky, mischievous ILL-CONTRIVING 1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, bad-tempered, angry RED-NECKED 1942 Amer. sl.
– ill-tempered, blunt, rude, surly CHUFFY1899 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, captious; unsociable from some fancied slight or insult QUEER 1885 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, complaining, grumbling GRANKY B1900 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, crabbed; ill-natured, spiteful CANKERED 1513
– ill-tempered, crabbed; ill-natured, spiteful CANKERLY 1580 obs.
– ill-tempered, crabbed, surly CALSHIE 1873 Sc.
– ill-tempered, cross CAMMED 1854 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross RAGGY Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross REMUCE Bk1904 obs.
– ill-tempered, cross, angry; easily provoked to anger, excitable BISSY 1887 Sc.
– ill-tempered, cross, contrary, obstinate, morose, unruly THIRTOVER;  THURTIFER;  THURTOVER;  THWARTOVER  1852 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross, contrary, pert, saucy THWART;  TWORT 1894 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish, fretful, fractious, quarrelsome FRAMPOLD 1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial. obs.
– ill-tempered, cross, disagreeable, unpleasant, contentious, obnoxious EVIL a1131
– ill-tempered, cross, fractious, peevish FRAB 19C Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross, fractious, peevish FRABBY 19C Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross-grained CAMSHACK 1787 Sc.
– ill-tempered, cross-grained NURLY 1871 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross, grumpy CRUMPSY 19C Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross, ill to deal with NEWKY;  NOOKY 1875 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross; in a bad humour; obstinate CROSSWAYS 1906 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross; in a bad humour; obstinate CROSSWISE 1906 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross, peevish, ill-natured TATTERY Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross, peevish; complaining MAUNGY 1865 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, cross; sulky DODDY 1808 Sc.
– ill-tempered, cross, sulky NUNTY 1894 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, difficult to manage RAFTY 19C Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered; disagreeable NASTY 1874 colloq.
– ill-tempered, evil-minded; prone to speak or do evil ILL-GIVEN 1791 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, fretful, fractious TAISEY;  TEASY;  TEAZY 1866 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, grumpy SCALY Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed SAVIGEROUS 1839 Amer. dial.;  SAVIGROUS 1887 Amer. dial.;  SERGIVEROUS 1910 Amer. dial.;  SERVIGOUS 1883 Amer. dial.;  SERVIGROUS 1909 Amer. dial.;  SEVIGROUS 1835 Amer. dial.;  SURVIGEROUS 1952 Amer. dial.;  SURVIGOROUS 1974 Amer. dial.;  SURVIGROUS 1913 Amer. dial.;  SUVIGROUS 1893 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, ill-humoured, hot-headed, fiery, angry-looking ETERIE;  ETRIE Bk1900 Sc.
– ill-tempered; ill-natured; mean ILL-FAVOURED 1895 Sc.
– ill-tempered, irritable MAGGOTISH 20C Aust. sl.
– ill-tempered, irritable, cross NATTLED Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable, cross SHITTY 1846 sl.
– ill-tempered, irritable, cross; angry, esp. if only temporarily SHIRTY 1846 sl.
– ill-tempered, irritable, cross, peevish CAINGY 1778 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable, disagreeable, captious SNORTY 1893 colloq.
– ill-tempered, irritable, flighty in temper; snappish TOITISH 1846 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable, fretful, grim ATRY;  ATTERY 1742 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable; given to complaining or criticizing KVETCHY 1965 US colloq., chiefly Jewish usage
– ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cross, sulky GROUCHY 1861 colloq.
– ill-tempered, irritable, morose ILL-BLAINED 1887 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable, morose ILL-BLENDED 1887 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable, morose ILL-TWINED 1887 Sc.
– ill-tempered, irritable, morose, peevish, quarrelsome EAR-SORE 1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable, peevish, cross, quarrelsome FRATCHETY 19C Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable, peevish, irritable, cross; low-spirited NAZY;  NAZZY 1878 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable, quarrelsome, fault-finding CARNAPTIOUS 1890 Sc. & Irish
– ill-tempered, irritable, queer-tempered, fractious, cross MAGGOTTY;  MAGGOTY 1890 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable, sulky, cross, surly, peevish, sullen, ill-natured, crabbed, grumpy GROUTY 1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable, tetchy SNITCHY 1970s NZ sl.
– ill-tempered, irritable, tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; peevish; testy, easily angered TETCHIOUS 1913 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritable; tetchy, touchy, apt to take offense; peevish; testy, easily angered TOUCHOUS 1880 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, irritated, angry, resentful, annoyed SALTY 1936 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, low-spirited grumpy; glum, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy GLUMPY 1780 chiefly Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, malicious DOG-MEAN 1914 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered; obsessed with irrelevancies and petty problems NIGGLY 1950s sl.
– ill-tempered, out of sorts, annoyed, upset CATTY-CORNER 1884 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, out of sorts, annoyed, upset CATTY-CORNERED 1954 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, passionate UGLY-TEMPERED 1890 Ireland & Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, peevish, crabbed; perverse, contrarious WRAWFUL c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, peevish, cross; crabbed; pugnacious TEETHY 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, peevish, in a state OFF THE HOOK(S) 1612 sl.
– ill-tempered, peevish, quarrelsome; contradictory THRAWN-GABBIT 1897 Sc.
– ill-tempered, perverse, stubborn, peevish THRAWART 1796 Sc.
– ill-tempered, quick-tempered CAMPY 1808 Sc.
– ill-tempered, ready to quarrel, splenetic CAGGY 1855 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, rough-mannered, violent in play LUNGEOUS 1787 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, sarcastic SARCY;  SARKY 20C sl., chiefly UK teen usage
– ill-tempered, scolding, cross, peevish, grumblingly discontented TATTER Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, scolding, quarrelsome CALLETING Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, scolding, quarrelsome CALLETY 1889 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, short-tempered QUANT Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, sulky ILL-WILLED;  ILL-WILLIED 1898 Sc.
– ill-tempered, sulky STULTITIOUS B1900 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, sulky; angry, threatening; disagreeable UGLY 1836 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, sullen BLACK-LOOKING Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, sullen, captious, surly, morose JUNTOUS 1875 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, surly; obstinate RUNTY 1823 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, unpleasant ILL 1887 Amer. sl.
– ill-tempered, unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate ORDINARY 1800 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, unpleasant, troublesome, unruly, obstinate ORNERY 1862 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, very angry; ill-humoured ASHY 1846 Amer. dial.
– ill-tempered, vexed, angry, bad-tempered NARKY 1895 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, vinegary, sour; sour-tempered, morose, crabbed, peevish VINAIGROUS1837 rare
– ill-tempered, waspish PISSED OF A NETTLE 1828 Eng. dial.
– ill-tempered, worrying NANGING 1864 Eng. dial.
 
ILL TEMPER etc. – ADVERBS
– ill-temperedly ILL-PART Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-temperedly, unsociably QUEER 1896 Eng. dial.
 
ILL TEMPER etc. – NOUNS
– a burst of petulant ill-temper, seen as childish or actually produced by a child TANTRUM 1714
– a condition of ill temper; a vague or imaginary unwellness; a depressed or gloomy mood GOOHOOPERS 1968 Amer. dial.
– a fit of ill temper TANTRUM-FIT 1870 Eng. dial.
– a fit of ill temper, passion; a state of excitement, a commotion, a fuss FANTEAGUE;  FANTIGUE 1825 Eng. dial.
– a fit or display of ill temper or passion; an unchecked outburst TIRRAVEE; TIRRYVEE 1813 Sc.
– an ill temper RAN-DAN;  RAN-TAN Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– an ill temper; a whim, a freak DANDRUM 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– a state of ill temper or irritation REEDANESS 1880 Eng. dial.
– a sudden burst of ill temper, anger, passion FUFF 1834 chiefly Sc.
– ill temper RILEMENT Bk1903 sl.
– ill temper; anger RED NECK Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– ill temper; depression of spirits; peevishness, sullenness; the sulks; ill temper MOLLYGRUBS;  MULLIGRUBS 1599
– ill-temper; touchiness, irritability TILTISHNESS 1746 Eng. dial. obs.
 
ILL TEMPER etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– an ill-tempered, awkward fellow TUTTLE B1900 Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered child SPAN Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered, crabbed, cross-grained person CRAB 1825
– an ill-tempered, crabbed, crusty old man, rough, and churlish GANGREL Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered, cross-grained, or nagging wife CROOKED RIB Bk1903 sl. 
– an ill-tempered, cross person THWART 1852 Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered, cross person; a peevish person CROSS-PATCH 1699 colloq.
– an ill-tempered, depressive person GLOOMY-DRAWERS 1989 sl., chiefly UK juvenile usage
– an ill-tempered, grouchy person; a mean, bad-tempered person GRUNT 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory
– an ill-tempered, gruff person; a difficult person BEAR 1638 sl.
– an ill-tempered, grumbling, or fault-finding person SNARLER 1634
– an ill-tempered or disagreeable old person, typically a woman RUNT a1652 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered or mean person BLACKHEART 1968 Amer. dial.
– an ill-tempered or melancholy person GLUM-POT 1917 Amer. dial.
– an ill-tempered or melancholy person GRIZZLE-POT B1900 sl.
– an ill-tempered or quarrelsome person HARD-CASE World War II Amer. sl. 
– an ill-tempered or ugly woman BAT 1886
– an ill-tempered or unmanageable child BLASTIE Bk1911 Sc.
– an ill-tempered, peevish, crabbed person NIPSCART 1825 Sc. 
– an ill-tempered person GEEGER Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered person; an habitual fault-finder AZZALD 1881 Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered person, a shrew, a crosspatch BALSCAT Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered, small person WIDDYFUL 1825 Sc.
– an ill-tempered, spiteful person ATTERMITE;  ATTRAMITE 1864 Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered, stubborn person WARRACH Bk1866 Sc.
– an ill-tempered, sulky person NADGER 1899 Ireland
– an ill-tempered, sullen, or sulky person GROUCH 1900 colloq.
– an ill-tempered, troublesome person; a tyrant NANGNAIL 1856 Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered, violent woman; a scold HAG Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– an ill-tempered woman BIZZO 2001 US sl.
– the wife of Socrates; hence, an ill-tempered woman or wife; a shrew; a scold XANTHIPPE;  XANTIPPE;  ZANTIPPE;  ZENTIPPE   …1596
 
ILL TEMPER etc. – PHRASES
– to be ill-tempered, peevish, and cross HAVE PISSED ON A NETTLE Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
ILL TEMPER etc. – VERBS
– to become ill-tempered TAKE THE TIG 1773 Sc.
– to be ill-tempered HAVE A DOG IN ONE’S BELLY B1900 Eng. dial.
– to be ill-tempered or dangerous CARRY HAY IN ONE’S HORNS 1648
– to be ill-tempered or irritable GET OUT OF BED BACKWARDS Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– to be ill-tempered or peevish; to fret, to grumble HARM Bk1902 Sc.
– to be ill-tempered or sullen RIDE GRUB B1785 colloq.
– to be ill-tempered or sullen: to be angry or sulky; to take offense NAB THE RUST L18 sl.
– to make ill-tempered or peevish CRAB 1662 obs. rare
– to talk ill-temperedly and hot-headedly; to argue ARG 1914 Sc. & Amer. dial.

ILL-THRIVEN – ADJECTIVES
– ill-thriven SCROGGY Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– ill-thriven, poor AZZARDLY Bk1898 Eng. dial.

ILL-TIMED – ADJECTIVES
– ill-timed, inconvenient UNCHANCY 1860 chiefly Sc.

ILL TREAT, ILL-TREATED, ILL TREATMENT – ADJECTIVES
– ill-treated OOLED 1867 Sc.
– ill-treated, abused HAMMILLED Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-treated; ill-advised ILL-GUIDED 1867 Sc.
– ill-treated, pinched NERLED Bk1905 Eng. dial.

ILL TREAT etc. – NOUNS
– ill-treatment, esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest JACK DRUM’S ENTERTAINMENT c1570 colloq.
– ill-treatment; esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest JOHN DRUM’S ENTERTAINMENT L16 sl.
– ill-treatment; esp. the throwing out of an unwelcome guest TOM DRUM’S ENTERTAINMENT 1587 colloq..

ILL TREAT etc. – VERBS
​– to ill-treat ILL-GUIDE 1817 Sc.
– to ill-treat; to abuse; to overwork HAMMIL Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– to ill-treat; to bruise HASH 1827 Sc.
– to ill-treat; to harass, to vex HATTER 1687 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– to ill-treat; to starve a person for want of food HONISH 1878 Eng. dial.
– to ill-treat; to thrash COMB DOWN Bk1892 Aust. sl.
– to rid oneself of ill treatment, of victimization, or exploitation TAKE THE FOOT OUT OF ONE’S ASS 1960s African-American sl.
– to suffer from ill-treatment or ill-usage LEAD A LIFE LIKE A TOAD UNDER A HARROW;  LIVE A LIFE LIKE A TOAD UNDER A HARROW Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.

ILLUMINATE, ILLUMINATED, ILLUMINATING, ILLUMINATION – ADJECTIVES
– illuminating, luminous LUMINANT 1891
– partly illuminated TWILIGHTED 1865
– tending to illuminate ILLUMINARY 1730 rare

ILLUMINATE etc. – NOUNS
– a source of illumination ILLUMINANT 1644
– illumination ILLUME 1838 rare
– illumination ILLUMINARY 1692 obs.
– illumination ILLUSTREMENT 1599 obs. rare
– illumination, light LUMER c1468 obs. rare
– illumination, lighting up BESHINING 1398 obs.
– illumination, lighting up BURNING 1466 obs.

ILLUMINATE etc. – VERBS
– to illuminate, to enlighten ILLIGHTEN 1555 obs.
– to illuminate, to enlighten, to shed light upon ONLIGHT c888 obs.
– to illuminate, to light up BELIGHT c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

ILL-USAGE,  ILL-USE, ILL-USED – ADJECTIVES
– ill-used ILL-DONE-TO Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ill-used ILL-PUT-ON Bk1905 Eng. dial

ILL-USAGE etc. – VERBS
– to ill-use, to beat, to thrash TANCEL; TANSEL 1895 Eng. dial.
– to ill-use, to maltreat, to persecute; to torment, to harass; to bother HARRY a1400-50
– to ill-use, to treat evilly, to abuse BESHREW c1430 obs.
– to ill-use, to treat harshly, to bully; to wreck the health or spirits of OOL 1832 Sc.
– to suffer from ill-usage or ill-treatment LEAD A LIFE LIKE A TOAD UNDER A HARROW;  LIVE A LIFE LIKE A TOAD UNDER A HARROW Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.

ILLUSORY – ADJECTIVES
– illusory, deceptive, deluding DECEPTIONAL 1830 rare
– illusory, deceptive; that tends to deceive, cheat, or mislead DECEPTIOUS 1606 obs. rare
– illusory, deluding; deceptive DECEPTORY c1430 obs.
– illusory, deluding; of a deceptive kind or character DECEPTITIOUS 1827 rare
– illusory, unreal; like the Barmecide’s feast; imaginarily satisfying or sumptuous BARMECIDAL a1845

ILLUSORY – NOUNS
– illusory character; visionary delusion; deceptiveness FANTASTRY a1677 obs.

ILLUSORY – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who offers benefits that are illusory or disappointing BARMECIDE 1713

ILLUSORY – VERBS
– to pursue an illusory aim CHASE RAINBOWS Bk1999 

ILLUSTRATE, ILLUSTRATED, ILLUSTRATION – ADJECTIVES
– capable of being illustrated ILLUSTRABLE 1658 obs.
– pert. to illustration ILLUSTRATIONAL 1885 rare

ILLUSTRATE etc. – NOUNS
– an illustration ILLO 1982 US sl. 
– an illustration, drawing, or engraving for a book ICONOGRAPH 1884
– the illustration of any subject by means of drawings or figures; any book or work in which this is done ICONOGRAPHY 1678

ILLUSTRATE etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a connoisseur of book illustrations, pictures, engravings, and the like ICONOPHILE 1881
– a connoisseur of book illustrations, pictures, engravings, and the like ICONOPHILIST 1884

ILLUSTRATE etc. – VERBS
– to illustrate; to explain by examples or analogies; to symbolize SAMPLE 1613 obs.
– to illustrate; to throw light upon LUSTRE 1637 obs.

ILLUSTRIOUS, ILLUSTRIOUSNESS – ADJECTIVES
– illustrious ILLUSTRE 1500-20 obs.
– illustrious LUSTRANT 1616 obs. rare
– illustrious, brilliant; excellent, sublime; glorious, splendid; said of a person, place, etc. BRIGHT c1250
– illustrious, brilliant; said of persons LUCULENT 1599 obs.
– illustrious, honourable GLORIED 1671 obs.
– illustrious, honoured LAURELLED 1682
– illustrious, renowned, famous CLAREOUS;  CLAROUS a1636 obs. rare
– illustrious, splendid; fortunate CANDID 1648 obs.
– made illustrious ILLUSTRED 1512 obs.

ILLUSTRIOUS, etc.  – NOUNS
– illustriousness ILLUSTRICITY 1637 obs.

ILLUSTRIOUS, etc.  – NOUNS, PERSON
– an illustrious and great person HEROE 1656 obs.
– an illustrious person DOUZEPER c1330 rare

ILLUSTRIOUS, etc.  – VERBS
– to render illustrious LUSTRE 1627 obs.
– to render illustrious or distinguished; to confer distinction upon ILLUSTRE 1530 obs.

ILL WILL,  ILL-WILLED – ADJECTIVES
– disposed to ill will; malevolent; desirous of evil to others MALEVOLOUS 1536 obs.
– exhibiting ill-will or bitter enmity, malevolent; very angry; cruel DESPITOUS c1374 obs.
– viewed with ill will or dislike; odious to a person INVIDIOUS E18 rare
 
ILL WILL etc. – NOUNS
– a feeling of ill will or dislike MALIGNATION c1470 obs.
– deep-seated ill will; long-lasting resentment; bitterness RANCOROUSNESS 1727
– ill will, bad feeling; vexation, blame; hurt, injury MAUGRE 1845 Sc.
– ill will; dislike, aversion ILL-WIND 1852 Sc. obs.
– ill will; enmity UNFRIENDSHIP 1897 Sc.
– ill will; hatred, malevolence LETH 971 obs.
– ill will, malevolence MALTALENT c1320 obs.
– ill will; resentment HARDNESS 1838 Amer. dial.
– ill will, spite, envy; a strong feeling against a person ONDE c1000 obs.
– ill will, spite, malice DOG-MEANNESS 1914 Amer. dial.
– ill will, spite, malice; anger, passion, resentment, ill-will, spite, malice ILTA;  ILTY a1838 Sc. 
– ill will; the wishing evil to others MALEVOLENCY a1662 obs.
 
ILL WILL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person displaying ill will or malevolence BASILISK 1475
 
ILL WILL etc. – VERBS
– to bear ill-will towards someone; to harbour a grudge towards a person HAVE A SNOUT ON 1941 Aust. sl.
– to bear ill-will towards; to harbour a grudge towards a person; to treat with disfavour, to rebuff SNOUT  1916 Aust. sl.
– to feel ill will or enmity will towards one; to hold a grudge against one HAVE A PICK AT SOMEONE 1834 Amer. dial.
– to have ill will to, to endure with a grudge, to have a resentment against BEAR HARD c1400 obs.
– to have ill will to, to endure with a grudge, to have a resentment against BEAR UPON THE SPLEEN  1629 obs.

ILL-WISH – VERBS
– to ill-wish, to regret BEGRUDGE Bk1911 Sc.