Meanings
alternative ill-health
- idiomaticuncountableA state of illness, or bad health.
I have to cancel my holidays due to continuing ill health.
1 more example
There are the engines that develop ill-health and begin to lose time, or the wagons that develop hot boxes and have to be removed, initiating delays that steadily pile up—or at worst, the weather lays its hand on the whole District.
1962 August, G. Freeman Allen, “Traffic control on the Great Northern Line”, in Modern Railways, page 131/132
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek καχεξία
- καχεξία (kakhexía)state of bad health
Irish breoiteacht
- breoiteachtstate of bad health
Scottish Gaelic euslaint
- euslaintstate of bad health
Swedish ohälsa
- ohälsastate of bad health
Cite this entry
ill health. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill%20health
“ill health.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ill%20health. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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