Ill
Ill noun - An abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning.
Nearby Word: illness
Reverse
Reverse noun - A change in status for the worse usually temporarily.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Whatever ill effects you've suffered, they can all be fixed by just doing the same thing that caused the problem, but in reverse.
Source: Now Do It Again Backwards - David Cronenberg's The Brood starts off with a doctor whose therapy involves making mentally ill patients make their illness a physical one, which he would then cure, hey presto reverse placebo!
Source: Your Mind Makes It Real - He talks various rioters, looters and anarchists into abandoning their rather ill-timed plans and working together to reverse the city of Curst sliding into the plane of Carceri.
Source: Shaming the Mob
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Reverse and Ill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ill/reverse
Ill & Reverse. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ill/reverse>.
Reverse or Ill. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ill/reverse.
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