Ill
Ill adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Usage example: one of the ill effects of winter weather is the rapid spread of germs as people spend more time together indoors
Wicked is a synonym for ill in behaviour topic. In some cases you can use "Wicked" instead the word "Ill" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like bad.
Nearby Word: illness
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- They are said to be wicked or ill-tempered, putrescent creatures which breathe fire or smoke.
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In Petshop Of Horrors Tokyo there is an inversion in one story in which the stepmother is the protagonist and the stepdaughter is wicked and is tying to make sure that she is left penniless by tricking her ill father into divorcing the woman.
Source: Wicked Stepmother - Then Lana gets seriously ill and Lex can't afford it, so he goes back to his dad to ask him to help...and is promptly brushed off, meaning Lana (and their baby) both die because Lex gave up his money and his wicked father's fortune.
Source: Then Let Me Be Evil
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Wicked and Ill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ill/wicked
Ill & Wicked. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ill/wicked>.
Wicked or Ill. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ill/wicked.
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