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To instigate or encourage by aid or countenance; -- used in a bad sense of persons and acts; as, to abet an ill-doer; to abet one in h…

To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.

To use ill; to maltreat; to act injuriously to; to punish or to tax excessively; to hurt; as, to abuse prisoners, to abuse one's power…

Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.

A medical certificate that a student is ill.

To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.

A peevish, ill-natured person.

To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting…

An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, c…

Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured.

any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry th…

Good-natured; obliging.

An inseparable prefix, fr. the Greek / hard, ill, and signifying ill, bad, hard, difficult, and the like; cf. the prefixes, Skr. dus-,…

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good-natured.

Having a good temper; not easily vexed. See Good-natured.

To murmur or mutter with discontent; to make ill-natured complaints in a low voice and a surly manner.

insurance against loss due to ill health