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Ailments Misfortunes Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ILLS which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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199%4Exact Match!
224%8Ailments
324%4 Nervous ailments

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We think the answer is "ILLS" which means:

    adjective
  • • Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
  • noun
  • • An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
  • adverb
  • • (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
  • • Unfavorably or with disapproval
  • • With difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
  • adjective satellite
  • • Resulting in suffering or adversity
  • • Distressing
  • • Indicating hostility or enmity
  • • Presaging ill fortune

An example sentence would be:

  • • "Poverty is one of the major ills plaguing our society."
  • • "Smoking is known to cause various ills, including lung cancer."

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