ILL-BEING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Lack of prosperity or happiness or health

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ill-being" is a kind of...):

adversity; hard knocks; hardship (a state of misfortune or affliction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ill-being"):

miserableness; misery; wretchedness (a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune)

Antonym:

well-being (a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous)