ill turn

1. 1.

   an act intended to help that turns out badly

   “he did them a disservice”

   Synonymsdisserviceill service

   Broaderinjury

Questions about ill turn

What does ill turn mean?

ill turn means "an act intended to help that turns out badly".

What is another word for ill turn?

Close synonyms include disservice, ill service. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ill turn a common word?

ill turn is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.