ill (ɪl
)
Definitions
adjective
Word forms: worse, worst
- (usually postpositive) not in good health; sick
- characterized by or intending evil, harm, etc; hostile ⇒
ill deeds
- causing or resulting in pain, harm, adversity, etc ⇒
ill effects
- ascribing or imputing evil to something referred to ⇒
ill repute
- promising an unfavourable outcome; unpropitious ⇒
an ill omen
- harsh; lacking kindness ⇒
ill will
- not up to an acceptable standard; faulty ⇒
ill manners
- See ill at ease
noun
- evil or harm ⇒
to wish a person ill
- a mild disease
- misfortune; trouble
adverb
- badly ⇒
the title ill befits him
- with difficulty; hardly ⇒
he can ill afford the money
- not rightly ⇒
she ill deserves such good fortune
Word Origin
C11 (in the sense: evil): from Old Norse illr badSynonyms
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unwell,
sick,
poorly,
diseased,
funny,
weak,
crook,
ailing,
queer,
frail,
feeble,
unhealthy,
seedy,
sickly,
laid up,
queasy,
infirm,
out of sorts,
dicky,
nauseous,
off-colour,
under the weather,
at death's door,
indisposed,
peaky,
on the sick list
valetudinarian,
green about the gills,
not up to snuff
=
harmful,
bad,
damaging,
evil,
foul,
unfortunate,
destructive,
unlucky,
vile,
detrimental,
hurtful,
pernicious,
noxious,
ruinous,
deleterious,
injurious,
iniquitous,
disadvantageous,
maleficent,
=
hostile,
malicious,
acrimonious,
cross,
harsh,
adverse,
belligerent,
unkind,
hurtful,
unfriendly,
malevolent,
antagonistic,
hateful,
bellicose,
cantankerous,
inimical,
rancorous,
ill-disposed,
=
bad,
threatening,
disturbing,
menacing,
unlucky,
sinister,
gloomy,
dire,
ominous,
unhealthy,
unfavourable,
foreboding,
unpromising,
inauspicious,
unwholesome,
unpropitious,
bodeful
=
problem,
trouble,
suffering,
worry,
trial,
injury,
pain,
hurt,
strain,
harm,
distress,
misery,
hardship,
woe,
misfortune,
affliction,
tribulation,
unpleasantness,
Translations
- British English:
ill
Someone who is ill is suffering from a disease or a health problem.He was seriously ill with cancer.ɪl ADJECTIVE He was seriously ill with cancer.
- Spanish:
enfermo
adj enferma
- French:
malade
adj
- German:
krank
adj
- Chinese: 生病的 adj
- Arabic: مَرِيضٌ adj
- Portuguese: doente adj
- Russian: больной adj больная
- Croatian: bolestan adj bolesna
- Czech: nemocný adj
- Danish: syg adj
- Dutch: ziek adj
- Finnish: sairas adj
- Greek: άρρωστος adj άρρωστη
- Italian: malato adj malata
- Japanese: 病気で no_posp
- Korean: 아픈 adj
- Norwegian: syk adj
- Polish: chory adj chora
- Brazilian Portuguese: doente adj
- European Spanish:
enfermo
adj enferma
- Swedish: sjuk adj sjukt
- Thai: ป่วย adj
- Turkish: hasta adj
- Vietnamese: ốm adj
Usage examples
Worried that Samantha might be seriously ill , Penelope managed to persuade the landlord to open the bed-sit door.
, AFTERMATH (2001)His retirement in 2004 from the company he was responsible for moulding into a world leader, was prompted by ill health.
Yachting Boating World (2005)Janet from Chelmsford, Essex, is paying tribute to the queen mother on behalf of her elderly mother who is too ill to make the journey.
Irish Times (2002)On all package holidays, 14 % of tourists fell ill , compared with 11 % who travelled independently.
Glasgow Herald (2001)At Fort Dix 77 soldiers were found to have swine flu antibodies, but were symptomless; 11 more were ill and positive.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)