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- Dictionaryill/ɪl/
adjective
- 1. suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell: "he was taken ill with food poisoning" Similar Opposite
- 2. poor in quality: "ill judgement dogs the unsuccessful" Similar Opposite
adverb
- 1. badly, wrongly, or imperfectly: "the street is dominated by ill-lit shops" Similar Opposite
- 2. only with difficulty; hardly: "she could ill afford the cost of new curtains" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a problem or misfortune: "a lengthy work on the ills of society" Similar
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ILL definition: 1. not feeling well, or suffering from a disease: 2. bad: 3. good; impressive: . Learn more.
Definition of 'ill' Word Frequency. ill. (ɪl ) Word forms: plural ills. 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] A2. Someone who is ill is suffering from a disease or a health problem. In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia. [ + with] I was feeling ill. If damp, musty buildings make you ill, mould is probably the cause.
[not usually before noun] suffering from an illness or disease; not feeling well. Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital. critically/gravely/severely ill. Uncle Harry is terminally ill with cancer (= he will die from his illness). chronically ill patients (= who are ill for a long time ) She was taken ill suddenly.
The meaning of ILL is not in good health; also : nauseated. How to use ill in a sentence. not in good health; also : nauseated; not normal or sound; causing suffering or distress…
Being ill is a good excuse for missing work or school. You might get ill after being sneezed on by someone with a cold; or eating street food in a foreign country; or for no reason that you can point to.
1. Not healthy; sick: I began to feel ill last week. 2. Not normal; unsound: an ill condition of body and mind. 3. Resulting in suffering; harmful or distressing: the ill effects of a misconceived policy. 4. a. Resulting from or suggestive of evil intentions: ill deeds committed out of spite. b.
noun. an unfavorable opinion or statement: I can speak no ill of her. harm or injury: His remarks did much ill. Synonyms: misery, affliction, pain, hurt. trouble, distress, or misfortune: Many ills befell him. Synonyms: calamity. evil: to know the difference between good and ill. Synonyms: depravity. sickness or disease.
ill, sick mean being in bad health, not being well. ill is the more formal word. In the U.S. the two words are used practically interchangeably except that sick is always used when the word modifies the following noun: He looks sick (ill); a sick person.
Not healthy, normal, or well; having a disease; sick; indisposed. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Not normal; unsound. An ill condition of body and mind. American Heritage Medicine. Resulting in suffering; harmful or distressing. The ill effects of a misconceived policy. American Heritage.
adj. Pathology sick; unwell; of poor health:[ be + ~] She's ill and won't be in today. hostile; unkind:[ before a noun] ill feeling. evil; wicked:[ before a noun] ill deeds. unfavorable:[ before a noun] ill fortune. n. an unfavorable opinion or statement:[ uncountable] I can speak no ill of her.
