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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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good; impressive: That beat is so ill. He was doing ill tricks on his skateboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Grammar. Ill or sick? Ill and sick are both adjectives that mean ‘not in good health’. We use both ill and sick after a verb such as be, become, feel, look or seem: … Idioms.
The meaning of ILL is not in good health; also : nauseated. How to use ill in a sentence.
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.
If you're ill, you're unwell, or sick. 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.
Definition of ill adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adj, worse or worst. 1. ( usually postpositive) not in good health; sick. 2. characterized by or intending evil, harm, etc; hostile: ill deeds. 3. causing or resulting in pain, harm, adversity, etc: ill effects. 4. ascribing or imputing evil to something referred to: ill repute.
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.
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.
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.
n. an unfavorable opinion or statement:[ uncountable] I can speak no ill of her. harm or injury:[ uncountable] His remarks did much ill. trouble; misfortune:[ countable] Many ills befell him. adv. unsatisfactorily; poorly; badly: It ill befits a person to betray friends. faultily; improperly: an ill-constructed house.
