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adjective
- 1. not in full health; sick: "her daughter is seriously ill" Similar Opposite
- 2. poor in quality: "ill judgment dogs the unsuccessful" Similar Opposite
adverb
- 1. badly, wrongly, or imperfectly: "it ill becomes one so beautiful to be gloomy" 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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The meaning of ILL is not in good health; also : nauseated. How to use ill in a sentence.
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: …
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 is generally not used before a noun, and can be used in verbal expressions such as fall ill and be taken ill. He fell ill shortly before Christmas... One of the jury members was taken ill.
Definition of ill adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
1. adjective. Someone who is ill is suffering from a disease or a health problem. In November 1941 Payne was seriously ill with pneumonia. Synonyms: unwell, sick, poorly [informal], diseased More Synonyms of ill. 2. countable noun. Difficulties and problems are sometimes referred to as ills. [formal]
Definitions of 'ill'. 1. Someone who is ill is suffering from a disease or a health problem. [...] 1. People who are ill in some way can be referred to as, for example, the mentally ill. [...] 2. Difficulties and problems are sometimes referred to as ills.
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.
