ill

ill  (l)

adj. worse (wûrs), worst (wûrst)

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. Ascribing an objectionable quality: holds an ill view of that political group.

c. Hostile or unfriendly: ill feeling between rivals.

d. Harmful; pernicious: the ill effects of a misconceived policy.

5. Not favorable; unpropitious: ill predictions.

6. Not measuring up to recognized standards of excellence, as of behavior or conduct.

adv. worse, worst

1. In a sickly or unsound manner; not well.

2. Scarcely or with difficulty.

n.

1. Evil; sin.

2. Disaster, distress, or harm.

3. Something that causes suffering; trouble: the social ills of urban life.

4. Something that reflects in an unfavorable way on one: Please don't speak ill of me when I'm gone.

Idiom:

ill at ease

Anxious or unsure; uneasy: The stranger made me feel ill at ease.

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[Middle English, from Old Norse llr, bad.]

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ill

Adjective

[worse, worst]

1. not in good health

2. bad, harmful, or hostile: ill effects

3. promising an unfavourable outcome: ill omen

4. ill at ease unable to relax

Noun

evil or harm

Adverb

1. badly, wrongly: the title ill befits him

2. with difficulty; hardly: we can ill afford another scandal [Old Norse illr bad]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ill - an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining ailment, complaint disorder, upset - a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" pip - a minor nonspecific ailment kinetosis, motion sickness - the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle
Adj.	1.	ill - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" sick unfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers" well - in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury; "appears to be entirely well"; "the wound is nearly well"; "a well man"; "I think I'm well; at least I feel well"
	2.	ill - resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good" harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
	3.	ill - distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute" bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
	4.	ill - indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will" hostile - characterized by enmity or ill will; "a hostile nation"; "a hostile remark"; "hostile actions"
	5.	ill - presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government" ominous, inauspicious unpropitious - not propitious
Adv.	1.	ill - (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan" poorly, badly combining form - a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'" good, well - (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'); "the children behaved well"; "a task well done"; "the party went well"; "he slept well"; "a well-argued thesis"; "a well-seasoned dish"; "a well-planned party"; "the baby can walk pretty good"
	2.	ill - unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" badly well - favorably; with approval; "their neighbors spoke well of them"; "he thought well of the book"
	3.	ill - with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"

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ill

adjective 1. unwell, sick, poorly (informal) diseased, funny (informal) weak, crook Austral., N.Z. (slang) ailing, queer, frail, feeble, unhealthy, seedy (informal) sickly, laid up (informal) queasy, infirm, out of sorts (informal) dicky Brit. (informal) nauseous, off-colour, under the weather (informal) at death's door, indisposed, peaky, on the sick list (informal) valetudinarian, green about the gills, not up to snuff (informal) << OPPOSITE healthy

adjective 2. harmful, bad, damaging, evil, foul, unfortunate, destructive, unlucky, vile, detrimental, hurtful, pernicious, noxious, ruinous, deleterious, injurious, iniquitous, disadvantageous, maleficent << OPPOSITE favourable

adjective 3. hostile, malicious, acrimonious, cross, harsh, adverse, belligerent, unkind, hurtful, unfriendly, malevolent, antagonistic, hateful, bellicose, cantankerous, inimical, rancorous, ill-disposed << OPPOSITE kind

adjective 4. bad, threatening, disturbing, menacing, unlucky, sinister, gloomy, dire, ominous, unhealthy, unfavourable, foreboding, unpromising, inauspicious, unwholesome, unpropitious, bodeful

noun 5. problem, trouble, suffering, worry, trial, injury, pain, hurt, strain, harm, distress, misery, hardship, woe, misfortune, affliction, tribulation, unpleasantness

noun 6. harm, suffering, damage, hurt, evil, destruction, grief, trauma, anguish, mischief, malice << OPPOSITE good

adverb 7. badly, unfortunately, unfavourably, inauspiciously

adverb 8. hardly, barely, scarcely, just, only just, by no means, at a push << OPPOSITE well

adverb 9. illegally, criminally, unlawfully, fraudulently, dishonestly, illicitly, illegitimately, unscrupulously, foully

adverb 10. insufficiently, badly, poorly, inadequately, imperfectly, deficiently

Translations

ill [ɪl] adj → enfermo, malo

n → mal m;

(fig) → infortunio

adv → mal;

to take or be taken ill → caer or ponerse enfermo;

to feel ill (with) → encontrarse mal (de);

to speak/think ill of sb → hablar/pensar mal de algn see also ills

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ill [ɪl] adj (= sick) → malade (= bad); mauvais(e)

n → mal m

adv to speak/think ill of sb → dire/penser du mal de qn;

to be taken ill → tomber malade

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ill [ɪl] adj → krank;

(effects) → schädlich

n → Übel nt;

(trouble) → Schlechte(s) nt

adv to speak ill of sb → Schlechtes über jdn sagen;

to be taken ill → krank werden;

to think ill of sb → schlecht von jdm denken

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ill [ɪl] adj (= sick) → malato/a (= bad); cattivo/a

n → male m;

to take or be taken ill → ammalarsi;

to feel ill → star male;

to speak/think ill of sb → parlar/pensar male di qn