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ill [ɪl] adj worse, 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 5. promising an unfavourable outcome; unpropitious an ill omen 6. harsh; lacking kindness ill will 7. not up to an acceptable standard; faulty ill manners ill at ease unable to relax; uncomfortable n 1. evil or harm to wish a person ill 2. a mild disease 3. misfortune; trouble adv
1. badly the title ill befits him 2. with difficulty; hardly he can ill afford the money 3. not rightly she ill deserves such good fortune [C11 (in the sense: evil): from Old Norse illr bad] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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) He was seriously ill with pneumonia. unwell well, strong, healthy, hale 2. harmful, bad, damaging, evil, foul, unfortunate, destructive, unlucky, vile, detrimental, hurtful, pernicious, noxious, ruinous, deleterious, injurious, iniquitous, disadvantageous, maleficent ill effects from the contamination of the water harmful good, favourable 3. hostile, malicious, acrimonious, cross, harsh, adverse, belligerent, unkind, hurtful, unfriendly, malevolent, antagonistic, hateful, bellicose, cantankerous, inimical, rancorous, ill-disposed He bears no ill feelings towards you. hostile kind, generous 4. bad, threatening, disturbing, menacing, unlucky, sinister, gloomy, dire, ominous, unhealthy, unfavourable, foreboding, unpromising, inauspicious, unwholesome, unpropitious, bodeful His absence preyed on her mind like an ill omen. noun 1. problem, trouble, suffering, worry, trial, injury, pain, hurt, strain, harm, distress, misery, hardship, woe, misfortune, affliction, tribulation, unpleasantness He is responsible for many of the country's ills. adverb 1. badly, unfortunately, unfavourably, inauspiciously This development may bode ill for the government. 2. hardly, barely, scarcely, just, only just, by no means, at a push We can ill afford another scandal. hardly well, easily 3. illegally, criminally, unlawfully, fraudulently, dishonestly, illicitly, illegitimately, unscrupulously, foully He used his ill-gotten gains to pay for a £360,000 house. 4. insufficiently, badly, poorly, inadequately, imperfectly, deficiently We were ill-prepared for last year's South Africa tour. speak ill of someone malign, knock (informal), rubbish (informal), run down, blacken, slag (off) (slang), denigrate, belittle, disparage, decry, revile, vilify, slander, defame, bad-mouth (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), besmirch, impugn, calumniate, asperse She found it difficult to speak ill of anyone. Translations ill [ɪl] A. ADJ (worse (compar) (worst (superl))) 1. (Med) → enfermo to be ill → estar enfermo to be seriously ill → estar gravemente enfermo he's ill with cancer → tiene cáncer, está enfermo de cáncer to fall ill → caer or ponerse enfermo, enfermarse(LAm) to feel ill → encontrarse mal, sentirse mal to look ill → tener mal aspecto or mala cara to make sb ill [food, wine] → sentarle mal a algn; [lifestyle, diet] → afectar a la salud de algn the soup made me ill → la sopa me sentó mal all the worry was making me ill → la preocupación estaba afectando a mi salud to make o.s. ill → ponerse enfermo, ponerse malo to be taken ill → caer or ponerse enfermo, enfermarse(LAm) see also mentally 2. (= bad) [fortune, luck] → malo ill at ease → a disgusto ill effects → efectos mpl adversos with no ill effects → sin mayores daños ill feeling (= hostility) → hostilidad f; (= spite) → rencor m there are no ill feelings → no quedan rencores I have no ill feelings toward them → no les guardo rencor ill health → mala salud f to be in ill health → no estar bien(de salud), estar enfermo he retired because of ill health → se retiró por problemas de salud ill humour → mal humor m ill repute (liter or hum) → mala reputación f a house/lady of ill repute → una casa/mujer de mala reputación ill temper → mal genio m ill will (= hostility) → hostilidad f; (= spite) → rencor m I bear you no ill will for that → no le guardo rencor por eso see also wind 1 A1 B. ADV → mal to speak/think ill of sb → hablar/pensar mal de algn we can ill afford to lose him → mal podemos dejar que se vaya we can ill afford to buy it → no podemos permitirnos el lujo de comprarlo it ill becomes you to criticize → no te sienta bien criticar ill [ˈɪl] adj (= sick) → malade to feel ill → se sentir mal I feel ill → Je me sens mal. to be taken ill → tomber malade She was taken ill while on holiday → Elle est tombée malade en vacances. to fall ill with sth → contracter qch She fell ill with measles → Elle a contracté la rougeole. adv (= badly) to speak ill of sb → dire du mal de qn to think ill of sb → penser du mal de qn it bodes ill (= is a bad sign) → c'est de mauvaise augure sb could ill afford to ... He could ill afford to miss an important game → Il ne pouvait se permettre de rater un match important. n (= harm) → mal m to mean sb no ill → ne pas vouloir de mal à qn They mean you no ill → Ils ne te veulent pas de mal. npl the terminally ill → les malades mpl en phase terminale ills npl (= problems) → maux mpl ill adj pred (= sick) → krank; to fall or take (inf) or be taken ill → erkranken (→ with sth an etw dat), → krank werden; to feel ill → sich unwohl or krank fühlen; I feel (terribly) ill → mir ist (ganz und gar) nicht gut; he is ill with fever/a cold → er hat Fieber/eine Erkältung; to be ill with chicken pox → an Windpocken erkrankt sein; ill with anxiety/jealousy → krank vor Angst/Eifersucht; she is making herself ill with worry → sie macht sich ganz krank vor lauter Sorgen comp <worse>, superl <worst> (= bad) → schlecht, übel; (= adverse) effects → unerwünscht; ill will → böses Blut; I don’t bear them any ill will → ich trage ihnen nichts nach; ill health → schlechter Gesundheitszustand; to suffer ill health → gesundheitlich angeschlagen sein; due to ill health → aus Gesundheitsgründen; ill humour or (US) humor → schlechte Laune; ill luck → Pech nt; as ill luck would have it → wie es der Teufel so will; ill nature → Übellaunigkeit f; it’s an ill wind (that blows nobody any good) (Prov) → so hat alles seine guten Seiten n adv → schlecht; to take something ill (liter) → etw übel nehmen; things went ill with him (liter) → es erging ihm nicht gut, es ward ihm kein Glück beschieden (liter); he can ill afford to refuse → er kann es sich (dat) → schlecht leisten abzulehnen; it ill becomes you (form) → es steht Ihnen nicht an (form) ill: ill-advised ill-assorted adj group, bunch → schlecht zusammenpassend ill-at-ease adj → unbehaglich; I always felt ill in his presence → ich habe mich in seiner Gegenwart nie wohlgefühlt ill-bred adj → ungezogen, schlecht erzogen ill-breeding n → schlechte Erziehung, Unerzogenheit f; it’s a sign of ill to … → es ist ein Zeichen für eine schlechte Kinderstube, wenn man … ill-conceived adj plan, policy → schlecht durchdacht ill-conditioned adj → übellaunig ill-considered adj action, words → unüberlegt, unbedacht ill: ill-fated adj (= unfortunate, unlucky) person → vom Unglück verfolgt, unglücklich (= doomed, destined to fail) → unglückselig, verhängnisvoll; the ill Titanic → die unglückselige Titanic ill-fitting adj clothes, dentures → schlecht sitzend; shoes → schlecht passend ill-founded adj → unbegründet, unerwiesen, fragwürdig ill-gotten gains pl → unrechtmäßiger Gewinn, Sündengeld nt (hum) ill-humoured, (US) ill-humored adj → schlecht or übel gelaunt, schlecht aufgelegt, verstimmt ill: ill-mannered adj → unhöflich ill-matched ill-natured adj, ill-naturedly adv → bösartig ill: ill-omened adj → unter einem unglücklichen Stern or unter einem Unstern stehend ill-prepared adj → schlecht vorbereitet ill-starred adj person → vom Unglück or Pech verfolgt; undertaking etc → unter einem ungünstigen Stern (stehend); ill day → Unglückstag m ill-suited adj (to one another) → nicht zusammenpassend; (to sth) → ungeeignet (to für); they are ill → sie passen nicht zueinander ill-tempered ill-timed adj → ungelegen, unpassend; move, speech → zeitlich schlecht abgestimmt ill-treat ill-treatment n → Misshandlung f, → schlechte Behandlung ill [ɪl] 1. adj (worse (comp) (worst (superl))) a. (sick) → ammalato/a, malato/a to fall or be taken ill → ammalarsi to feel ill (with) → star male (per or a causa di) to be in ill health → essere malaticcio/a she is seriously ill in hospital → è ricoverata in gravi condizioni all'ospedale b. (bad) → cattivo/a ill fortune or ill luck → sfortuna, scalogna ill effects → brutte conseguenze fpl to be in an ill humour or temper → essere di cattivo umore it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good (Proverb) → non tutto il male viene per nuocere 2. adv → male we can ill afford to lose him/to buy it → non possiamo certo permetterci di perderlo/di comprarlo to speak/think ill of sb → parlar/pensar male di qn ill [ɪl] 1. adj (worse (comp) (worst (superl))) a. (sick) → ammalato/a, malato/a to fall or be taken ill → ammalarsi to feel ill (with) → star male (per or a causa di) to be in ill health → essere malaticcio/a she is seriously ill in hospital → è ricoverata in gravi condizioni all'ospedale b. (bad) → cattivo/a ill fortune or ill luck → sfortuna, scalogna ill effects → brutte conseguenze fpl to be in an ill humour or temper → essere di cattivo umore it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good (Proverb) → non tutto il male viene per nuocere adj ill [il] 1 not in good health; not well She was ill for a long time. siek مَريض болен nemocný syg krank άρρωστος enfermo, delicado haige مریض sairas malade חוֹלֶה, חוֹלָה अस्वस्थ bolestan beteg sakit veikur, sjúkur malato 病気の 아픈 sergantis, nesveikas slims sakit ziek syk, dårlig chory doente bolnav больной chorý bolan bolestan sjuk เจ็บป่วย hasta, rahatsız 生病的 хворий, слабий بیمار ốm 有病的 2 bad ill health; These pills have no ill effects. slegte سيِّئ вреден špatný dårlig nachteilig βλαβερός, άσχημος adverso, dañino halb بد huono mauvais רַע बुरा loš rossz buruk slæmur cattivo, nocivo 悪い 건강에 나쁜 blogas slikts; kaitīgs buruk slecht, schadelijk dårlig zły, szkodliwy secundário rău; dăunător плохой zlý slab rđav dålig ป่วย; ไม่สบาย kötü, fena, zararlı 不好的 поганий; шкідливий خراب xấu 坏的 3 evil or unlucky ill luck. slegte عاثِر، سيِّئ лош nešťastný uheldig schlecht κακός malo halb شوم؛ بدیمن paha mauvais רע दुष्ट zao szerencsétlen buruk vondur, illur cattivo 不運な 나쁜 blogas neveiksme malang kwaad, slecht ond, dårlig zły má nenoroc дурной nešťastný zel loš illvillig, dålig โชคร้าย kötü, fena 不祥的 лихий برا không may 不吉祥的 adv not easily We could ill afford to lose that money. beswaarlik بصورة ليست سَهْلَه، سَيُكَلِّفُني فَوق طاقتي трудно těžko dårligt schlecht δύσκολα a duras penas, difícilmente vaevalt به سختی huonosti difficilement בְּקוֹשִי मुश्किल teško rosszul tidak mudah varla, tæplega a malapena ほとんど~ない 어렵게 vargiai tikko, ar grūtībām tidak mudah slecht nesten ikke z trudem dificilmente cu greu с трудом ťažko težko teško svårligen, knappast ไม่ดี güçlükle, zar zor 幾乎無法 навряд чи نا موافق khó 难以处理的 n 1 evil I would never wish anyone ill. kwaad شَر، سوء зло zlo ondt das Übel κακό mal, algo/nada malo halb بدی؛ بدبختی pahuus mal רַעַה बुराई zlo szerencsétlenség keburukan böl, ógæfa male 悪 악 blogis ļaunums keburukan kwaad onde, ulykke krzywda mal rău зло zlo zlo zlo illa, ont โชคร้าย kötülük, fenalık 災禍 зло; шкода نقصان điều ác 不幸 2 trouble all the ills of this world. euwel مَساوئ، مَـتاعِب проблем zlo besværlighed das Unglück δεινό, βάσανο mal, problema, desgracia häda دردسر ongelma mal חוֹלִי परेशानी nevolja baj kesulitan böl, vændræði male 不幸 고생 bėda nedienas; nelaimes masalah euvel onde, ulykke nieszczęście mal necaz беды zlo tegobe nedaća ont, ondska สิ่งที่เป็นอันตราย sorun, belâ, dert 問題 нещастя دشواری điều rủi ro 灾祸 ill- badly ill-equipped; ill-used. swak بِصورةٍ سَيِّئَه зле špatně; zle dårligt schlecht... κακο- (ως α΄ συνθ.), άσχημα mal... halvasti, valesti غلط؛ به اشتباه väärin- mal (...) לְרַעָה अपूर्ण loše- rosszul secara buruk illa, van- mal (...) 不十分に- 나쁘게 blogai slikti- secara buruk slecht dårlig(-) niewłaściwie mal necorespunzător плохо- zle; zne- slabo (...) loše- illa, dåligt ไม่ดี kötü, yetersiz 不好地 погано-, не- ناکافی tồi; kém 不好地 n illness a state or occasion of being unwell There is a lot of illness in the village just now; childhood illnesses. siekte مَرَض، سُقْـم болест nemoc sygdom; -sygdom die Krankheit αρρώστια enfermedad, mal, dolencia haigus بیماری sairaus maladie מַחֲלָה बीमारी bolest betegség penyakit veikindi malattia 病気 질병 liga slimība kesakitan ziekte sykdom choroba doença boală болезнь choroba bolezen bolest sjukdom ความเจ็บป่วย hastalık, rahatsızlık 疾病 хвороба, недуга مرض sự đau ốm 疾病 adj ill-at-ˈease uncomfortable; embarrassed She feels ill-at-ease at parties. ongemaklik غَيْر مُرْتاح، مُرْتَبِك неудобно nesvůj; rozpačitý ilde til mode; utryg unbehaglich αμήχανος incómodo, molesto kohmetu موذب؛ آشفته vaivaantunut mal à l'aise בִּמבוּכָה अशांत osjećati se nelagodno kényelmetlenül malu, tidak tenang órólegur, vandræðalegur a disagio 落ち着かない 거북한 suvaržytas, nesavas neveikli tidak selesa slecht op zijn gemak ille til mote nieswojo desconfortável stingherit неловкий celý nesvoj neprijetno nervozan illa (obehaglig) till mods, besvärad กังวล rahatsız, huzursuz 不自在的 незручний; ніяковий بے چین khó chịu 不自在的 adj ill-ˈfated ending in, or bringing, disaster an ill-fated expedition. rampspoedig سَيئِّ الحَظ، مَشْؤوم носещ нещастие nešťastný skæbnesvanger unglückselig κακότυχος desafortunado ebaõnnestunud نافرجام؛ بدشگون huono-onninen malheureux נִידוֹן לְכִּישָלוֹן दुर्भाग्य nesretan, zle sudbe balvégzetű bernasib buruk óheilla- infausto 不運な 불운한 nelemtas, nelaimingas neveiksmīgs; neizdevies nasib buruk gedoemd ulykksalig, skjebnesvanger pechowy desastroso nefast; nefericit злополучный nešťastný, osudom prenasledovaný nesrečen baksuzan olycklig, olycksalig ซึ่งพบจุดจบที่ไม่ดี talihsiz, bahtsız 結局悲慘的,帶來不幸的 нещасливий, безталанний بد قسمت bất hạnh 招致不幸的 n ill-ˈfeeling (an) unkind feeling (towards another person) The two men parted without any ill-feeling(s). kwade gevoelens شُعور سَيِّئ лошо чувство nepřátelství nag der Unwille αίσθημα δυσαρέσκειας rencor, resentimiento vaen خصومت kauna rancune טִינָה दुर्भावना neugoda neheztelés rasa tidak enak óvild rancore 敵意 악감정 priešiškas jausmas netīksme; naidīgums rasa kurang senang kwaad bloed fiendskap, nag uraza ressentimento ranchiună неприязнь nepriateľstvo sovražnost netrpeljivost agg, groll ไม่เมตตา kin, garaz 敵意 неприязність عداوت ác cảm 敌意 adjectives ill-ˈmannered / ˌill-ˈbred having bad manners He's an ill-mannered young man. ongemanierd سَيِّئ السُّلوك، قَليل التَّهْذيب зле възпитан nevychovaný uopdragen; ukultiveret ungehobelt ανάγωγος maleducado ebaviisakas بی ادب huonotapainen mal élevé לֹא מְנוּמָס अशिष्ट loših navika neveletlen berkelakuan buruk dónalegur, ókurteis maleducato 不作法な 버릇없는 neišauklėtas, blogai išauklėtas neaudzināts; neuzvedīgs perangai buruk ongemanierd uoppdragen, ubehøvlet źle wychowany mal-educado prost crescut невоспитанный nevychovaný slabo vzgojen nevaspitan ohyfsad, ouppfostrad ซึ่งไม่มีมารยาท kaba, terbiyesiz 舉止粗魯的 нечемний, невихований بے ادب thô lỗ 举止粗鲁的,无礼貌的 adjectives ill-ˈtempered / ˌill-ˈnatured having or showing bad temper Don't be so ill-natured just because you're tired. humeurig سَيِّئ المَزاج، شَكِس с лош характер mrzutý opfarende; irriteret unfreundlich δύστροπος, στριμμένος malhumorado pahur بد خلق äksy désagréable רַע-לֵב क्रोधी, चिड़चिड़ा lošeg raspoloženja ingerlékeny bersifat buruk skapvondur bisbetico, stizzoso 気むずかしい 성미가 비뚤어진 irzlus, vaidingas īgns; saīdzis tunjuk baran slechtgehumeurd gretten, hissig, irritabel rozdrażniony mal-humorado nesuferit вспыльчивый mrzutý zlovoljen mrzovoljan elak, butter, retlig อารมณ์ร้าย huysuz, aksi 脾氣暴燥的 злий; недоброї вдачі رنجیدہ nóng tính 易发火的 v ill-ˈtreat to treat badly or cruelly She often ill-treated her children. mishandel يُعامِل بِصورةٍ سَيِّئَه зле поддържан špatně zacházet mishandle mißhandeln κακομεταχειρίζομαι maltratar halvasti kohtlema بدرفتاری کردن pahoinpidellä maltraiter הֵרַע ל- दुर्व्यवहार करना zlostavljati rosszul bánik vkivel berlaku kejam misþyrma, fara illa með maltrattare 虐待する 학대하다 blogai/žiauriai elgtis su slikti izturēties layan buruk mishandelen behandle dårlig, mishandle maltretować maltratar a maltrata плохо обращаться zle zaobchádzať grdo s kom ravnati maltretirati behandla illa, misshandla ทำร้ายหรือทารุณ kötü davranmak 虐待 погано поводитися, ставитися برا برتاؤ کرنا ngược đãi 虐待 n ill-ˈtreatment mishandeling سوء مُعامَلَه лошо лечение špatné zacházení mishandling die Mißhandlung κακομεταχείριση malos tratos halvasti kohtlemine بدرفتاری kaltoin kohtelu mauvais traitement הִתאַכזרוּת दुर्व्यवहार zlostavljanje rossz bánásmód perlakuan buruk misþyrming maltrattamento 虐待 학대 blogas/žiaurus elgesys slikta izturēšanās layanan buruk het mishandelen dårlig behandling, mishandling znęcanie się maltrato maltratare дурное обращение zlé zaobchádzanie grdo ravnanje maltretiranje dålig behandling, misshandel ความทารุณต่อคนหรือสัตว์ kötü davranma 虐待 погане ставлення برا برتاؤ sự ngược đãi 虐待 v ill-ˈuse [-ˈjuːz] to ill-treat. verniel يُسيء مُعامَلَة، يُسيئُ إلى повреждам špatně zacházet misbruge mißhandeln κακομεταχειρίζομαι maltratar halvasti kohtlema بدرفتاری کردن väärinkäyttää maltraiter הִשתַמֵש לְרַעַה दुरूपयोग zlostavljati rosszul bánik (vkivel) memperlakukan salah misþyrma, fara illa með maltrattare 虐待する 학대, 남용 blogai/žiauriai elgtis su slikti izturēties memperlakukan salah mishandelen mishandle znęcać się maltratar a maltrata плохо обращаться zle zaobchádzať zlorabiti zlupotrebljavati behandla illa, misshandla ทำร้าย kötü kullanmak 虐待 погано поводитися غلط طریقے سے استعمال کرنا bạc đãi 虐待 n ill-ˈwill unkind feeling I bear you no ill-will. wrok بُغْض، ضَغينَه، سوء نِيَّه лошо чувство zlá vůle; nepřátelství uvilje der Groll έχθρα, κακία rencor, mala saña pahatahtlikkus خصومت pahansuopaisuus malveillance שִׂנאָה द्वेश loše volje rosszakarat rasa tidak senang, sakit hati óvild malevolenza 悪意 적의 priešiškas jausmas nelabvēlība; ļauns prāts (uz kādu) rasa tidak senang wrok uvilje, uvennskap niechęć má-vontade pică недоброжелательность nepriateľstvo zlonamernost neprijateljstvo illvilja โหดร้าย düşmanlık 惡意 зла воля; недоброзичливість دشمنی ác ý 恶意 be taken ill to become ill He was taken ill at the party and was rushed to hospital. siek word يُصاب بِالمَرَض، يَمْرَض шрилошава ми onemocnět blive syg erkranken αρρωσταίνω ponerse enfermo, enfermar haigestuma بیمار شدن sairastua tomber malade לַחֲלוֹת बीमार पड़ना oboljeti megbetegszik jatuh sakit veikjast ammalarsi 病気になる 병이 나다 susirgti saslimt jatuh sakit ziek worden bli syk, få et illebefinnende zachorować ser internado a se îmbolnăvi заболеть ochorieť zboleti pozliti bli sjuk ประสบเหตุ hastalanmak 生病 захворіти بیمار ہو جانا ngã bệnh 得病 ill means unwell: He was very ill when he had pneumonia . sick means vomiting or inclined to vomit: He was sick twice in the car ; 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