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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

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

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

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

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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 건강이 나쁜 sergantis, nesveikas slims sakit ziek syk, dårlig chory doente bolnav больной chorý bolan bolestan sjuk เจ็บป่วย hasta, rahatsız 有病的 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 해로운, 나쁜 blogas slikts; kaitīgs buruk slecht, schadelijk dårlig zły, szkodliwy secundário rău; dăunător плохой zlý slab rđav dålig ป่วย; ไม่สบาย kötü, fena, zararlı 壞的 поганий; шкідливий خراب xấu 坏的

3 evil or unlucky ill luck. slegte عاثِر، سيِّئ лош nešťastný uheldig schlecht κακός malo halb شوم؛ بدیمن huono mauvais רע दुष्ट zao szerencsétlen buruk vondur, illur cattivo 不運な 불길한 blogas neveiksme malang kwaad, slecht ond, dårlig zły má nenoroc дурной nešťastný zel loš illvillig, dålig โชคร้าย kötü, fena 不吉祥的 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 vaivoin difficilement בְּקוֹשִי मुश्किल teško rosszul tidak mudah varla, tæplega a malapena ほとんど～ない 할 수가 없어서, 겨우 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 困難的 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 paha mal רַעַה बुराई zlo szerencsétlenség keburukan böl, ógæfa male 悪 (죄)악 blogis ļaunums keburukan kwaad onde, ulykke krzywda mal rău зло zlo zlo zlo illa, ont โชคร้าย kötülük, fenalık 不幸 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 vaiva mal חוֹלִי परेशानी nevolja baj kesulitan böl, vændræði male 不幸 재난, 불행 bėda nedienas; nelaimes masalah euvel onde, ulykke nieszczęście mal necaz беды zlo tegobe nedaća ont, ondska สิ่งที่เป็นอันตราย sorun, belâ, dert 災禍 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 huonosti, väärin mal (...) לְרַעָה अपूर्ण loše- rosszul secara buruk illa, van- mal (...) 不十分に－ 「잘못 ...한」이란 뜻의 연결형 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 ˈillness

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 ˌill-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 불편한 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 ˌill-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 招致不幸的 нещасливий, безталанний بد قسمت bất hạnh 招致不幸的

n ˌill-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, 적대감 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 ˌill-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 무례한, 버릇없이 자란 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，無禮貌的 нечемний, невихований بے ادب thô lỗ 举止粗鲁的，无礼貌的

adjectives ˌill-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 pahansisuinen désagréable רַע-לֵב क्रोधी, चिड़चिड़ा lošeg raspoloženja ingerlékeny bersifat buruk skapvondur bisbetico, stizzoso 気むずかしい 심술궂은, 근성이 고약한 irzlus, vaidingas īgns; saīdzis tunjuk baran slechtgehumeurd gretten, hissig, irritabel rozdrażniony mal-humorado nesuferit вспыльчивый mrzutý zlovoljen mrzovoljan elak, butter, retlig อารมณ์ร้าย huysuz, aksi 易發火的 злий; недоброї вдачі رنجیدہ nóng tính 易发火的

v ˌill-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 kohdella kaltoin 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 ˌill-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 ˌill-ˈuse [-ˈjuːz]

to ill-treat. verniel يُسيء مُعامَلَة، يُسيئُ إلى повреждам špatně zacházet misbruge mißhandeln κακομεταχειρίζομαι maltratar halvasti kohtlema بدرفتاری کردن kohdella kaltoin maltraiter הִשתַמֵש לְרַעַה दुरूपयोग zlostavljati rosszul bánik (vkivel) memperlakukan salah misþyrma, fara illa með maltrattare 虐待する 학대하다 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 ˌill-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 pahansuopuus malveillance שִׂנאָה द्वेश loše volje rosszakarat rasa tidak senang, sakit hati óvild malevolenza 悪意 악의 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 병들다 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 得病 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 ; I feel sick .