Definitions of ILL [ɪl]

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Definition of 'ILL'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) ill
of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick.

2.  ill
objectionable; faulty:
ill manners.

3.  ill
hostile; unkindly:
ill feeling.

4.  ill
evil; wicked:
of ill repute.

5.  ill
unfavorable; adverse:
ill fortune.

6.  ill
of inferior worth or ability.

7. (n.) ill
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
I can speak no ill of her.

8.  ill
harm or injury:
His remarks did much ill.

9.  ill
trouble; misfortune:
Many ills befell him.

10.  ill
evil:
the difference between good and ill.

11.  ill
sickness; disease.

12. (adv.) ill
unsatisfactorily; poorly:
It ill befits a man to betray old friends.

13.  ill
in a hostile or unfriendly manner.

14.  ill
unfavorably; unfortunately.

15.  ill
with displeasure or offense.

16.  ill
faultily; improperly.

17.  ill
with difficulty or inconvenience:
an expense we can ill afford.

Definition of 'ILL'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) ailment, complaint, ill
an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

2. (adj) ill, sick
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
"ill from the monotony of his suffering"

3. (adj) ill
resulting in suffering or adversity
"ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good"

4. (adj) ill
distressing
"ill manners"; "of ill repute"

5. (adj) ill
indicating hostility or enmity
"you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"

6. (adverb) ill, inauspicious, ominous
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"

7. (adverb) ill, badly, poorly
(`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"

8. (adverb) ill, badly
unfavorably or with disapproval
"tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"

9. (adverb) ill
with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
"we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"

Definition of 'ILL'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) ill
unhealthy or sick
too ill to go to work; seriously ill patients

2. ill
fall ill/be taken ill
to become unwell
Joel was taken ill in the middle of the night.

3. ill
bad
ill health; the ill effects of drinking too much

Definition of 'ILL'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) ILL
contrary to good, in a physical sense; contrary or opposed to advantage, happiness, etc.; bad; evil; unfortunate; disagreeable; unfavorable

2. (adj) ILL
contrary to good, in a moral sense; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitious; naughtly; bad; improper

3. (adj) ILL
sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever

4. (adj) ILL
not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant

5. (adverb) ILL
in a ill manner; badly; weakly

6. (noun) ILL
whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity

7. (noun) ILL
whatever is contrary to good, in a moral sense; wickedness; depravity; iniquity; wrong; evil

Translation of 'ILL'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: not in good health; not well She was ill for a long time.
Afrikaans: siek	Arabic: مَريض	Bulgarian: болен
Brazilian: doente	Czech: nemocný	German: krank
Danish: syg	Greek: άρρωστος	Spanish: enfermo, delicado
Estonian: haige	Farsi: مریض	Finnish: sairas
French: malade	Hebrew: חוֹלֶה, חוֹלָה	Hindi: अस्वस्थ
Croatian: bolestan	Hungarian: beteg	Indonesian: sakit
Icelandic: veikur, sjúkur	Italian: malato	Japanese: 病気の
Korean: 아픈	Lithuanian: sergantis, nesveikas	Latvian: slims
Malay: sakit	Dutch: ziek	Norwegian: syk, dårlig
Polish: chory	Persian: مریض	Pashto: ناروغ
Portuguese: doente	Romanian: bolnav	Russian: больной
Slovak: chorý	Slovenian: bolan	Serbian: bolestan
Swedish: sjuk	Thai: เจ็บป่วย	Turkish: hasta, rahatsız
Taiwanese: 生病的	Ukrainian: хворий, слабий	Urdu: بیمار
Vietnamese: ốm	Chinese: 有病的
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