Ill - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪl|  American pronunciation of the word ill
Brit.  |ɪl|  British pronunciation of the word ill

noun

- an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining (syn: ailment, complaint)

adjective

- resulting in suffering or adversity
ill effects
it's an ill wind that blows no good
- distressing
ill manners
of ill repute
- indicating hostility or enmity
you certainly did me an ill turn
ill feelings
ill will
- presaging ill fortune (syn: inauspicious, ominous)
ill omens
ill predictions

adverb

- (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well (syn: badly, poorly)
he was ill prepared
it ill befits a man to betray old friends
ill-fitting clothes
an ill-conceived plan
- unfavorably or with disapproval (syn: badly)
tried not to speak ill of the dead
- with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
we can ill afford to buy a new car just now

Extra examples

That dog can eat almost anything with no ill effects.

They had been subjected to months of ill treatment.

He is being ill served by his advisers.

Please don't think ill of me.

He was a good man who never spoke ill of anyone.

...chicken pox and the other ills that were once a fixture of childhood...

...idealistic people who try to cure all of our society's ills...

She is ill with a tropical disease.

It was just ill fortune.

Don't wish them ill.

There seems to be no cure for our economic ills.

Don't speak ill of the dead.

He is ill able to sustain the burden.

Bridget can't come - she's ill.

I was feeling ill that day and decided to stay at home.

Word forms

noun
singular: ill
plural: ills
adjective
comparative: worse
superlative: worst
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