Ill

[il] /ɪl/

adjective, worse, worst; iller, illest for 7.
1.
of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick:
She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
2.
objectionable; unsatisfactory; poor; faulty:
ill manners.
3.
hostile; unkindly:
ill feeling.
4.
evil; wicked; bad:
of ill repute.
5.
unfavorable; adverse:
ill fortune.
6.
of inferior worth or ability; unskillful; inexpert:
an ill example of scholarship.
7.
Slang. great; amazing:
His mom is the illest cook.
noun
8.
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
I can speak no ill of her.
9.
harm or injury:
His remarks did much ill.
10.
trouble, distress, or misfortune:
Many ills befell him.
11.
evil:
to know the difference between good and ill.
12.
sickness or disease.
adverb
13.
in an ill manner.
14.
unsatisfactorily; poorly:
It ill befits a man to betray old friends.
15.
in a hostile or unfriendly manner.
16.
unfavorably; unfortunately.
17.
with displeasure or offense.
18.
faultily; improperly.
19.
with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely:
Buying a new car is an expense we can ill afford.
Idioms
20.
ill at ease, socially uncomfortable; nervous:
They were ill at ease because they didn’t speak the language.
[ahyl] /aɪl/
1.
contraction of I will.
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most illustrious.
/ɪl/
adjective 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
8.
ill at ease, unable to relax; uncomfortable
noun
9.
evil or harm: to wish a person ill
10.
a mild disease
11.
misfortune; trouble
adverb
12.
badly: the title ill befits him
13.
with difficulty; hardly: he can ill afford the money
14.
not rightly: she ill deserves such good fortune
abbreviation
1.
Illinois
/aɪl/
contraction
1.
I will or I shall
adj.

c.1200, “morally evil” (other 13c. senses were “malevolent, hurtful, unfortunate, difficult”), from Old Norse illr “ill, bad,” of unknown origin. Not related to evil. Main modern sense of “sick, unhealthy, unwell” is first recorded mid-15c., probably related to Old Norse idiom “it is bad to me.” Slang inverted sense of “very good, cool” is 1980s. As a noun, “something evil,” from mid-13c.
v.

early 13c., “to do evil to,” from ill (adj.). Meaing “to speak disparagingly” is from 1520s. Related: Illed; illing.
adv.

c.1200, “wickedly; with hostility;” see ill (adj.). Meaning “not well, poorly” is from c.1300. It generally has not shifted to the realm of physical sickess, as the adjective has done. Ill-fated recorded from 1710; ill-informed from 1824; ill-tempered from c.1600; ill-starred from c.1600. Generally contrasted with well, hence the useful, but now obsolete or obscure illcome (1570s), illfare (c.1300), and illth.

ill (ĭl)
adj. worse (wûrs), worst (wûrst)

n.
A disease or illness, especially of animals.

adjective

1.
illustrated
2.
illustration
Illinois

, also see under
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