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ill
(ĭl)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: ill manners.
7. Slang Excellent; outstanding: Your new car is really ill!
adv. worse, worst
1. In a bad, inadequate, or improper way. Often used in combination: My words were ill-chosen.
2. In an unfavorable way; unpropitiously: a statistic that bodes ill for job growth.
3. Scarcely or with difficulty: We can ill afford another mistake.
n.
Idiom: 1. Evil, wrongdoing, or harm: the ill that befell the townspeople.
2. Something that causes suffering; trouble: the social ills of urban life.
3. Something that reflects in an unfavorable way on one: Please don't speak ill of me when I'm gone.
4. (used with a pl. verb) Sick people considered as a group. Often used with the.
ill at ease
Anxious or unsure; uneasy: The stranger made me feel ill at ease.
[Middle English, from Old Norse īllr, bad.]
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ill
(ɪl)adj, worse or 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
n
9. evil or harm: to wish a person ill.
10. a mild disease
11. misfortune; trouble
adv
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.
[C11 (in the sense: evil): from Old Norse illr bad]
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ill
(ɪl)adj. worse, worst,
n., adv. adj.
1. of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick.
2. objectionable; faulty: ill manners.
3. hostile; unkindly: ill feeling.
4. evil; wicked: of ill repute.
5. unfavorable; adverse: ill fortune.
6. of inferior worth or ability.
n. 7. an unfavorable opinion or statement: I can speak no ill of her.
8. harm or injury: His remarks did much ill.
9. trouble; misfortune: Many ills befell him.
10. evil: the difference between good and ill.
11. sickness; disease.
adv. 12. unsatisfactorily; poorly: It ill befits a man to betray old friends.
13. in a hostile or unfriendly manner.
14. unfavorably; unfortunately.
15. with displeasure or offense.
16. faultily; improperly.
17. with difficulty or inconvenience: an expense we can ill afford.
Idioms: ill at ease, uncomfortable; uneasy.
[1150–1200; < Old Norse illr ill, bad]
syn: ill, sick mean being in bad health, not being well. ill is the more formal word. In the U.S. the two words are used practically interchangeably except that sick is always used when the word modifies the following noun: He looks sick (ill); a sick person. In England, sick is not interchangeable with ill, but usu. has the connotation of nauseous: She got sick and threw up. sick, however, is used before nouns just as in the U.S.: a sick man.
I'll
(aɪl) contraction of I will.
Ill.
Illinois.
ill.
1. illustrated.
2. illustration.
3. illustrator.
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ill
- Originally meant not "sick" but "bad," and was borrowed from Old Norse illr; the sense of "sick" arrived in the 15th century.See also related terms for sick.
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ill
– sick1. 'ill' and 'sick'
Ill and sick are both used for saying that someone has a disease or some other problem with their health. You can use either ill or sick after a linking verb.
Manjit is ill and can't come to school.
Your uncle is very sick.
You usually use sick, rather than 'ill', in front of a noun.
She was at home looking after her sick baby.
However, you often use ill in front of a noun when you are also using an adverb such as seriously, chronically, or terminally.
This ward is for terminally ill patients.
Be Careful!
The usual comparative form of ill is worse.
The next day I felt worse.
2. 'be sick'
To be sick means to bring up food from your stomach.
Cristina ate so much that she was sick.
See sick
Be Careful!
Don't use 'ill' or 'sick' to say that someone has received an injury. Say that they are injured or hurt.
Two people were injured and taken to hospital after the car crash.
See hurt
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| Noun | 1. |  ill - an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complainingdisorder, 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" 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" 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"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" 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) He was seriously ill with pneumonia.
unwell well, strong, healthy, hale
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
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
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
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.
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ill
adjective2. Causing harm or injury:
3. Bringing, predicting, or characterized by misfortune:
2. A pathological condition of mind or body:
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Translations
سيِّئشَر، سوءعاثِر، سيِّئمَريضمَرِيضٌ
nemocnýnešťastnýšpatnýtěžkozlo
sygdårligdårligtuheldigbesværlighed
malsana
sairas
bolestan
böl, ógæfaböl, vændræîislæmurvarla, tæplegaveikur, sjúkur
病気で
아픈
blogai elgtis sublogai išauklėtasblogas elgesysneišauklėtasnelaimingas
ill luckkaitīgsļaunsļaunumsnaidīgs
bolanzboleti
sjukilla
ป่วย
ốm
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
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
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
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
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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.
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
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.
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.
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
the terminally ill → les malades mpl en phase terminale
ills npl (= problems) → maux mpl
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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
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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
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
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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ill
(il) – comparative worse (wəːs) : superlative worst (wəːst) – adjective1. not in good health; not well. She was ill for a long time.
2. bad. ill health; These pills have no ill effects.
3. evil or unlucky. ill luck.
adverb not easily. We could ill afford to lose that money.
noun1. evil. I would never wish anyone ill.
2. trouble. all the ills of this world.
ill- badly. ill-equipped; ill-used.
ˈillness noun a state or occasion of being unwell. There is a lot of illness in the village just now; childhood illnesses.
ˌill-at-ˈease adjective uncomfortable; embarrassed. She feels ill-at-ease at parties.
ˌill-ˈfated adjective ending in, or bringing, disaster. an ill-fated expedition.
ˌill-ˈfeeling noun (an) unkind feeling (towards another person). The two men parted without any ill-feeling(s).
ˌill-ˈmannered / ˌill-ˈbred adjective having bad manners. He's an ill-mannered young man.
ˌill-ˈtempered / ˌill-ˈnatured adjective having or showing bad temper. Don't be so ill-natured just because you're tired.
ˌill-ˈtreat verb to treat badly or cruelly. She often ill-treated her children.
ˌill-ˈtreatment nounˌill-ˈuse (-ˈjuːz) verb
to ill-treat.
ˌill-ˈwill noun unkind feeling. I bear you no ill-will.
be taken ill to become ill. He was taken ill at the party and was rushed to hospital.
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 .
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ill
→ مَرِيضٌ nemocný syg krank άρρωστος enfermo sairas malade bolestan malato 病気で 아픈 ziek syk chory doente больной sjuk ป่วย hasta ốm 生病的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
ill
a. enfermo-a, insano-a;
v.
to be ___ → estar enfermo-a;
to become ___ → enfermarse;
to feel ___ → sentirse indispuesto-a; sentirse mal.
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ill
adj enfermoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.