ill

ill: adj., adv., & n.
—adj.
1 (usu. predic.; often foll. by with) out of health; sick (is ill; was taken ill with pneumonia; mentally ill people).
2 (of health) unsound, disordered.
3 wretched, unfavourable (ill fortune; ill luck).
4 harmful (ill effects).
5 hostile, unkind (ill feeling).
6 archaic morally bad.
7 faulty, unskilful (ill taste; ill management).
8 (of manners or conduct) improper.
—adv.
1 badly, wrongly (ill-matched).
2 a imperfectly (ill-provided). b scarcely (can ill afford to do it).
3 unfavourably (it would have gone ill with them).
—n.
1 injury, harm.
2 evil; the opposite of good.
Phrases and idioms:
do an ill turn to harm (a person or a person's interests). ill-advised
1 acting foolishly or imprudently.
2 (of a plan etc.) not well formed or considered. ill-advisedly in a foolish or badly considered manner. ill-affected (foll. by towards) not well disposed. ill-assorted not well matched. ill at ease embarrassed, uneasy. ill-behaved see BEHAVE. ill blood bad feeling; animosity. ill-bred badly brought up; rude. ill breeding bad manners. ill-considered = ill-advised. ill-defined not clearly defined.
ill-disposed
1 (often foll. by towards) unfavourably disposed.
2 disposed to evil; malevolent. ill-equipped (often foll. by to + infin.) not adequately equipped or qualified. ill fame see FAME. ill-fated destined to or bringing bad fortune. ill-favoured (US -favored) unattractive, displeasing, objectionable. ill feeling bad feeling; animosity. ill-founded (of an idea etc.) not well founded; baseless. ill-gotten gained by wicked or unlawful means. ill humour moroseness, irritability. ill-humoured bad-tempered. ill-judged unwise; badly considered. ill-mannered having bad manners; rude. ill nature churlishness, unkindness. ill-natured churlish, unkind. ill-naturedly churlishly. ill-omened attended by bad omens. ill-starred unlucky; destined to failure. ill success partial or complete failure. ill temper moroseness. ill-tempered morose, irritable. ill-timed done or occurring at an inappropriate time. ill-treat (or -use) treat badly; abuse. ill-treatment (or ill use) abuse; bad treatment. ill will bad feeling; animosity. an ill wind an unfavourable or untoward circumstance (with ref. to the proverb it's an ill wind that blows nobody good). speak ill of say something unfavourable about.
Etymology: ME f. ON illr, of unkn. orig.

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Bad, evil, unfortunate, unfavorable, Wickedness, depravity, evil, Badly, not well / Wicked, wrong, iniquitous, naughty, Misfortune, calamity, misery, harm, pain, evil, affliction, With difficulty, not easily / Sick, diseased, ailing, disordered, very unwell, indisposed, out of health, seriously indisposed / Cross, crabbed, surly, peevish, malicious, hateful / Ugly, ill-favored

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Ill — Ill, adv. In a ill manner; badly; weakly. [1913 Webster] How ill this taper burns! Shak. [1913 Webster] Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] Note: Ill, like above, well,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ill — ([i^]l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa, adv., Dan. ilde, adv.] 1. Contrary to good, in a physical sense;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ill — ill, sick Ill and sick share responsibilities in peculiar ways, and are not always interchangeable. To begin with, ill is more usually predicative (placed after a verb, as in She was ill), whereas sick occurs naturally in attributive position… … Modern English usage
ILL — (in der Schriftart „Courier“: Ill) ist der Name verschiedener Flüsse: die rechtsrheinische Ill, siehe Ill (Vorarlberg) die linksrheinische Ill, siehe Ill (Elsass) den Bach Ill, siehe Ill (Saarland) Ill ist: ein Begriff in der Hip Hop Kultur siehe … Deutsch Wikipedia
ill — ill1 [il] adj. worse, worst [ME < ON illr (replacing OE yfel, evil, in many senses): prob. < Gmc * ilhila < IE base * elk , hungry, bad > OIr elc, bad] 1. characterized by, causing, or tending to cause harm or evil; specif., a)… … English World dictionary
Ill — (Ill) heißen: Ill (Vorarlberg), rechtsrheinischer Fluss in Vorarlberg Ill (Elsass), linksrheinischer Fluss im Frankreich Ill (Saarland), Bach im Saarland Ill ist der Name folgender Personen: Alfred Ill, Romanfigur, Protagonist der tragischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
ILL — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. {{{image}}} Sigles d une seule lettre Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres … Wikipédia en Français
ill. — ill. 〈in bibliograf. Angaben Abk. für〉 illustriert * * * ill. = illustriert. * * * Ill., Abkürzung für den Bundesstaat Illinois, USA. * * * ill. = illustriert … Universal-Lexikon
ill — [adj1] sick afflicted, ailing, a wreck*, below par*, bummed*, diseased, down, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, got the bug*, indisposed, infirm, laid low*, off one’s feet*, on sick list*, out of sorts*, peaked, poorly,… … New thesaurus
ill — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not in full health; unwell. 2) poor in quality. 3) harmful, hostile, or unfavourable. ► ADVERB 1) badly, wrongly, or imperfectly: ill chosen. 2) only with difficulty. ► NOUN … English terms dictionary
Ill — Ill, n. 1. Whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success; evil of any kind; misfortune; calamity; disease; pain; as, the ills of humanity. [1913 Webster] Who can all sense of others ills escape Is but a brute at best in human shape.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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