ill in English dictionary

  • ill

    Meanings and definitions of "ill"

    • Suffering from a disease.
    • Having an urge to vomit.
    • Bad, often connoting abuse or neglect.
    • (hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way. [This sense sometimes declines in AAVE as ill , comparative iller , superlative illest .]
    • (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be .
    • Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
    • (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
    • Harm or injury.
    • Evil; moral wrongfulness.
    • A physical ailment; an illness.
    • Unfavorable remarks or opinions.
    • (US, slang) PCP, phencyclidine
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Evil; wicked (of people). [13th-19th c.]
    • adjective
      (archaic)
      Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy. [from 13th c.]
    • adjective
      Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel. [from 14th c.]
    • adjective
      Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
    • adjective
      Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. [from 15th c.]
    • adjective
      Having an urge to vomit. [from 20th c.]
    • adjective
      (hip-hop slang)
      Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
    • adjective
      (slang)
      Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
    • adverb
      Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
    • noun
      (often pluralized)
      Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
    • noun
      Harm or injury.
    • noun
      Evil; moral wrongfulness.
    • noun
      A physical ailment; an illness.
    • noun
      (US, slang)
      PCP, phencyclidine.
    • suffering from a disease
    • having an urge to vomit
    • bad
    • not well
    • a problem
    • Whose health is altered.
    • (become) ill
    • (to be) ill
    • adjective
      affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
    • adjective
      distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute"
    • adjective
      indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"
    • adjective
      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"
    • adjective
      resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good"
    • adverb
      (`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"
    • adverb
      unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
    • adverb
      with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"
    • noun
      an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

    Synonyms of "ill" in English dictionary

    lightheaded, rickety, convalescent are the top synonyms of "ill" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "ill" in English dictionary

    well, correctly, fit are the top antonyms of "ill" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ill

    • ill ( plural  ills)
    • ill ( comparative more ill, superlative most ill)
    • ill (comparative more ill or iller, superlative most ill or illest)
    • ill (comparative more ill, superlative most ill)
    • ill (plural ills)
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