ill
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentionsIndicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
» She always speaks ill of others.
Sie spricht immer schlecht über andere.
Она всегда говорит плохо о других.
Вона завжди говорить погане про інших.
Meaning
10 sensesIndicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
He suffered from ill treatment.
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
ill manners; ill will
Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
mentally ill people
I've been ill with the flu for the past few days.
Nauseated; having an urge to vomit.
Seeing those pictures made me ill.
übel, schlecht
(slang)Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
This is the illest beat I've ever heard.
(slang)Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
That band was ill.
(dated)Unwise; not a good idea.
(Appalachia)Bad-tempered.
(obsolete)Evil; wicked (of people).
(archaic)Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
- presaging ill fortune
- distressing
- resulting in suffering or adversity
- indicating hostility or enmity
Examples
1215 sentencesShe always speaks ill of others.
Вона завжди говорить погане про інших. — aandrusiak
ruОна всегда говорит плохо о других. — Lenin_1917
deSie spricht immer schlecht über andere. — Esperantostern
He looks as if he had been ill.
Він, здається, хворів. — triantafillou
deEr sieht so als, als wäre er krank gewesen. — MUIRIEL
She could not come because she was ill.
Вона не змогла прийти, бо хвора. — aandrusiak
ruОна не смогла прийти, потому что была больна. — soniamiku
deSie konnte wegen ihrer Krankheit nicht kommen. — xtofu80
He seemed to have been ill.
Він виглядав хворим. — anastasishko
deEr schien krank gewesen zu sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I didn't know she was ill.
Я не знав, що вона хвора. — shanghainese
ruЯ не знал, что она больна. — shanghainese
deIch wusste nicht, dass sie krank war. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse íllr (adjective), ílla (adverb),From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse íllr (adjective), ílla (adverb), ílt (noun), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)).
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Forms
iller/more ill, illest/most illSynonyms
43 synonyms- presaging ill fortune:inauspiciousominous
- affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function:sick
Antonyms
7 antonymsWord family
47 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Health and the body — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- ill at ease
- speak ill of
- ill of others
- is mentally ill
- mentally ill
- is seriously ill
- seriously ill
- speak ill
- felt ill at
- terminally ill
- had been ill
- felt ill