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.
ruОна всегда говорит плохо о других.
deSie spricht immer schlecht über andere.
He looks as if he had been ill.
Він, здається, хворів.
deEr sieht so als, als wäre er krank gewesen.
She could not come because she was ill.
Вона не змогла прийти, бо хвора.
ruОна не смогла прийти, потому что была больна.
deSie konnte wegen ihrer Krankheit nicht kommen.
He seemed to have been ill.
Він виглядав хворим.
deEr schien krank gewesen zu sein.
I didn't know she was ill.
Я не знав, що вона хвора.
ruЯ не знал, что она больна.
deIch wusste nicht, dass sie krank war.
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