ill

ill: 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) morally bad or wrong; evil [ill repute]

b) causing pain, hardship, etc.; adverse [ill fortune]

c) not kind or friendly; harsh; cruel [ill will]

d) promising trouble; unfavorable; unfortunate; unpropitious [an ill omen]

2. not healthy, normal, or well; having a disease; sick; indisposed

3. not according to rule, custom, desirability, etc.; faulty; imperfect [ill breeding]

n.

anything causing harm, trouble, wrong, pain, unhappiness, etc.; specif.,

a) an evil or misfortune

b) a disease

adv.

worse, worst

1. in an ill manner; specif.,

a) badly; wrongly; improperly; imperfectly [ill-gotten gains]

b) harshly; cruelly; unkindly [ill-spoken]

2. with difficulty; scarcely [they can ill afford to refuse]

SYN.- BAD¹, SICK¹

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go ill with

to be unfortunate for or unfavorable to

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ill at ease

uneasy; uncomfortable

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take ill

to be annoyed or offended at

ill²

abbrev.

1. illustrated

2. illustration

3. illustrator

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Synonyms:

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 — (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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