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adjective
1.
of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
2.
objectionable; unsatisfactory; poor; faulty: ill manners.
3.
hostile; unkindly: ill feeling.
4.
evil; wicked; bad: of ill repute.
5.
EXPANDunfavorable; adverse: ill fortune.
6.
COLLAPSEof inferior worth or ability; unskillful; inexpert: an ill example of scholarship.
noun
7.
an unfavorable opinion or statement: I can speak no ill of her.
8.
harm or injury: His remarks did much ill.
9.
trouble, distress, or misfortune: Many ills befell him.
10.
evil: to know the difference between good and ill.
11.
sickness or disease.
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Ill at ease
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adverb
Idiom12.
in an ill manner.
13.
unsatisfactorily; poorly: It ill befits a man to betray old friends.
14.
in a hostile or unfriendly manner.
15.
unfavorably; unfortunately.
16.
EXPANDwith displeasure or offense.
17.
faultily; improperly.
18.
COLLAPSEwith difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely: Buying a new car is an expense we can ill afford.
19.
ill at ease, socially uncomfortable; nervous: They were ill at ease because they didn't speak the language.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English ill(e) (noun and adj.) < Old Norse illr (adj.) ill, bad
1150–1200; Middle English ill(e) (noun and adj.) < Old Norse illr (adj.) ill, bad
Synonyms
1. unhealthy, ailing, diseased, afflicted. Ill, sick mean being in bad health, not being well. Ill is the more formal word. In the U.S. the two words are used practically interchangeably except that sick is always used when the word modifies the following noun: He looks sick (ill); a sick person. In England, sick is not interchangeable with ill, but usually has the connotation of nauseous: She got sick and threw up. sick, however, is used before nouns just as in the U.S.: a sick man. 4. wrong, iniquitous. See bad1. 8. hurt, pain, affliction, misery. 9. calamity. 10. depravity. 11. illness, affliction. 13. badly.
1. unhealthy, ailing, diseased, afflicted. Ill, sick mean being in bad health, not being well. Ill is the more formal word. In the U.S. the two words are used practically interchangeably except that sick is always used when the word modifies the following noun: He looks sick (ill); a sick person. In England, sick is not interchangeable with ill, but usually has the connotation of nauseous: She got sick and threw up. sick, however, is used before nouns just as in the U.S.: a sick man. 4. wrong, iniquitous. See bad1. 8. hurt, pain, affliction, misery. 9. calamity. 10. depravity. 11. illness, affliction. 13. badly.
Antonyms
1. well, healthy. 4. good.
1. well, healthy. 4. good.
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Word Origin & History
ill
c.1200, "morally evil" (other 13c. senses were "malevolent, hurtful, unfortunate, difficult"), from O.N. illr "ill, bad," of unknown origin. Not related to evil. Main modern sense of "sick, unhealthy, unwell" is first recorded c.1460, probably related to O.N. idiom "it is bad to me." Illness "disease,
EXPANDsickness" is from 1689. Slang sense of "very good, cool" is 1980s.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
ill (ĭl)
adj. worse (wûrs), worst (wûrst)
Not healthy; sick.
Not normal, as a condition; unsound.
A disease or illness, especially of animals.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases
ill at ease
Uncomfortable, uneasy, as in Large parties made him feel ill at ease. [c. 1300] For an antonym, see at ease.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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