- ill⇄adj. 1. having some disease; not well; sick; indisposed.
Ex. to be ill with a fever, ill with smallpox.
(SYN) ailing.
2a. evil; bad; wicked.
Ex. an ill deed.
b. injurious; harmful.
Ex. an ill effect.
3. unfav - ill⇄adv. 1. badly; harmfully.
Ex. His strength was ill used in bullying other children.
2. unfavorably; unfortunately.
Ex. to fare ill.
3. in an unkind manner; harshly; cruelly.
Ex. He speaks ill of his former friend.
4 - ill⇄expr. ill at ease. See under ease.
- ill⇄expr. take ill, to take offense at; be offended by.
Ex. Look, when I serve him so, he takes it ill (Shakespeare). - ill⇄ill, adjective, worse,worst,noun, adverb.
- ill⇄noun 1. a sickness; disease.
Ex. All the ills she has had this year have left her very weak. Peter now grew old, and had An ill no doctor could unravel (Shelley).
(SYN) illness.
2. an evil; harm; misfortune; trouble.
Ex. Poverty