ill
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/ɪl/
🇬🇧
/ɪl/
adjective
A2
sick or not feeling well
He felt ill and stayed home from school.
B2
bad or causing harm
The medicine had no ill effects on her health.
R
bringing bad luck
A black cat is seen as an ill sign by some people.
adverb
R
badly or cruelly
The ill patient was treated with care, not ill treatment.
R
poorly or not well
The ill person was ill served by the slow ambulance.
R
hardly or with difficulty
As an ill person, she can ill afford to miss her medication.
noun
R
sick people
Hospitals care for the ill who need help.
R
problems or sicknesses
Poverty is one of society's ills that makes people ill.
R
harm or bad luck
Despite being ill, she wished no ill upon others.
translation
sick or not feeling well; bad or causing harm; bringing bad luck
badly or cruelly; poorly or not well; hardly or with difficulty
sick people; problems or sicknesses; harm or bad luck
Word Forms
Comparative
worse worst
Superlative
worst
Plural
ills