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    [il]
    adjective
    ill (adjective) · iller (comparative adjective) · illest (superlative adjective)
    1. not in full health; sick:
      "her daughter is seriously ill" · "a terminally ill patient" · "even the seriously ill cannot get tests done immediately"
    2. poor in quality:
      "ill judgment dogs the unsuccessful"
      • harmful:
        "she had a cup of the same wine and suffered no ill effects"
      • hostile:
        "it did give rise to a lot of ill feelings"
      • (especially of fortune) not favorable:
        "no one less deserved such ill fortune than McStay"
    adverb
    ill (adverb)
    1. badly, wrongly, or imperfectly:
      "it ill becomes one so beautiful to be gloomy" · "some of his premises seem ill-chosen"
      • unfavorably or unpropitiously:
        "something which boded ill for unwary golfers"
    2. only with difficulty; hardly:
      "she could ill afford the cost of new curtains"
    noun
    (ills)
    ill (noun) · ills (plural noun)
    1. a problem or misfortune:
      "a lengthy work on the ills of society"
      • evil or harm:
        "how could I wish him ill?"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the senses ‘wicked’, ‘malevolent’, ‘harmful’, and ‘difficult’): from Old Norse illr ‘evil, difficult’, of unknown origin.
    Ill.
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    1. Illinois.
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    adjective
    1. not in full health; sick:
      unwell
      sick
      ailing
      poorly
      sickly
      peaky
      afflicted
      indisposed
      infirm
      liverish
      out of sorts
      bad
      in a bad way
      bedridden
      invalided
      valetudinarian
      queasy
      nauseous
      nauseated
      weak
      feeble
      frail
      diseased
      infected
      off colour
      queer
      seedy
      not (very) well
      not oneself
      not in good shape
      not up to par
      under/below par
      on the sick list
      Opposite:
      well
      healthy
    2. poor in quality:
      bad
      poor
      unsatisfactory
      incompetent
      unacceptable
      inadequate
      deficient
      defective
      faulty
      unskillful
      inexpert
      amateurish
      Opposite:
      good
      competent
    adverb
    1. badly, wrongly, or imperfectly:
      poorly
      badly
      imperfectly
      wrongly
      unsuccessfully
      adversely
      unfavorably
      unfortunately
      unluckily
      hard
      inauspiciously
      inadequately
      unsatisfactorily
      insufficiently
      deficiently
      defectively
      negligently
      Opposite:
      well
      satisfactorily
      according to plan
    2. only with difficulty; hardly:
      barely
      scarcely
      hardly
      just
      only just
      narrowly
      just possibly
      with difficulty
      only with effort
      Opposite:
      easily
    noun
    1. a problem or misfortune:
      problems
      troubles
      difficulties
      misfortunes
      strains
      trials
      tribulations
      trials and tribulations
      worries
      anxieties
      concerns
      pain
      suffering
      hardship
      misery
      woe
      affliction
      distress
      disquiet
      malaise
      travails
      illnesses
      ailments
      disorders
      complaints
      afflictions
      sicknesses
      diseases
      maladies
      infirmities
      indispositions
      infections
      contagions
      ill/poor health
     
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    What is the difference between ill and sick?
    Ill and sick are both adjectives that mean ‘not in good health’. We use both ill and sick after a verb such as be, become, feel, look or seem: … He treated her very ill. I realize one shouldn't speak ill of the dead. This weather bodes ill for the garden party tonight. We can ill afford to lose another member of staff. I wish her no ill.

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    What does ill mean?
    Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! The meaning of ILL is not in good health; also : nauseated. How to use ill in a sentence.

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    What is ill adjective?
    Definition of ill adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (especially British English) Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital. Uncle Harry is terminally ill with cancer (= he will die from his illness). She was taken ill suddenly. We both started to feel ill shortly after the meal.

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    What does it mean if a person is ill?
    If you're ill, you're unwell, or sick. Being ill is a good excuse for missing work or school. You might get ill after being sneezed on by someone with a cold; or eating street food in a foreign country; or for no reason that you can point to. People can be mentally ill as well as physically ill, from depression or anxiety among other ailments.

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