What does ill mean in English? Meaning of ill definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "ill": an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Noun
Meaning: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complainingSynonyms: ailment
complaint
illHyponyms: kinetosis
motion sickness
pipHypernyms: disorder
upsetMeaning of "ill": affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
Adjective
Meaning: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental functionExample: ill from the monotony of his sufferingSynonyms: ill
sickAntonyms: wellSimilar: afflicted
aguish
ailing
air sick
airsick
autistic
bedfast
bedrid
bedridden
bilious
bronchitic
carsick
consumptive
convalescent
delirious
diabetic
dizzy
dyspeptic
faint
feverish
feverous
funny
giddy
gouty
green
hallucinating
indisposed
laid low
laid up
light
light-headed
lightheaded
liverish
livery
milk-sick
nauseated
nauseous
palsied
paralytic
paralyzed
paraplegic
peaked
poorly
queasy
rachitic
recovering
rickety
scrofulous
seasick
seedy
sick
sick-abed
sickish
sickly
sneezy
spastic
stricken
swooning
tubercular
tuberculous
under the weather
unhealed
unwell
upset
vertiginous
woozyAlso see: unfit
unhealthyMeaning of "ill": (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
Adverb
Meaning: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not wellExample: he was ill prepared
it ill befits a man to betray old friends
the car runs badly
he performed badly on the exam
the team played poorly
ill-fitting clothes
an ill-conceived planSynonyms: badly
ill
poorlyAntonyms: good
wellMeaning of "ill": resulting in suffering or adversity
Adjective
Meaning: resulting in suffering or adversityExample: ill effects
it's an ill wind that blows no goodSynonyms: illSimilar: harmfulMeaning of "ill": unfavorably or with disapproval
Adverb
Meaning: unfavorably or with disapprovalExample: tried not to speak ill of the dead
thought badly of him for his lack of concernSynonyms: badly
illAntonyms: wellMeaning of "ill": distressing
Adjective
Meaning: distressingExample: ill manners
of ill reputeSynonyms: illSimilar: badMeaning of "ill": with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
Adverb
Meaning: with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardlyExample: we can ill afford to buy a new car just nowSynonyms: illMeaning of "ill": indicating hostility or enmity
Adjective
Meaning: indicating hostility or enmityExample: you certainly did me an ill turn
ill feelings
ill willSynonyms: illSimilar: hostileMeaning of "ill": presaging ill fortune
Adjective
Meaning: presaging ill fortuneExample: ill omens
ill predictions
my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven
a dead and ominous silence prevailed
a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the GovernmentSynonyms: ill
inauspicious
ominousSimilar: unpropitiousAdjective: (obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people). [13th-19th c.] Francis Atterbury (1663-1732) St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.Francis Atterbury (1663-1732) St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.(archaic) Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy. [from 13th c.] 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 2: ‘Go bring her. It is ill to keep a lady waiting.’1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 2: ‘Go bring her. It is ill to keep a lady waiting.’Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel. [from 14th c.] He suffered from ill treatment.Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard. ill manners; ill will 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, The Unknown Ajax: […] his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve. Stiff-rumped, that's what he was, always rubbing the rust, or riding grub, like he had been for months past.1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, The Unknown Ajax: […] his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve. Stiff-rumped, that's what he was, always rubbing the rust, or riding grub, like he had been for months past.Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. [from 15th c.] I've been ill with the flu for the past few days.Having an urge to vomit. [from 20th c.] Seeing those pictures made me ill.(hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way. [This sense sometimes declines in AAVE as ill, comparative iller, superlative illest.] 1994, Biggie Smalls, The What Biggie Smalls is the illest / Your style is played out, like Arnold wonderin "Whatchu talkin bout, Willis?"1994, Biggie Smalls, The What Biggie Smalls is the illest / Your style is played out, like Arnold wonderin "Whatchu talkin bout, Willis?"(slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be. That band was ill.Synonyms:
woozy, diseased, infirm, ailing, afflicted, poorly, down, below par, indisposed, out of sorts, peaked, queasy, rotten, run-down, under the weather, unhealthy, unwell, a wreck, bummed, down with, feeling awful, feeling rotten, feeling terrible, got the bug, laid low, on sick list, running temperature, sick as a dog, off one's feet, hostile, foreboding, cross, foul, wrong, unfortunate, acrimonious, adverse, antagonistic, cantankerous, damaging, deleterious, detrimental, disrespectful, disturbing, harmful, harsh, hateful, hurtful, ill-mannered, impertinent, inauspicious, inimical, iniquitous, injurious, malevolent, malicious, nocuous, noxious, ominous, ruinous, sinister, sullen, surly, threatening, unfavorable, unfriendly, ungracious, unhealthy, unkind, unlucky, unpropitious, unwholesome, vile, wicked, nocent, unpromising, malady, illness, pain, ailment, sickness, abuse, misery, disease, evil, suffering, malaise, affliction, woe, trouble, disorder, infirmity, syndrome, complaint, mischief, affection, insult, trial, harm, indisposition, malice, wrong, hurt, tribulation, wickedness, cruelty, depravity, damage, unpleasantness, injury, condition, destruction, badness,
Antonyms:
healthy, good, sound, strong, well, moral, honest, healthy, happy, good, sound, strong, well, health, happiness, joy, aid, advantage, healthiness, praise, friendliness, thoughtfulness, virtue, favor, improvement, privilege, profit, prosperity, good health, well-being, comfort, cheer, pleasure, help, blessing, peace, benefit, good, kindness, right, fortune, luck,
