ill

(ĭl)
adj., worse (wûrs), worst (wûrst).

1. Not healthy; sick: I began to feel ill last week.
2. Not normal; unsound: an ill condition of body and mind.
3. Resulting in suffering; harmful or distressing: the ill effects of a misconceived policy.
4. 1. Resulting from or suggestive of evil intentions: ill deeds committed out of spite.
   2. Ascribing an objectionable quality: holds an ill view of that political group.
   3. Hostile or unfriendly: ill feeling between rivals.
   4. Harmful; pernicious: the ill effects of a misconceived policy.
5. Not favorable; unpropitious: ill predictions.
6. Not measuring up to recognized standards of excellence, as of behavior or conduct.

adv., worse, worst.

1. In a sickly or unsound manner; not well.
2. Scarcely or with difficulty.

n.

1. Evil; sin.
2. Disaster, distress, or harm.
3. Something that causes suffering; trouble: the social ills of urban life.
4. Something that reflects in an unfavorable way on one: Please don't speak ill of me when I'm gone.

idiom:

ill at ease

1. Anxious or unsure; uneasy: The stranger made me feel ill at ease.

[Middle English, from Old Norse īllr, bad.]

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Ill and sick share responsibilities in peculiar ways, and are not always interchangeable. To begin with, ill is more usually predicative (placed after a verb, as in She was ill), whereas sick occurs naturally in attributive position (before a noun, as in She was a sick woman) as well as predicatively (as in She was sick), and in compounds such as sick leave and sick room). Ill is used attributively only in the broader sense 'out of health' (He was an ill man when I last saw him), in the extended meanings 'faulty, unskilful' (ill judgement / ill management), in idioms and proverbs (do an ill turn to / It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good). It also occurs adverbially in compounds (ill-behaved / ill-considered). In British English, to be sick and to feel sick have the special meanings 'to vomit' and 'to be inclined to vomit', and to underline the anomalies of the two words a person can look ill and then report (or go) sick. In varieties of English other than British English, the overlaps in meaning and usage vary considerably, and in some varieties there is little difference other than the more formal nature of the word ill. In American English, the meaning 'vomiting' is normally supplied by the phrase sick to (or at) one's stomach.

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adjective

1. Suffering from or affected with an illness: down, sick, unwell. Informal laid up. Chiefly Regional poorly. See health/sickness.
2. Causing harm or injury: bad, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, mischievous. See help/harm/harmless.
3. Bringing, predicting, or characterized by misfortune: bad, evil, inauspicious, unfavorable, unpropitious. See luck/misfortune/chance.

noun

1. Whatever is destructive or harmful: bad, badness, evil. See help/harm/harmless.
2. A pathological condition of mind or body: ailment, complaint, disease, disorder, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness. See health/sickness.
3. A cause of suffering or harm: affliction, bane, curse, evil, plague, scourge, woe. See help/harm/harmless.

Idioms beginning with ill:
ill at ease
ill-gotten gains

See also under get sick.

adj

Definition: bad, evil
Antonyms: beneficial, good

adj

Definition: sick
Antonyms: good, healthy, sound, strong, well

adj

Definition: uncomfortable
Antonyms: at ease, comfortable

n

Definition: misfortune
Antonyms: benefit, blessing, fortune, happiness, luck, privilege, profit, prosperity

IN BRIEF: adj. - Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function.

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. — Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton

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• Sickly, out of shape, dull, or weak
• Limitations and Conditions
• Weak, Fearful, or Anxious

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - syg, dårlig, utilpas, ond, slet
adv. - dårligt, slet, ilde, ondt
n. - onde, ulykke

idioms:

• be taken ill    blive syg
• can ill afford    har dårlig råd
• do an ill turn to    gøre en dårlig tjeneste
• for good or ill    på godt og ondt
• ill at ease    dårligt tilpas, urolig
• ill effects    dårlige resultater
• ill feeling    uvilje, fjendtlighed, fjendskab, nag
• ill humour    tværhed, irritabilitet, dårligt humør
• ill repute    dårligt omdømme
• ill temper    opfarende, gnaven, irritabel
• ill will    fjendskab, uvilje, nag
• ill wind    modvind

Nederlands (Dutch)
ziek, schadelijk, vijandig, slecht, nauwelijks, kwaad

Français (French)
adj. - malade, atteint de, qui a mal au c¯ur, nauséeux
adv. - mauvais, guère, du mal de qn
n. - mal, pire, mal/maux

idioms:

• be taken ill    tomber malade
• can ill afford    ne peut guère se permettre, peut difficilement se permettre
• do an ill turn to    faire un mauvais tour à
• for good or ill    pour le meilleur et pour le pire
• ill at ease    mal à l'aise, inquiet
• ill effects    conséquence néfaste
• ill feeling    ressentiment
• ill humour    de mauvaise humeur
• ill repute    mauvaise réputation
• ill temper    mauvaise humeur
• ill will    rancune
• ill wind    à quelque chose malheur (est bon) (Prov), qch de mauvais augure

Deutsch (German)
adj. - krank, schlecht, schlimm, verletzt, ablehnend
n. - Übel, Unglück, Unheil, Böse
adv. - schlecht, schlimm, übel, kaum

idioms:

• be taken ill    erkranken
• can ill afford    sich kaum leisten können
• do an ill turn to    jmdm. Übel antun, jmdm. Schaden zufügen
• for good or ill    komme was will
• ill at ease    verlegen, unbehaglich
• ill effects    schlimme Folgen
• ill feeling    Ärger
• ill humour    schlechte Laune
• ill repute    schlechter Ruf
• ill temper    Verstimmung, schlechte Laune
• ill will    böser Willer
• ill wind    Leid

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άρρωστος, ασθενής, κακός
n. - κακό, δεινό, ατυχία, βάσανο
adv. - άσχημα, κακά
abbr. - άσχημα

idioms:

• be taken ill    αρρωσταίνω
• can ill afford    δύσκολα μπορώ να αντέξω/υποστώ
• do an ill turn to    βλάπτω, ζημιώνω
• for good or ill    για καλό ή για κακό
• ill at ease    ανήσυχος, νευρικός, αμήχανος, στενοχωρημένος
• ill effects    άσχημη επίδραση, κακά αποτελέσματα
• ill feeling    έχθρα, άχτι, κακία
• ill humour    ακεφιά, δυστροπία, κακοδιαθεσία
• ill repute    κακή φήμη, κακό όνομα
• ill temper    ευερεθιστότητα, νευρικότητα, οξυθυμία
• ill will    μνησικακία, έχθρα
• ill wind    δυσμενής εξέλιξη

Italiano (Italian)
malato, torto

idioms:

• be taken ill    ammalarsi
• bode/augur ill    recare cattivi auguri
• can ill afford    non putersi permettere
• do an ill turn to    rendere a qualcuno un cattivo servizio
• for good or ill    nella buona e nella cattiva sorte
• ill at ease    a disagio
• ill effects    effetti nocivi
• ill feeling    inimicizia
• ill humour    malumore
• ill repute    malafama
• ill temper    caratteraccio
• ill will    premeditazione
• ill wind    sfortuna

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - doente, insano
n. - doente (m) (f), mal (m)
adv. - de maneira doente
abbr. - Illinois (m), ilustre (m) (f), ilustrado (m)

idioms:

• be taken ill    adoecer
• bode/augur ill    mau (m) presságio
• can ill afford    mal poder dar-se ao luxo de
• do an ill turn to    piorar
• for good or ill    por bem ou por mal
• ill at ease    nervoso, preocupado
• ill effects    conseqüências (f) nefastas
• ill feeling    ressentimento (m)
• ill humour    mau (m) humor
• ill repute    má (f) reputação
• ill temper    mau (m) temperamento
• ill will    má (f) vontade
• ill wind    maus (m pl) ventos (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
больной, зло, неблагоприятно

idioms:

• be taken ill    заболеть
• bode/augur ill    предвещать плохое
• can ill afford    едва ли можно себе позволить
• do an ill turn to    оказать кому-либо медвежью услугу
• for good or ill    в радости и в горе
• ill at ease    испытывать неловкость
• ill effects    вредные действия
• ill feeling    неприязнь
• ill humour    дурное настроение
• ill repute    дурная слава
• ill temper    дурной характер
• ill will    недоброжела- тельность
• ill wind    предвзятое отношение

Español (Spanish)
adj. - enfermo, malo, mal, doliente
adv. - mal, difícilmente, malamente
n. - mal, desgracia, infortunio

idioms:

• be taken ill    ponerse enfermo, enfermar, caer enfermo
• can ill afford    no poder permitirse, apenas
• do an ill turn to    hacer una mala jugada a
• for good or ill    para bien o para mal
• ill at ease    turbado, incómodo, molesto, inquieto, intranquilo
• ill effects    efectos adversos
• ill feeling    hostilidad, rencor
• ill humour    mal humor, mal genio
• ill repute    mala reputación
• ill temper    mal genio, mal carácter
• ill will    rencor, inquina, animadversión, mala voluntad
• ill wind    malos vientos, malos augurios

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sjuk, dålig, illvillig, skadlig, olycklig, felaktig, ohyfsad
n. - ont, skada, krämpa
adv. - illa, dåligt, svårligen, knappast
abbr. - illustrated, illustration

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
生病的, 要吐的, 邪恶的, 坏, 不友善地, 冷酷地, 恶劣地, 疾病, 罪恶, 坏事

idioms:

• be taken ill    生病
• can ill afford    花不起..., 付不起...
• do an ill turn to    做坏事
• for good or ill    不论好歹
• ill at ease    不安的
• ill effects    不良影响, 恶果
• ill feeling    猜忌, 不信任, 敌意
• ill humour    恶劣的情绪, 坏脾气
• ill repute    坏名声, 恶名昭彰
• ill temper    坏脾气, 火爆性子
• ill will    恶意, 憎恶, 敌意
• ill wind    不幸, 倒霉, 并非完全的不幸

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 生病的, 要吐的, 邪惡的
adv. - 壞, 不友善地, 冷酷地, 惡劣地
n. - 疾病, 罪惡, 壞事

idioms:

• be taken ill    生病
• can ill afford    花不起..., 付不起...
• do an ill turn to    做壞事
• for good or ill    不論好歹
• ill at ease    不安的
• ill effects    不良影響, 惡果
• ill feeling    猜忌, 不信任, 敵意
• ill humour    惡劣的情緒, 壞脾氣
• ill repute    壞名聲, 惡名昭彰
• ill temper    壞脾氣, 火爆性子
• ill will    惡意, 憎惡, 敵意
• ill wind    不幸, 倒霉, 並非完全的不幸

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 병든, 나쁜, 불운의
adv. - 나쁘게, 여의치 않게, 거의~하지 않다
n. - 사악, 재난

idioms:

• be taken ill    병에 걸리다
• do an ill turn to    해치다, 불리한 짓을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 病気で, 不健全な, 有害な, 不都合な, 悪い, 意地の悪い, へたな, 不十分な, 病気の, 気分が悪い
n. - 悪, 不利なこと, 不幸, 病気, 不快
adv. - 悪く, 不親切に, 不完全に

idioms:

• be taken ill    病気になる
• bode/augur ill    不吉な前兆である
• can ill afford    できかねる
• do an ill turn to    ひどい仕打ちをする
• ill at ease    落ち着かない
• ill effects    悪影響
• ill feeling    悪感情, 敵意
• ill humour    不機嫌
• ill repute    悪評
• ill temper    不機嫌, 短気
• ill will    悪意, 敵意, 嫌悪
• ill wind    不運

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مريض (الاسم) مرض, بلاء (ظرف) على نحو سيئ (اختصار) رسم توضيحي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חולה, רע, לא נאות, ביש, לא טוב‬
adv. - ‮בקושי, באופן רע, ביש, בעין רעה, באופן שגוי‬
n. - ‮מחלה, צרה, פגע, רעה‬

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