ill
ill adj
ON illr, ill, bad, wicked, difficult, injurious.
- Sick; ailing.
- Uncomfortable; unnatural; awkward; strange; out of sorts.
- Sick; not well; [fig.] thirsty.
- Weak; disabled; indisposed; afflicted; suffering; physically unhealthy.
- Phrase. “ill at ease”: uneasy; uncomfortable; anxious.
ill adv
see ill, adj.
- Badly; poorly.
- Phrase. “It ill becometh me”: It makes me look bad; it does not reflect well on me; it represents me poorly.
ill n
see ill, adj.
- Pain; agony; distress; [fig.] evil spirit as cause of affliction.