ill

[US]/ɪl/
[UK]/ɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. unwell, unhealthy
adv. poorly, badly
n. harm, evil, misfortune

Phrases & Collocations

feeling ill

fall ill

chronically ill

mentally ill

terminally ill

severely ill

become ill

physically ill

fell ill

ill at ease

ill health

seriously ill

critically ill

ill with

feel ill

ill-gotten gains

get ill

ill effect

ill feeling

ill temper

go ill with

ill humor

Example Sentences

It is ill to be defined.

a politician of ill fame.

an ill condition of body and mind.

the ghost's appearance was an ill omen.

a philoprogenitive ill-paid artisan.

birds of ill omen.

She is ill, I understand.

She's ill all right.

He was too ill to eat.

She is a woman of ill fame.

Real-world Examples

" Then my mother fell ill - fatally ill. "

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

The doctor found the insidious illness before she felt pain.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

" You've been ill, " she finished. " Quite ill."

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

I, I bear you no ill will.

Source: The Big Bang Theory (Video Version) Season 3

Stay at home if you are ill.

Source: Selected English short passages

Her illness got worse in the next few days.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

" We think it's the same illness, " Yellman said.

Source: This month VOA Special English

Though you do any thing, he thinks no ill.

Source: The complete original version of the sonnet.

'I know I'm very ill, ' she said weakly.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

However, this is not the only ill that cut American lives short.

Source: VOA Standard English - Health

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