Results for ill

Definitions of ill:

part of speech: adverb

Not well; not easily.

part of speech: adverb

As the first element of a compound, signifying " a negation" or " some bad quality connected with it"; not well; badly.

part of speech: superlative

Worst.

part of speech: adverb

Not well: not rightly: with difficulty.

part of speech: adjective

Bad; evil; contrary to good; unfortunate; unfavourable; sick; unwell; cross; surly.

part of speech: adjective

When compounded with other words, expresses badness of quality or condition.

part of speech: noun

Evil: wickedness: misfortune.

part of speech: noun

Misfortune; disease; anything that prevents what is good; something morally bad; mischief.

part of speech: adjective

Bad or evil; contrary to good; causing or attended by evil or suffering; in a bad or disordered state physically or morally; sick; diseased; unfriendly; not proper; unskilful; vicious.

part of speech: noun

Evil; misfortune; wickedness.

part of speech: comparative

Worse.

Usage examples for ill:

• For in the first place you are ill "The Children of the World", Paul Heyse

• Then he must be ill thought Katrina. "The Emperor of Portugallia", Selma Lagerlof

• And many are ill for the same reason. "Vendetta A Story of One Forgotten", Marie Corelli

• Do you feel ill sir? "The Worlds Greatest Books Vol. II: Fiction", Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.