ill

1. 1

   Evil; wicked (of people).obsolete

   • St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.
   • A man who is conscious of having an ill character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him.
2. 2

   Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.archaic

   • ‘Go bring her. It is ill to keep a lady waiting.’
3. 3

   Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.

   • He suffered from ill treatment.
4. 4

   Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.

   • ill manners; ill will
5. 5

   Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.

   • mentally ill people
   • I've been ill with the flu for the past few days.
6. 6

   Nauseated; having an urge to vomit.

   • Seeing those pictures made me ill.
7. 7

   Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.slang

   • This is the illest beat I've ever heard.
8. 8

   Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.slang

   • That band was ill.
9. 9

   Unwise; not a good idea.dated

   • Oh that when the devil and flesh entice the sinner to sport with and make a mock of sin, Prov. x. 23, he would but consider, it is ill jesting with edged tools, it is ill jesting with unquenchable burnings; […]
   • They arrested everybody—and it is ill to resist a drunken Tommy with a loaded rifle!
10. 10

    Bad-tempered.Appalachia

syn. bad · mal- · crank · crook · green about the gills · icky · ill · indisposed · infirm · like death warmed over · lousy · maladive

ant. fine · hale · healthy · in good health · well · good · wack

1. 1

   Not well; imperfectly, badly

   • Such jealousy ill becomes her; she can ill afford another gaffe like that.
   • Is it because this supposes an undifferentiated violence towards others and oneself that I could ill imagine in a woman?

ant. well

1. 1

   Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.countableuncountable

   • Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear.
2. 2

   Harm or injury.countableuncountable

   • I wouldn't want you to do me ill.
3. 3

   Evil; moral wrongfulness.countableuncountable

   • Strong virtue, like strong nature, struggles still, / Exerts itself, and then throws off the ill.
4. 4

   A physical ailment; an illness.countableuncountable

   • I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.
5. 5

   PCP, phencyclidine.USslanguncountable

1. 1

   To behave aggressively.datedintransitiveslang

   • 1989, Rob'n'Raz feat. Leila K, Got to Get Step back, relax, and chill as I thrill / The K is back, I'm not here to ill / Layin' knowledge through the mic / Hype with a beat like this for your delight