ill

Ill means sick or not healthy.

(adjective)

An example of an ill person is someone with pneumonia.

Ill is defined as in a bad or wrong way.

(adverb)

An example of ill used as an adverb is the phrase "ill advised" which means given improper or poor advice.

The definition of an ill is an evil or a misfortune.

(noun)

An example of an ill is a natural disaster like a flood.

See ill in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective worse, worst

characterized by, causing, or tending to cause harm or evil; specif.,
1. morally bad or wrong; evil: ill repute
2. causing pain, hardship, etc.; adverse: ill fortune
3. not kind or friendly; harsh; cruel: ill will
4. promising trouble; unfavorable; unfortunate; unpropitious: an ill omen
not healthy, normal, or well; having a disease; sick; indisposed
not according to rule, custom, desirability, etc.; faulty; imperfect: ill breeding

Origin: ME < ON illr (replacing OE yfel, evil, in many senses): prob. < Gmc *ilhila < IE base *elk-, hungry, bad > OIr elc, bad

noun

anything causing harm, trouble, wrong, pain, unhappiness, etc.; specif.,

in an ill manner; specif.,
1. badly; wrongly; improperly; imperfectly: ill-gotten gains
2. harshly; cruelly; unkindly: ill-spoken
with difficulty; scarcely: they can ill afford to refuse

Illinois

See ill in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective worse worse (wûrs), worst worst (wûrst)

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

adverb worse worse, worst worst

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old Norse īllr, bad

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