English dictionary
ill
adjectivePronunciation
ɪl
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- presaging ill fortune
adjective
- distressing
adjective
- resulting in suffering or adversity
adjective
- indicating hostility or enmity
adjective
- affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
adverb
- (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
adverb
- with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
adverb
- unfavorably or with disapproval
noun
- an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
Example sentences
ill omens
ill predictions
{'source': 'P.B.Shelley', 'text': 'my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven'}
a dead and ominous silence prevailed
a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government
ill manners
of ill repute
ill effects
it's an ill wind that blows no good
you certainly did me an ill turn
ill feelings
ill will
ill from the monotony of his suffering
he was ill prepared
it ill befits a man to betray old friends
the car runs badly
he performed badly on the exam
the team played poorly
we can ill afford to buy a new car just now
tried not to speak ill of the dead
thought badly of him for his lack of concern