ill
/ɪl/
noun/ɪl/
/ɪl/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · noun
(often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
“Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear.”
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Meaning 2 · noun
Harm or injury.
“I wouldn't want you to do me ill.”
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Meaning 3 · noun
Evil; moral wrongfulness.
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Meaning 4 · noun
A physical ailment; an illness.
“I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.”
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Meaning 5 · noun
PCP, phencyclidine.
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Meaning 6 · adjective
Evil; wicked (of people).
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Meaning 7 · adjective
Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
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Meaning 8 · adjective
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
“He suffered from ill treatment.”
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Meaning 9 · adjective
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
“ill manners; ill will”
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Meaning 10 · adjective
Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
“I've been ill with the flu for the past few days.”
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Meaning 11 · adjective
Having an urge to vomit.
“Seeing those pictures made me ill.”
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Meaning 12 · adjective
(hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
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Meaning 13 · adjective
Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
“That band was ill.”
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Meaning 14 · adjective
Unwise; not a good idea.
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Meaning 15 · adverb
Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
How this word is used
- Everyday “Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear.”
- General “I wouldn't want you to do me ill.”
- General “I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.”
- General “He suffered from ill treatment.”
- General “ill manners; ill will”
- General “I've been ill with the flu for the past few days.”
- General “Seeing those pictures made me ill.”
- General “That band was ill.”
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