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ill
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- pronunciation:
- Il
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, adverb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
worse, worst |
| definition 1: |
When someone is ill, it means that they are sick or something is very wrong with their body. If someone is very ill, they usually can't get out of bed.
The doctor said that Mrs. Peters is very ill and has to stay in the hospital.
- synonyms:
- sick, unhealthy
- antonyms:
- better, healthy, well
- similar words:
- bad, suffering
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| definition 2: |
"Ill" sometimes means harmful or bad.
Nick drank some milk that was too old. Luckily, he didn't have any ill effects from it.- synonyms:
- bad, harmful
- antonyms:
- beneficial, favorable, good, positive
- similar words:
- negative, offensive
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| definition 3: |
When you have ill feelings toward someone, you have feelings that are not friendly or kind.
They had a big fight a long time ago and they still have ill feelings towards each other.- synonyms:
- angry, cross, unkind
- antonyms:
- friendly, warm
- similar words:
- unfriendly
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| related words: |
unlucky |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
An ill is some kind of trouble or bad thing.
My dad said he never liked the neighbors, but he didn't wish them any ill either.The world has many ills, but there are also many people doing things to make the world better.- synonyms:
- evil, harm, pain
- similar words:
- grief, hurt, mischief, problem, sorrow, suffering, trouble
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| related words: |
evil |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition: |
When you speak ill of someone, you speak in an unfriendly or unkind way about them. If you treat someone ill, you treat them badly. You do unkind things to them.
After Jason rescued the dog, he promised that nobody would ever treat the dog ill again.- synonyms:
- harshly
- similar words:
- evilly, negatively
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