ill

US /ɪl/
UK /ɪl/
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1.

suffering from an illness or disease; unwell.

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She felt ill after eating the spoiled food.
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He's been ill with the flu for a week.
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sickunwell
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healthywell
2.

harmful or undesirable.

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Smoking has many ill effects on health.
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He spoke no ill of his former colleagues.
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badharmful
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goodbeneficial
1.

badly or wrongly.

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Things went ill for them after the accident.
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He spoke ill of his neighbors.
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badlypoorly
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wellrightly
2.

with difficulty or hardship.

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He could ill afford to lose his job.
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The company can ill afford another mistake.
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hardlyscarcely
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easilyreadily
1.

trouble or misfortune.

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He wished no ill upon his enemies.
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They suffered much ill during the war.
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harmmisfortune
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goodfortune
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illnessill-definedmental illnessill-fatedspeak ill ofcan ill afford (to do something)