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What (who) is ill - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Ill (river); Ill river; Ill River; Ill (disambiguation)
ill
adj.
1) to be taken ill
2) to fall ill
3) desperately, gravely, seriously; incurably, terminally ill
4) emotionally; mentally; physically ill
5) ill with (she is ill with a tropical disease)
6) (misc.) ill at ease ('uncomfortable')
Ill
·adv In a ill manner; badly; weakly.
ill
¦ adjective
1. not in full health; unwell.
2. poor in quality.
harmful or hostile: ill feeling.
unfavourable.
¦ adverb
1. badly, wrongly, or imperfectly: ill-chosen.
unfavourably.
2. only with difficulty: she could ill afford the cost of new curtains.
¦ noun a problem or misfortune.
?evil or harm.
Phrases
ill at ease uncomfortable or embarrassed.
speak (or think) ill of say (or think) something critical about.
Origin
ME: from ON illr 'evil, difficult'.
Wikipedia
Ill
Ill or ill may refer to:
- Ill (France), a river in Alsace, France, tributary of the Rhine
- Ill (Vorarlberg), a river in Voralberg, Austria, tributary of the Rhine
- Ill (Saarland), a river of Saarland, Germany, tributary of the Theel
- Illinois (traditionally abbreviated: Ill.), a state in the midwestern region of the United States
- Institut Laue–Langevin, a research centre in Grenoble, France
- Illness, a generally-used synonym for disease
- Koji Nakamura (recording under the name iLL), a Japanese musician
- Tommy Ill, Wellington in New Zealand based rapper
- Interlibrary loan
Examples of use of ill
1. Still, even ill–trained, ill–equipped, ill–paid, ill–treated and ill–led, its soldiers have significant advantages in some areas over even elite foreign troops.
2. "It was a case of them being ill–advised, ill–equipped and ill–experienced.
3. That was the one when FDR said, "I see one–third of a nation ill housed, ill clad and ill nourished." Reid didn‘t go quite that far.
4. "Are they depressed because they are ill or are they ill because they are depressed?
5. "Ill try to find some and Ill bring them to you," Palin said.