ill

About 40.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Iranun.
2. adjective Evil; wicked (of people). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. adjective Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
4. adjective Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.

   He suffered from ill treatment.

5. adjective Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.

   ill manners; ill will

6. adjective Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.

   mentally ill people

7. adjective Nauseated; having an urge to vomit.

   Seeing those pictures made me ill.

8. adjective Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.

   This is the illest beat I've ever heard.

Similar words

badly inauspicious bad unpropitious harmful hostile poorly trouble faint afflicted

Often followed by

and health at with of in to effects patients

Word family

Ill iller illest ills worse worser worst