ill

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   unhealthy or unwell; poor or bad; can be used as a modifier meaning "negatively" or "improperly",

   Having that raw-meat dish for dinner was ill-advised; I ate it and then felt ill for the rest of the night.

2. 2
   adv

   unfavorably or with disapproval

   tried not to speak ill of the dead

3. 3
   adj

   presaging ill fortune

   ill omens

4. 4
   adj

   distressing

   ill manners

5. 5
   adj

   resulting in suffering or adversity

   ill effects

6. 6
   adj

   indicating hostility or enmity

   you certainly did me an ill turn

7. 7
   adj

   affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

   We are ill from the monotony of our suffering.

8. 8
   adj

   Evil; wicked (of people).

   St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.

Etymology

From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse íllr (adjective), ílla (adverb), ílt (noun), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)). Cognates Cognate with Scots and Yola ill, Danish ilde (“bad”), Faroese, Icelandic illur (“bad, ill, wicked”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk ille (“bad”), Swedish illa (“badly; poorly”).