ill
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
Example
“He suffered from ill treatment.”
Other meanings
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
“ill manners; ill will”
unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
Related words
- ill-willed
- ill-willing
- illbeing
- illbient
- illderly
- illfare
- illish
- illsome
- illth
- illwisher
- moorill
- nonill
Example sentences
Word history
From Old Norse "íllr".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ill” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.