ill
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ill/ɪl/
▶adjective
- 1 not in full health; unwell.
- 2 poor in quality.
■ harmful or hostile: ill feeling.
■ unfavourable.
- 1 badly, wrongly, or imperfectly: ill-chosen.
■ unfavourably.
- 2 only with difficulty: she could ill afford the cost of new curtains.
■ evil or harm.
– phrases
ill at ease uncomfortable or embarrassed.
speak (or think) ill of say (or think) something critical about.
ill at ease uncomfortable or embarrassed.
speak (or think) ill of say (or think) something critical about.
– origin ME: from ON illr ‘evil, difficult’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
I'll/ʌɪl/
▶contraction I shall; I will.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Ill.
▶abbreviation Illinois.
'ill' also found in these Oxford entries:
acrimony
- aegrotat
- animus
- anoint
- asylum
- atrabilious
- augur
- Bach flower remedies
- bad
- bad blood
- bear
- because
- bêtise
- bode
- cacoethes
- cacophony
- community care
- complementary medicine
- cranky
- critical
- danger
- death
- death futures
- disaster
- fame
- foot
- gotten
- grey area
- grudge
- hare-brained
- hark
- harm
- hazy
- headcase
- health visitor
- hold
- hospice
- house of ill fame
- Ill.
- ill-advised
- ill-assorted
- ill-bred
- ill-conceived
- ill-disposed
- ill-equipped
- ill fame
- ill-fated
- ill-favoured
- ill-founded
