Overview of noun ill

The noun ill has 1 sense

• ailment, complaint, ill -- (an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining)

Overview of adj ill

The adj ill has 5 senses

• ill, sick -- (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering")


• ill -- (resulting in suffering or adversity; "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good")


• ill -- (distressing; "ill manners"; "of ill repute")


• ill -- (indicating hostility or enmity; "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will")


• ill, inauspicious, ominous -- (presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions"; "my words with inauspicious thunderings shook heaven"- P.B.Shelley; "a dead and ominous silence prevailed"; "a by-election at a time highly unpropitious for the Government")

Overview of adv ill

The adv ill has 3 senses

• ill, badly, poorly -- ((`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan")


• ill, badly -- (unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern")


• ill -- (with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly; "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now")