ill
IPA: ˈɪɫ
noun
- (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
- Harm or injury.
- Evil; moral wrongfulness.
- A physical ailment; an illness.
- (US, slang, uncountable) PCP, phencyclidine.
- Initialism of interlibrary loan. [(library science) A loan of an item (such as a book, article, or sound recording) between two library systems or similar institutions.]
verb
- (intransitive, slang) To behave aggressively.
adjective
- (obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people).
- (archaic) Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
- Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
- Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
- Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
- Having an urge to vomit.
- (hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
- (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
- (dated) Unwise; not a good idea.
- (Appalachia) Bad-tempered.
adverb
- Not well; imperfectly, badly
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