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ill
CEFRA2
/ɪl/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Sick or in poor health.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailIndicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
Examples
Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital.
I think you'd better take a rest; you look ill.
At a glance
Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsMorally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
Evil; wicked (of people).
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
More examples
In contextYou are too ready to speak ill of others.
He suffered from ill treatment.
ill manners; ill will
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Origin
adjective
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”).