ill

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Illanun. === Symbol === ill (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Iranun. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Iranun terms == English == === Etymology === From Middle English ille (“evil; wicked”), from Old Norse illr (adjective), illa (adverb), ilt (noun), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elḱ- (whence Latin ulcus (“sore”), Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, ulcer”), Sanskrit अर्शस् (árśas, “hemorrhoids”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪl/ Rhymes: -ɪl === Adjective === ill (comparative iller or more ill, superlative illest or most ill) (obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people). [13th–19th c.] (archaic) Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy. [from 13th c.] Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel. [from 14th c.] Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick. [from 15th c.] Nauseated; having an urge to vomit. [from 20th c.] (slang, chiefly hip-hop) 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. ==== Usage notes ==== The comparative iller and superlative illest are not commonly used outside of the slang sense sublime; instead, other terms such as worse and worst are frequently substituted instead. ==== Synonyms ==== (suffering from a disease): diseased, poorly (UK), sick, under the weather (informal), unwell, ailing (having an urge to vomit): disgusted, nauseated, nauseous, sick, sickened (bad): bad, mal- (in hip-hop slang: sublime): dope See also Thesaurus:diseased ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “suffering from a disease”): fine, hale, healthy, in good health, well (antonym(s) of “bad”): good (antonym(s) of “in hip-hop slang: sublime”): wack ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== === Adverb === ill (comparative worse or more ill, superlative worst or most ill) Not well; imperfectly, badly Such jealousy ill becomes her; she can ill afford another gaffe like that. 2006, Julia Borossa (translator), Monique Canto-Sperber (quoted author), in Libération, 2002 February 2, quoted in Élisabeth Badinter (quoting author), Dead End Feminism, Polity, →ISBN, page 40: Is it because this supposes an undifferentiated violence towards others and oneself that I could ill imagine in a woman? ==== Synonyms ==== illy ==== Antonyms ==== well ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ill (countable and uncountable, plural ills) (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity. Harm or injury. Evil; moral wrongfulness. A physical ailment; an illness. (US, slang, uncountable) PCP, phencyclidine. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ill (third-person singular simple present ills, present participle illing, simple past and past participle illed) (intransitive, slang, dated) To behave aggressively. === References === Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996. === Further reading === “ill”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “ill v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present === Anagrams === li'l', lil', li'l, Lil, lil == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse illr, from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz. Along English ill, probably cognate with Irish olc. === Adjective === ill (masculine and feminine ill, neuter ilt, definite singular and plural ille, comparative illare, superlative indefinite illast, superlative definite illaste) bad sore angry, wroth (in compounds) strong, very ==== Related terms ==== illa, ille (verb) ille (adverb) === References === “ill” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Adjective === ill inflection of illr: strong feminine nominative singular strong neuter nominative/accusative plural == Scots == === Adjective === ill (comparative waur, superlative warst) ill bad, evil, wicked harsh, severe profane difficult, troublesome awkward, unskilled === Adverb === ill (comparative waur, superlative warst) ill badly, evilly, wickedly harshly, severely profanely with difficulty awkwardly, inexpertly === Noun === ill (plural ills) ill ill will, malice == Yola == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ille, from Old Norse illr. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɪl/ ==== Adjective ==== ill ill === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== ill alternative form of woul (“will”) === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 37 & 48