Meaning of ill | Babel Free
ɪlDefinitions
- sick, ill
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Evil; wicked (of people). obsolete
- Anxious or unsure; uneasy: The stranger made me feel ill at ease.
- sick person, patient
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Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy. archaic
- ill at ease, uncomfortable; uneasy.
- first-person singular present indicative of enfermar
- Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
- contraction of I will.
- Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
- Illinois.
- Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
- not easily. We could ill afford to lose that money. beswaarlik بصورة ليست سَهْلَه، سَيُكَلِّفُني فَوق طاقتي трудно dificilmente těžko schlecht dårligt δύσκολαa duras penas, difícilmente vaevalt به سختی huonosti difficilementבקושי मुश्किल teško rosszul tidak mudah varla, tæplega a malapena ほとんど~ない 어렵게 vargiai tikko, ar grūtībām tidak mudah slechtnesten ikke z trudem په استونځی کی dificilmente cu greu с трудом ťažko težko teško svårligen, knappast อย่างไม่ง่ายดาย güçlükle, zar zor 幾乎無法 навряд ч...
- Nauseated; having an urge to vomit.
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Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way. slang
- badly. ill-equipped; ill-used. swak بِصورةٍ سَيِّئَه зле mal špatně; zle schlecht... dårligt κακο-, άσχημα mal... halvasti, valesti غلط؛ به اشتباه väärin- mal לְרַעָה अपूर्ण loše- rosszul secara buruk illa, van- mal 不十分に- 나쁘게 blogai slikti- secara buruk slechtdårlig niewłaściwie ناوره mal necorespunzător плохо- zle; zne- slabo (...) loše- illa, dåligt ไม่ดี kötü, yetersiz 不好地 погано-, не- ناکافی tồi; kém 不好地
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Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be. slang
- a state or occasion of being unwell. There is a lot of illness in the village just now; childhood illnesses. siekte مَرَض، سُقْـم болест doença nemoc die Krankheit sygdom; -sygdom αρρώστιαenfermedad, mal, dolencia haigus بیماری sairaus maladieמחלה बीमारी bolest betegség penyakit veikindi malattia 病気 질병 liga slimība kesakitan ziektesykdomchoroba ناروغی doença boală болезнь choroba bolezen bolest sjukdom ความเจ็บป่วย hastalık, rahatsızlık 疾病 хвороба, недуга مرض sự đau ốm 疾病
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Unwise; not a good idea. dated
- uncomfortable; embarrassed. She feels ill-at-ease at parties. ongemaklik غَيْر مُرْتاح، مُرْتَبِك неудобно desconfortável nesvůj; rozpačitý unbehaglich ilde til mode; utryg αμήχανοςincómodo, molesto kohmetu موذب؛ آشفته vaivaantunut mal à l'aise בִּמבוּכָה अशांत osjećati se nelagodno kényelmetlenül malu, tidak tenang órólegur, vandræðalegur a disagio 落ち着かない 거북한 suvaržytas, nesavas neveikli tidak selesa slecht op zijn gemak ille til mote nieswojo پریشان desconfortável stingherit неловкий celý ...
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Bad-tempered. Appalachia
- ending in, or bringing, disaster. an ill-fated expedition. rampspoedig سَيئِّ الحَظ، مَشْؤوم носещ нещастие desastroso nešťastný unglückselig skæbnesvanger κακότυχοςdesafortunado ebaõnnestunud نافرجام؛ بدشگون huono-onninen malheureux נִידוֹן לְכִּישָלוֹן दुर्भाग्य nesretan, zle sudbe balvégzetű bernasib buruk óheilla- infausto 不運な 불운한 nelemtas, nelaimingas neveiksmīgs; neizdevies nasib buruk gedoemd ulykksalig, skjebnesvangerpechowy بد بخت desastroso nefast; nefericit злополучный nešťastný, ...
- (an) unkind feeling (towards another person). The two men parted without any ill-feeling(s). kwade gevoelens شُعور سَيِّئ лошо чувство ressentimento nepřátelství der Unwille nag αίσθημα δυσαρέσκειας rencor, resentimiento vaen خصومت kauna rancuneטינה दुर्भावना neugoda neheztelés rasa tidak enak óvild rancore 敵意 악감정 priešiškas jausmas netīksme; naidīgums rasa kurang senang kwaad bloed fiendskap, naguraza دښمنی ressentimento ranchiună неприязнь nepriateľstvo sovražnost netrpeljivost agg, groll ไ...
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Examples
“St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men conspired to lessen it.”
“A man who is conscious of having an ill character, cannot justly be angry with those who neglect and slight him.”
“‘Go bring her. It is ill to keep a lady waiting.’”
“He suffered from ill treatment.”
“ill manners; ill will”
“[…]his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve. Stiff-rumped, that's what he was, always rubbing the rust, or riding grub, like he had been for months past.”
“mentally ill people”
“I've been ill with the flu for the past few days.”
““We desperately needed the nursing support because our ICUs are so inundated with critically ill Covid patients,” Brown said.”
“Seeing those pictures made me ill.”
“This is the illest beat I've ever heard.”
“Biggie Smalls is the illest / Your style is played out, like Arnold wonderin "Whatchu talkin bout, Willis?"”
“That band was ill.”
“Oh that when the devil and flesh entice the sinner to sport with and make a mock of sin, Prov. x. 23, he would but consider, it is ill jesting with edged tools, it is ill jesting with unquenchable burnings; […]”
“They arrested everybody—and it is ill to resist a drunken Tommy with a loaded rifle!”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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