Definition of "ill" in 英语

adjective

1. (obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people).

2. (archaic) Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.

3. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.

   • He suffered from ill treatment.

4. Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.

   • ill manners; ill will

5. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.

   • mentally ill people
   • I've been ill with the flu for the past few days.

6. Nauseated; having an urge to vomit.

   • Seeing those pictures made me ill.

7. (slang, chiefly hip-hop) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.

   • This is the illest beat I've ever heard.

8. (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.

   • That band was ill.

9. (dated) Unwise; not a good idea.

10. (Appalachia) Bad-tempered.

adverb

1. Not well; imperfectly, badly

   • Such jealousy ill becomes her; she can ill afford another gaffe like that.
   • Is it because this supposes an undifferentiated violence towards others and oneself that I could ill imagine in a woman?

noun

1. (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.

   • Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear.

2. Harm or injury.

   • I wouldn't want you to do me ill.

3. Evil; moral wrongfulness.

4. A physical ailment; an illness.

   • I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.

5. (US, slang, uncountable) PCP, phencyclidine.

verb

1. (intransitive, slang, dated) To behave aggressively.