Difference between revisions 749973 and 749974 on scowiki{{wikipedia|dab=ill}} {{also|I'll}} ==English== {{rank|eight|modern|medium|841|ill|eat|et|scene}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|enm}} ''[[ille#Middle English|ille]]'' from {{etyl|non|en}} {{term|illr|illr, īllr|lang=non|bad}} (whence Danish {{term|ild||lang=da|evil}}). ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ɪl/}} * {{audio|en-us-ill.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪl}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj}}<!--Note: "iller" and "illest" are nonstandard—see print dictionaries; "worse" and "worst" are incorrect—these are forms of "bad", not "ill".--> # Suffering from a [[disease]]. #: ''I've been '''ill''' with the flu for the past few days.'' # Having an urge to [[vomit]]. #: ''Seeing those pictures made me '''ill'''.'' # [[bad|Bad]], often connoting [[abuse]] or [[neglect]]. #: ''He suffered from '''ill''' treatment.'' # {{context|hip-hop slang}} [[sublime|Sublime]], with the connotation of being so in a singularly [[creative]] way. [This sense sometimes declines in [[AAVE]] as '''ill''', ''[[comparative]]'' '''iller''', ''[[superlative]]'' '''illest'''.] #: ''Biggie Smalls is the '''illest''' / Your style is played out, like Arnold wonderin "Whatchu talkin bout, Willis?"'' — Biggie Smalls, ''The What'', 1994. # {{slang}} Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with ''to be''. #: ''That band was '''ill'''.'' ====Usage notes==== * The comparative forms [[iller]] and [[illest]] are used in American English, but less than one fourth as frequently as the "more" and "most" forms. ====Synonyms==== * (''suffering from a disease''): [[diseased]], [[poorly]] (''UK''), [[sick]], [[under the weather]] (''informal''), [[unwell]] * (''having an urge to vomit''): [[disgusted]], [[nauseate]]d, [[nauseous]], [[sick]], [[sicken]]ed * (''bad''): [[bad]], [[mal-]] * (''in hip-hop slang: sublime''): [[dope]] * See also [[Wikisaurus:diseased]] ====Antonyms==== * (''suffering from a disease''): [[fine]], [[hale]], [[healthy]], in good health, [[well]] * (''having an urge to vomit''): * (''bad''): [[good]] * (''in hip-hop slang: sublime''): [[wack]] ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top|terms derived from ill (adjective)}} * [[be ill]] * [[fall ill]] * [[ill at ease]] * [[ill effects]] {{rel-mid}} * [[illness]] * [[ill wind]] * [[mentally ill]] * [[be taken ill]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|suffering from a disease}} * Arabic: {{t-|ar|مريض|m|tr=mariiD}} *: Egyptian Arabic: {{rfc-tbot}}{{tø|arz|عيان|m|tr={{LR}}3ayyaan|sc=Arab|xs=Egyptian Arabic}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|հիվանդ|tr=hivand}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|болен|m|tr=bólen|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|bg|болна|f|tr=bólna|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|bg|болно|n|tr=bólno|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|bg|болни|p|tr=bólni|sc=Cyrl}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{t-|cmn|病|tr=bìng|sc=Hani}} * Danish: {{t-|da|syg}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|ziek}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|malsana|xs=Esperanto}} * French: {{t+|fr|malade|m|f}} * German: {{t+|de|krank}} * Greek: {{t+|el|άρρωστος|m|tr=árrōstos}}, {{t|el|άρρωστη|f|tr=árrōstē}} * Hebrew: {{qualifier|verb}} {{t|he|חולה|m|alt=חוֹלֶה|tr=cholé}} * Hindi: {{t|hi|बीमार|tr=bīmār|xs=Hindi}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Ido]]: {{t+|io|malada|xs=Ido}} * Irish: {{t-|ga|tinn|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|malato}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|病気|tr=byōki}} * Korean: {{t|ko|아픈|tr=apeun|sc=Hang}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|syk}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|chory}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|больной|tr=bol'nój}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|tinn|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Slovene: [[bolan]] {{m}}, [[bolna]] {{f}}, [[bolno]] {{n}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|enfermo|m}}, {{t-|es|enferma|f}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|sjuk}} * Thai: {{t|th|ป่วย|tr=bpùay}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|hasta}} * Vietnamese: {{t|vi|bệnh|xs=Vietnamese}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|having an urge to vomit}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|misselijk}} * French: {{t+|fr|écœuré|m}}, {{t+|fr|écœurée|f}} * German: {{t+|de|übel}}, {{t+|de|schlecht}} {{trans-mid}} * Norwegian: {{t-|no|kvalm}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|mal}}, {{t-|es|mareado}} * Swedish: [[illamående]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|bad}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|վատ|tr=vat}} * Danish: {{t-|da|dårlig}} * French: {{t+|fr|mauvais|m}}, {{t+|fr|mauvaise|f}} * German: {{t+|de|schlecht}}, {{t+|de|übel}} {{trans-mid}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|dårlig}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|zły}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|illa}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|kötü}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|in hip-hop slang: sublime}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Breton}}: [[klañv]] (1) {{trans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Welsh}}: [[claf]] (1, 2), [[drwg]] (3, 4), [[gwael]] (3, 4) {{trans-bottom}} ===Adverb=== {{en-adv}} # Badly; very incompletely. Often hyphenated to form an adjectival phrase. #: ''That move was '''ill'''-planned and '''ill'''-executed.'' # [[scarcely|Scarcely]]. #* '''2006''', Julia Borossa (translator), Monique Canto-Sperber (quoted author), in ''[[w:Libération|Libération]]'', 2002 February 2, quoted in [[w:Élisabeth Badinter|Élisabeth Badinter]] (quoting author), ''Dead End Feminism'', Polity, ISBN 9780745633800, [http://books.google.com/books?id=z9IZhL6DPtYC&pg=PA40&dq=ill 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==== {{rel-top|terms derived from ill (adverb)}} * [[bode ill]] * [[ill afford]] {{rel-mid}} * [[ill-formed]] * [[ill-gotten]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|badly}} * French: {{t+|fr|mal}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|źle}} {{trans-mid}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|mal}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{context|often [[pluralize]]d}} [[trouble|Trouble]]; [[distress]]; [[misfortune]]; [[adversity]]. #: ''Music won't solve all the world's '''ills''', but it can make them easier to bear.'' # [[harm|Harm]] or [[injury]]. #: ''I wouldn't want you to do me '''ill'''.'' # [[evil|Evil]]; [[moral]] [[wrongfulness]]. #: ''Sociopaths do not seem to grasp the difference between good and '''ill'''.'' # A physical [[ailment]]; an [[illness]]. #: ''I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other '''ills'''.'' # [[unfavorable|Unfavorable]] [[remarks]] or [[opinions]]. #: ''Do not speak '''ill''' of the dead.'' # {{US|slang}} [[PCP]]. ====Derived terms==== * [[for good or ill]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|a problem}} * German: {{t+|de|Übel|n}} {{trans-mid}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|problem|m}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|something damaging}} * Polish: [[krzywda]] {{f}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===References=== * ''Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989. * ''Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary'', 1987-1996. ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|ill}} * [[Lil#English|Lil]], [[li'l#English|li'l]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Scots== ===Adjective=== {{sco-adj|waur|warst}} # [[#English|ill]] # [[bad]], [[evil]], [[wicked]] # [[harsh]], [[severe]] # [[profane]] # [[difficult]], [[troublesome]] # [[awkward]], [[unskilled]] ===Adverb=== {{sco-adv|waur|warst}} # [[#English|ill]] # [[badly]], [[evilly]], [[wickedly]] # [[harshly]], [[severely]] # [[profanely]] # with [[difficulty]] # [[awkwardly]], [[inexpertly]] ===Noun=== {{sco-noun}} # [[#English|ill]] # [[ill will]], [[malice]] [[ar:ill]] [[de:ill]] [[et:ill]] [[el:ill]] [[es:ill]] [[fa:ill]] [[fr:ill]] [[ko:ill]] [[io:ill]] [[id:ill]] [[is:ill]] [[it:ill]] [[kn:ill]] [[kk:ill]] [[ku:ill]] [[hu:ill]] [[ml:ill]] [[ja:ill]] [[no:ill]] [[pl:ill]] [[ru:ill]] [[simple:ill]] [[sr:ill]] [[fi:ill]] [[sv:ill]] [[ta:ill]] [[te:ill]] [[th:ill]] [[tr:ill]] [[vi:ill]] [[zh:ill]] All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://sco.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=749974.
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