ill

Significat (Anglès)

Adv

Not well; imperfectly, badly

Adj

1. (obsolete) Evil; wicked (of people).
2. (archaic) Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
3. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
4. Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
5. Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
6. Nauseated; having an urge to vomit.
7. (slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
8. (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
9. (dated) Unwise; not a good idea.
10. (Appalachia) Bad-tempered.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
2. (countable, uncountable) Harm or injury.
3. (countable, uncountable) Evil; moral wrongfulness.
4. (countable, uncountable) A physical ailment; an illness.
5. (US, slang, uncountable) PCP, phencyclidine.

Verb

To behave aggressively.

Conceptes

malalt

🤢

mal

amenaçador

ominós

dolença

Sinònims

sick

🤢

bad

👎

unwell

ailing

badly

evil

diseased

unhealthy

suffer

ailment

hurt

sickly

illness

painful

poorly

indisposed

inauspicious

ache

sickness

become sick

wicked

feel sick

weak

sick of

fall ill

sore

complaint

have a fever

feel unwell

be sick

get ill

wrong

vicious

unfortunate

feeble

fall sick

patient

nasty

maleficent

naughtily

infirm

ominous

disease

harm

immoral

tough

dirty

detriment

big

deplorable

Traduccions

malade

🤢

enfermo

🤢

krank

🤢

ziek

🤢

malato

🤢

ammalato

🤢

άρρωστος

aeger

🤢

mal

naar

doente

🤢

enfermo

🤢

aegrotus

🤢

hasta

🤢

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɪl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: ille

Cognat amb islandès: illur

Cognat amb noruec: ille

Cognat amb danès: ilde

Cognat amb llatí: ulcus

Cognat amb grec antic: ἕλκος

Cognat amb sànscrit: अर्शस्

In summary

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”)).
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”).

Frases

He had been ill for one month .

It's an ill bird that fouls its own nest .