'ill' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'ill' with 20 example sentences.
- ill adjective
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: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
: resulting in suffering or adversity
: distressing
: indicating hostility or enmity
: presaging ill fortune
- ill adverb
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: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
: unfavorably or with disapproval
: with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
- ill noun
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: an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
ill-mannered
fall ill
ill-fated
ill at ease
speak ill of
ill-treat
get ill
ill-natured
ill-treatment
be ill
seriously ill
ill feeling
I don't want to speak ill of the dead.
Because of you I got ill.
I've never heard her speak ill of others.
Never speak ill of others behind their backs.
She was very old and ill.
The people in the village fell ill one after another.
My mother is seriously ill.
She is very shy and feels ill at ease at parties.
He fell ill three years ago.
She could not come because she was ill.
He makes it a rule never to speak ill of others.
He is absent from school because he is ill.
A newborn baby is liable to fall ill.
The rock concert was called off because the singer fell ill.
My pet dog was seriously ill.
The people here are very ill!
He is always complaining of ill treatment.
Don't speak ill of your classmates.
They spoke ill of the captain in his absence.
Mr Brown was ill back then.