adj.
- not in full health; unwell.
- poor in quality.
▸harmful or hostile:
ill feeling.
▸unfavourable.
adv.
- badly, wrongly, or imperfectly:
ill-chosen.
▸unfavourably.
- only with difficulty:
she could ill afford the cost of new curtains.
n.
a problem or misfortune.
▸evil or harm.
Phrase
- ill at ease
uncomfortable or embarrassed. - speak
(or think)
ill of
say (or think) something critical about.
Etymology
ME: from ON illr ‘evil, difficult’.