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Ill Bad ɪl Hospital Feeling I Cancer Adjective

Word3 ill
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /ɪl/ /ɪl/
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  • her father is seriously ill in st luke's hospital.
  • chronically ill patients
  • he is still critically ill in hospital.
  • uncle harry is terminally ill with cancer (= he will die from his illness).
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ill

(adjective)/ɪl/ /ɪl/
  1. suffering from an illness or disease; not feeling well
    • SEE ALSO illness
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/illness#illness_topg_1
    • Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital.
    • chronically ill patients
    • He is still critically ill in hospital.
    • Uncle Harry is terminally ill with cancer (= he will die from his illness).
    • the mentally ill (= people with a mental illness)
    • She was taken ill suddenly.
    • We both started to feel ill shortly after the meal.
    • veterans who became ill after fighting in the Gulf War
    • He fell ill and died soon after.
    • I can't eat bananas as they make me ill.
    • He'd been ill with cancer for months.

    Extra Examples

    • He was lying ill in bed.
    • They arrive at the hospital ill from malnutrition.
    • Robyn was almost ill with excitement and outrage.
    • That type of government corruption makes me ill.
  2. bad or harmful
    • SEE ALSO ill health
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ill-health
    • She suffered no ill effects from the experience.
    • a woman of ill repute (= with a bad reputation, especially because of her sexual behaviour)
  3. that brings, or is thought to bring, bad luck
    • a bird of ill omen
  4. anger between people, especially after an argument
    • There was a lot of bad feeling between the two groups of students.
    • I don't want any bad feelings between us.
  5. feeling uncomfortable and embarrassed
    • I felt ill at ease in such formal clothes.
  6. anger between people, especially after an argument
    • There was a lot of ill feeling between the two groups of students.
    • I don't want any ill feelings between us.
  7. no problem is so bad that it does not bring some advantage to somebody
  8. Word Origin

    • Middle English (in the senses ‘wicked’, ‘malevolent’, ‘harmful’, and ‘difficult’): from Old Norse illr ‘evil, difficult’, of unknown origin.
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