ill
Pronunciation:
/ɪl/noun
Definitions
(often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
Example: Music won't solve all the world's ills, but it can make them easier to bear.
Harm or injury.
Example: I wouldn't want you to do me ill.
Evil; moral wrongfulness.
A physical ailment; an illness.
Example: I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.
adjective
Definitions
Evil; wicked (of people).
Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
Example: He suffered from ill treatment.
Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
Example: ill manners; ill will
adverb
Definitions
Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.