Ill - English meaning

adverb

In a way that prevents success or development; harmfully or unfavourably.

Usage examples:

His self-confidence was adversely affected for years to come

adverb

In a way that is harmful or likely to cause problems

Usage examples:

Cancellations and delays may continue to adversely affect the airline's financial performance.

verb

(of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely.

Usage examples:

His younger child was afflicted with a skin disease

verb

Past simple and past participle of afflict

Usage examples:

It is an illness that afflicts women more than men., a country afflicted by civil war

noun

A cause of pain or harm.

Usage examples:

A crippling affliction of the nervous system

noun

Something that makes you suffer

Usage examples:

Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of the poor.

adjective

In poor health.

Usage examples:

I went to see my ailing mother

verb

Trouble or afflict (someone) in mind or body.

Usage examples:

Exercise is good for whatever ails one

adjective

Done in an unskilful or inept way.

Usage examples:

Her amateurish interviewing technique

adjective

Performed without much skill

Usage examples:

The movie drags along, made even worse by amateurish acting.

noun

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.

Usage examples:

He felt a surge of anxiety

adjective

Of poor quality or a low standard.

Usage examples:

A bad diet

adverb

Badly.

Usage examples:

He beat her up real bad

adjective

Unpleasant and causing difficulties

Usage examples:

Our holiday was spoiled by bad weather., we've just had some very bad news., watch out - he's in a …

adverb

In an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.

Usage examples:

England have played badly this year

adverb

Much or very much

Usage examples:

The un sent 90 tons of badly needed food., texas wants very badly to be considered tops in the scho…

adverb

Only just; almost not.

Usage examples:

She nodded, barely able to speak

adverb

By the smallest amount; only just

Usage examples:

There was barely enough room for the two of them., the dark line of the mountains was barely visibl…

adjective

Confined to bed by sickness or old age.

Usage examples:

It saved his life but left him severely disabled: unable to speak, bedridden, and paralysed for eig…

adjective

Unable to get out of bed because of illness or injury

verb

Relate to; be about.

Usage examples:

The story concerns a friend of mine

noun

Anxiety; worry.

Usage examples:

Carole gazed at her with concern

verb

To trouble someone with feelings of anxiety; worry

Usage examples:

The loss didn’t bother him, but his team’s confidence concerns him., this is an issue that should c…

adjective

Imperfect or faulty.

Usage examples:

Complaints over defective goods

noun

Having mental disabilities.

adjective

Containing a fault, or not working correctly

Usage examples:

The company does not accept returns on any technology products unless they're defective or damaged.…

adverb

In a way that causes something not to work correctly

Usage examples:

A defectively designed product, the accident was due to the defectively fitted central heating boil…

adjective

Not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient.

Usage examples:

This diet is deficient in vitamin b

adjective

Lacking or not good enough

Usage examples:

A diet that is deficient in protein is harmful to children.

adverb

In a way that is not good enough

Usage examples:

The review failed to show that the attorney had performed deficiently., the system was deficiently …

noun

The state or condition of being difficult.

Usage examples:

Guy had no difficulty in making friends

noun

The fact of not being easy, or of being hard to do or understand

Usage examples:

[ u ] he has some difficulty hearing people when they speak softly., [ c usually pl ] in 1986 he ex…

noun

A feeling of worry or unease.

Usage examples:

Public disquiet about animal testing

verb

Make (someone) worried or uneasy.

Usage examples:

World leaders are surely disquieted by the prospect of a global economic meltdown

noun

Worry

Usage examples:

The leader's decline in popularity is causing disquiet among supporters.

noun

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

To his distress he saw that she was trembling

verb

Another term for distraint.

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need

Usage examples:

Emotional/financial distress, four men were rescued from a fishing boat in distress off the coast.,…

adjective

Not working or made correctly; having defects.

Usage examples:

A faulty brake

adjective

Not working correctly, or not correct

Usage examples:

Faulty brakes, his arguments were based on faulty reasoning.

adjective

Not working correctly

Usage examples:

The company recalled over 500,000 cars last year because of a faulty connection in their new model.…

adjective

Solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.

Usage examples:

The slate broke on the hard floor

adverb

With a great deal of effort.

Usage examples:

They work hard at school

noun

(of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go ).

adverb

Scarcely (used to qualify a statement by saying that it is true to an insignificant degree).

Usage examples:

The little house in which he lived was hardly bigger than a hut

adverb

Only just or almost not

Usage examples:

Hardly a day passes that i don’t think about it., you’ve hardly eaten anything., something is wrong…

noun

Severe suffering or privation.

Usage examples:

Intolerable levels of hardship

noun

A condition of life that causes difficulty or suffering

Usage examples:

[ u ] the 1930s were a time of high unemployment and economic hardship.

noun

A condition that causes difficulty or suffering, for example, being without a job or enough money

Usage examples:

Financial/economic hardship the price of cooking gas increased five-fold, worsening the economic ha…

adverb

In a flawed or incomplete way.

Usage examples:

The disease was imperfectly understood at the time

adverb

In a way that is damaged, contains problems, or does not have something it should

Usage examples:

The original recordings had been only imperfectly documented., young children need opportunities to…

adjective

Lacking the quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.

Usage examples:

These labels prove to be wholly inadequate

adjective

Too low in quality or too small in amount; not enough

Usage examples:

An inadequate income/offer, i feel inadequate when i talk to miranda about art because she knows so…

adjective

Too small in amount

Usage examples:

Inadequate funds/incomes/pensions too many of us are retiring on hopelessly inadequate incomes., th…

adverb

In a way that lacks the quality or quantity required; unsatisfactorily.

Usage examples:

A hastily trained, inadequately equipped army

adverb

In a way that is not good enough or too low in quality

Usage examples:

Staff were inadequately trained and failed to carry out their duties., our scientific research is i…

adverb

In a way that shows signs that something will not be successful or positive

Usage examples:

She began her career inauspiciously enough as a film company typist., the awards ceremony kicked of…

adjective

Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.

Usage examples:

A forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant

noun

An incompetent person.

Usage examples:

The tanker captain was a known incompetent

adjective

Lacking the skills or knowledge to do a job or perform an action correctly or to a satisfactory standard

Usage examples:

Cowden was incompetent and incapable of administering the duties of secretary of the association., …

adjective

Slightly unwell.

Usage examples:

My mother is indisposed

verb

Make (someone) unfit for or unable to do something.

Usage examples:

Not to get one's sleep indisposes one for the whole day

adjective

Ill, especially in a way that makes you unable to do something

Usage examples:

Sheila jones is indisposed, so the part of the countess will be sung tonight by della drake., indis…

adjective

Having or showing a lack of skill or knowledge.

Usage examples:

An inexpert transcription from the real music

adjective

Having little skill

Usage examples:

She had made an inexpert attempt to repair the car.

adjective

Not physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness.

Usage examples:

Those who were old or infirm

adjective

Physically or mentally weak, esp. because of old age or illness

adverb

To an inadequate degree; not enough.

Usage examples:

A number of important issues were covered insufficiently

adverb

In a way that is not enough

Usage examples:

I felt that the whole project was insufficiently researched., the government has been insufficientl…

adjective

Based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair.

Usage examples:

A just and democratic society

adverb

Exactly.

Usage examples:

That's just what i need

And nothing more

adjective

Slightly ill, as though having a disordered liver.

Usage examples:

Everyone's feeling a bit liverish this morning, because we had to have the hacks' reception at bute…

adjective

Not feeling well, usually because of having drunk or eaten too much

noun

A state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort.

Usage examples:

A man who had brought her nothing but misery

noun

Great unhappiness

Usage examples:

[ u ] with the rice harvest, hope is sprouting amid the misery.

noun

Bad luck.

Usage examples:

The project was dogged by misfortune

adverb

Only just; by only a small margin.

Usage examples:

They were narrowly defeated in the final

adverb

By a very small number or amount

Usage examples:

Voters narrowly defeated the proposed school budget.

adverb

Only by a small amount

Usage examples:

She narrowly missed winning the race.

phrase

Slightly unwell.

Usage examples:

She's been feeling nauseous and generally out of sorts

idiom

In an unhappy mood

Usage examples:

Peter overslept this morning and has been out of sorts all day.

noun

Highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury.

Usage examples:

She's in great pain

verb

Cause mental or physical pain to.

Usage examples:

It pains me to say this

adjective

Pale from illness or fatigue; sickly.

Usage examples:

You're looking a bit peaky—a change of scene would do you good

adjective

Having or resembling a peak or peaks.

Usage examples:

Beat the cream until soft and peaky

adjective

Slightly ill, often looking pale

Usage examples:

You look a bit peaky, love, are you all right?

adjective

Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.

Usage examples:

They were too poor to afford a telephone

adverb

In a way that is unsatisfactory or inadequate.

Usage examples:

Schools that were performing poorly

adjective

Unwell.

Usage examples:

She looked poorly

adverb

Not well

Usage examples:

A business as poorly managed as that one doesn't deserve to succeed., he says he's feeling poorly a…

noun

A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.

Usage examples:

They have financial problems

adjective

Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.

Usage examples:

Practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens

noun

Something that causes difficulty or that is hard to deal with

Usage examples:

Financing the camp’s athletic program is a problem., he has a serious health problem., i’m having p…

adverb

Only just; almost not.

Usage examples:

Her voice is so low i can scarcely hear what she is saying

adjective

Affected by physical or mental illness.

Usage examples:

Nursing very sick children

noun

Vomit.

Usage examples:

She was busy wiping sick from the carpet

verb

Excellent.

adjective

Often ill; in poor health.

Usage examples:

She was a thin, sickly child

adjective

Weak and unhealthy

Usage examples:

He was a sickly child.

verb

Force (a part of one's body or oneself) to make an unusually great effort.

Usage examples:

I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound

noun

A force tending to pull or stretch something to an extreme or damaging degree.

Usage examples:

The usual type of chair puts an enormous strain on the spine

noun

A particular breed, stock, or variety of an animal or plant.

Usage examples:

Australia has been trying to breed better strains of plants and animals for ever.

noun

The state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship.

Usage examples:

Weapons that cause unnecessary suffering

verb

Experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant).

Usage examples:

He suffered intense pain

noun

A formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.

Usage examples:

The newspaper accounts of the trial

verb

Test (something, especially a new product) to assess its suitability or performance.

Usage examples:

Teachers all over the uk are trialling the materials

noun

The examination in a court of law of the facts of a case to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or responsible for an injury to another person

Usage examples:

[ c ] a criminal/civil trial, [ u ] the case will soon go to trial (= begin)., [ u ] she must still…

noun

A cause of great trouble or suffering.

Usage examples:

The tribulations of being a megastar

noun

A problem or difficulty

noun

Difficulty or problems.

Usage examples:

I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

adjective

Not satisfactory or allowable.

Usage examples:

Unacceptable behaviour

adjective

Too bad to be accepted, approved of, or allowed to continue

Usage examples:

These mistakes are unacceptable., the proposal is unacceptable to theater owners.

adverb

To the disadvantage of someone or something.

Usage examples:

The plan unfavourably impacted on sales

adverb

In a way that does not give you an advantage or a good chance of success

Usage examples:

The salaries compare unfavourably to other fields of work., it was only a small country, unfavourab…

adverb

It is unfortunate that.

Usage examples:

Unfortunately, we do not have the time to interview every applicant

By bad luck

adverb

Used to say that something is sad, disappointing, or has a bad effect

Usage examples:

Unfortunately, i didn't have my credit card with me, or else i would have bought it.

adverb

In a way that is not lucky

Usage examples:

The team started the match well and finished unluckily., unluckily for him, his comments were recor…

adverb

In a way that is not good enough

Usage examples:

Prices for corn and soybeans have remained unsatisfactorily low for many farmers., at the end of th…

adjective

Not satisfactory; not good enough.

Usage examples:

Years of living in unsatisfactory rented accommodation

adjective

Not having or showing skill.

Usage examples:

Though kind and willing, she was unskilful

adjective

Not good at doing something, or lacking skills generally

Usage examples:

Unfortunately, they made a couple of unskilful moves that played directly into the hands of their o…

adverb

In a way that fails to accomplish a desired aim or result.

Usage examples:

I have tried unsuccessfully to secure a mortgage

adverb

In a way that does not succeed or achieve the hoped for result

Usage examples:

He ran unsuccessfully for a parliamentary seat., she tried unsuccessfully to start several small bu…

adjective

Ill.

Usage examples:

He was admitted to hospital for tests after feeling unwell

adjective

Not well; ill

Usage examples:

I hear you've been unwell recently., if you feel unwell, tell the teacher.

noun

Great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically).

Usage examples:

The everton tale of woe continued

verb

Feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He worried about his soldier sons in the war

noun

The state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He's demented with worry

verb

To think about problems or unpleasant things that make you anxious, or to make someone feel anxious

Usage examples:

[ i ] if you get a monthly train ticket, you won’t have to worry about buying a ticket every day., …

adverb

In a way that is incorrect or mistaken.

Usage examples:

My name is spelled wrongly

adverb

Not correctly or not accurately

Usage examples:

He was wrongly accused of the crime.