Definition of Ill

Adjective: ill (iller,illest)  il

1. Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
   "ill from the monotony of his suffering";
   - sick
    
2. Resulting in suffering or adversity
   "ill effects"; "it's an ill wind that blows no good"
    
3. Distressing
   "ill manners"; "of ill repute"
    
4. Indicating hostility or enmity
   "you certainly did me an ill turn"; "ill feelings"; "ill will"
    
5. Presaging ill fortune
   "ill omens"; "ill predictions";
   - inauspicious, ominous

Adverb: ill  il

1. In a poor or unsatisfactory manner; not well
   "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan";
   - badly, poorly
    
2. Unfavourably or with disapproval
   "tried not to speak ill of the dead";
   - badly
    
3. With difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly
   "we can ill afford to buy a new car just now"

Noun: ill  il

1. An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
   - ailment, complaint
    
2. That which causes harm, destruction or misfortune
   - evil
    
3. A source of difficulty
   - trouble, problem

Contraction: I'll  I(-u)l

1. I shall; I will

See also:
ilks
Illampu

Anagrams containing the word ill

ill lil lli