ill

What is the Definition of ill?

Noun:

1. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

Adjective:

1. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
2. resulting in suffering or adversity
3. distressing
4. indicating hostility or enmity
5. presaging ill fortune

Adverb:

1. (`ill' is often used as a combining form)
2. unfavorably or with disapproval
3. with difficulty or inconvenience; scarcely or hardly

Other meanings of ill (synonyms, cognates).