ill

Definition

  • noun: bad or unlucky things
  • adjective: not well or healthy
  • adjective: resulting from, accompanied by, or indicative of an evil or malevolent intention
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: immoral, sick, wrong

Examples

  • We just bought a house here last month, and we're still 'getting to know' our neighbors. [=we're still meeting our neighbors; we're still becoming acquainted with our neighbors]

  • It's impossible to 'know' what will happen next. = There's 'no way of knowing' what will happen next. = There's 'no knowing' what will happen next.

  • This is the end of the organization 'as we know it'. [=the organization has changed and will never again be the same as it was]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We will make the peace, you and l. The Vatican announced today... that Pope Paul VI has canceled his Sunday blessing... due to ill health. His physician has ordered total bed rest... and cessation of all activities. They've had a press conference. The Pope's condition is grave. "Gravissimo. " (..)
    1990 The Godfather Part III
  • (..) that it may contribute to the sacredness of him to whom it is given. Do you, Michael, promise to be faithful to the noble purposes of this Order, to have a special care for the poor, the needy and those who are ill? I do so promise. May the blessing of Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit (..)
    1990 The Godfather Part III