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

  • (..) What happened,Gandalf? -Why didn't you meet us? -I am sorry,Frodo. I was delayed. A friendship with Saruman is not lightly thrown aside. One ill turn deserves another. It is over. Embrace the power of the Ring... ...or embrace your own destruction! There is only one Lord of the Ring. (..)
    2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring