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

  • (..) Look! He's changed back. Help me. What do we do? Haku! Haku, wake up! Zeniba put a curse on the seal. That's strong magic. It's made him gravely ill. That should make him more comfortable. Poor Haku. He's had it hard ever since he got here. He just showed up out of nowhere, just like you did. (..)
    2001 Spirited Away