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

  • (..) Oh, you act on me just like a tonic, Miss Scarlett. And will you tell me all the news... ...all the news of Miss Suellen? What's the matter, Miss Scarlett? Miss Suellen's not ill, is she? Oh, no, no. I thought surely she had written you. I guess she was ashamed to write you. She should be ashamed. (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind
  • (..) It simply isn't done! Good heavens, woman, this is war, not a garden party! You've got to stay. Melanie needs you. Oh, bother Melanie. She's ill already. She shouldn't even be having a baby. She may have a difficult time. Well, can't we take her along? Do you want her to take that chance? (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind